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The Real 'Testament of Youth'
10 February 2021During the first year of the First World War, Vera Brittain went from studying English Literature at Oxford to nursing for the war effort. By the...
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Historical Novels with Ken Follett
9 February 2021Today, I am joined by best-selling author Ken Follett to discuss his latest book The Evening and the Morning. We also talk about his love of history...
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China 1949: Year of Revolution
8 February 2021In 1949 Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communist Party to victory in the long and bloody Chinese Civil War. The impact of this victory was felt not...
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Battle of the Somme
8 February 2021It was the first truly industrial battle, and yet veterans recall hearing skylarks singing just before the whistles blew at the Battle of the Somme....
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Sutton Hoo
7 February 2021The release of The Dig has brought the story of the Sutton Hoo dig to the forefront of people’s minds of late. The real hero of that story...
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Besieging Masada
7 February 2021Dramatically placed on a plateau with drops of 400m to the east and 90m to the west, Masada translates from Hebrew as fortress. It became just...
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Emily Davison with Kate Willoughby
6 February 2021In this episode, originally released in 2018, Dan talks to actor, activist, and "part-time suffragette" Kate Willoughby about Emily Davison, the...
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Lockdown Learning: Interwar Europe
5 February 2021For this episode of Lockdown Learning Professor Richard Toye joined me on the podcast to talk about the interwar period and answer the key...
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WW1: Finding The Dead
5 February 2021Dan talks to Richard van Emden about his book - Missing: the need for closure after the Great War, in this episode from the History Hit archive....
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The History of Social Media with Kara Swisher
4 February 2021Facebook was founded on the 4th of February 2004 and began as a tool to stay in touch with friends and family, but has ended up being a place...
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Beasts of Battle: Indian War Elephants
4 February 2021The four components of the Ancient Indian battlefield: infantry, cavalry, chariots … and elephants. These magnificent creatures were dominant in...
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The AIDS pandemic
3 February 2021In this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, hosts of The Log Books podcast, to discuss the Aids pandemic of the...
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