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History's Greatest Speeches with Simon Sebag Montefiore
11 October 2020Simon Sebag Montefiore joined me on the podcast to talk about history's greatest speeches. From Martin Luther King Jr. to John Boyega, from...
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Crassus and the Battle of Carrhae: The Defeat of Rome
11 October 2020Gareth Sampson, author of Defeat of Rome in the East: Crassus, the Parthians, and the Disastrous Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC came on the podcast...
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Underland with Robert Macfarlane
10 October 2020Robert Macfarlane joined me on the podcast to talk about his new book, Underland. We talked about cave communities in Cappadocia, underground...
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22:44
Imphal and Kohima
9 October 2020The Battles of Imphal and Kohima were the decisive clash of the Burma Campaign during World War Two, a crucial turning point in the attempted...
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How and Why History: King David
8 October 2020One of the Old Testament’s most compelling figures, King David was anointed as king of a united Israel, conquering Jerusalem and bringing the...
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In Conversation with Sir David Attenborough
8 October 2020Sir David Attenborough is an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in...
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Septimius Severus in Scotland
8 October 2020Dan Snow talks to Simon Elliott about Septimius Severus, the first Hammer of the Scots, about his Northern Campaigns, and the true story of this...
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Ireland's Great Famine: Counterpoint
7 October 2020Christine Kinealy joined me on this podcast to discuss the British government’s adverse policies during the Great Famine, and the effects these...
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38:44
The Lancaster Bomber: A Veteran’s View
7 October 2020An Avro Lancaster Bomber was one of the most dangerous places to be during the Second World War. The planes had a 46% combat attrition rate, and yet...
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WW2 Tank Commander with Captain David Render
6 October 2020Captain David Render was a nineteen-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France to join a veteran armoured unit that...
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A President Incapacitated: Woodrow Wilson's Stroke
6 October 2020101 years ago this week, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke which left him prone to "disorders of emotion, impaired impulse...
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Asylum on Saint Helena
5 October 2020Annina Van Neel showed me around Saint Helena, a small scrap of land in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This island is the most significant...
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