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Alexander the Great | Rise to Power
5 February 2026NEW SERIES! Journey through the early life of Alexander the Great, from his education under Aristotle to his first military experiences and rise...
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Why Cromwell's Republic Failed
5 February 2026After the execution of King Charles I, England became a Republic for the only time in its history. Yet why was this revolutionary moment so...
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Al Capone and the Valentine's Day Massacre
5 February 2026Bootleg liquor. Tommy guns. Gangs ruling the city with crooked cops.
The Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 Chicago sounds cinematic, but the...
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How to win a Medieval Battle
3 February 2026Matt Lewis and Dr.Eleanor Janega are launched into a medieval battle, how do they survive? They explore the intricacies of medieval warfare; from...
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Henry VIII vs. Catherine of Aragon | History's Worst Breakups
3 February 2026Welcome to a brand new mini-series on Betwixt the Sheets, where our host, Dr Kate Lister, takes you through the most catastrophic breakups in...
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Darkest Hours: Brother Against Brother
2 February 2026There is no question that the Civil War is one of the darkest chapters in American history. With roughly 2.5 percent of the population lost, a...
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Whaling
2 February 2026The history of whaling is complicated. At its height in the 18th and 19th centuries, whaling was a global enterprise built on perilous voyages,...
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"Bloody Mary": Debunking the Myths
2 February 2026Was Mary Tudor truly “Bloody Mary”? Has England’s first reigning queen been misunderstood for centuries? Determined to restore Roman...
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Dark Truth About Victorian 'Freak Shows'
2 February 2026Julia Pastrana was a Mexican woman exploited as a sideshow attraction in life and grotesquely exhibited even after her death because of her...
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Viking Age Music In Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2 February 2026The Assassin’s Creed games specialise in recreating the places and sounds of the past. But how can we know what music our ancestors listened to?...
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Adam and Eve
1 February 2026Adam and Eve: parents of humanity, or characters in a Near Eastern myth about wisdom, mortality, and the limits of being human?
Tristan...
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The Parliament of Bats: Plantagenets at War
30 January 2026How could England be ruled when the king was just a baby? When Henry VI came to the throne at nine months old, the hunger for power among his...
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