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Origins of Biological & Chemical Warfare
2 July 2020The origins of biological and chemical warfare stretch far back; modern technology has not brought about these terrifying weapons. Throughout...
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History's Deadliest Influenza Pandemic
1 July 2020Germans soldiers called it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers called it Flanders Grippe, but the 1918 pandemic was most commonly known as 'Spanish...
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How and Why History: William the Conqueror
30 June 2020On 14 October 1066, Norman invaders led by Duke William of Normandy won a decisive victory over the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. But why did...
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Disease and the Victorians
29 June 2020Dr Emma Liggins is an expert on Victorian Gothic literature. She joined me on the pod to examine how great female writers of the 19th century -...
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Western Europe’s Age of Democracy
28 June 2020In the second half of the twentieth century, western Europe was shaped by a revolutionary political force: democracy. Or at least that's what...
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28 Years on Death Row
27 June 2020Anthony Ray Hinton was held on death row for 28 years. He was incorrectly convicted of the murders of two restaurant managers, John Davidson and...
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
26 June 2020In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived on Roman borders, having been uprooted from their...
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Forgotten Women of the Civil Rights Movement
26 June 2020I was delighted to be joined by Keisha Blain, an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She took me far into the past - years before...
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Veterans of the Korean War
25 June 202070 years ago today, on 25th June 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The three-year conflict which followed took the lives of four...
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Politics of the Potato
24 June 2020Rebecca Earle joined me on the pod to talk about spuds. She took me through the story of this starchy tuber's dramatic career, which has been at...
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Plague of Athens
24 June 2020Plague in the ancient world was nothing unusual. Bouts of illness were common occurrences, but we do have accounts of some exceptional outbreaks:...
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How and Why History: Operation Barbarossa
23 June 2020In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, opening up the Eastern Front in World War II – a campaign to which more forces were...
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