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Bess of Hardwick: Elizabethan England's Richest Woman
9 July 2026How did a Derbyshire gentlewoman become England’s richest woman after Elizabeth I? Why does she still fascinate us as her 500th anniversary...
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The Woman Who Had Sex With Ghosts
9 July 2026Ida Craddock is a name that should be much, much better known. She was a maverick sex educator who fought violent censorship in turn of the...
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St Benedict
7 July 2026Why did a young Roman nobleman reject status and education for a life of prayer, solitude and discipline?
St Benedict’s quiet choices...
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The Most Badass Dragon Slayers in History
7 July 2026Picture a dragon and its dragon slayer. What do you imagine?
It's likely going to be a giant, scaly, fire-breathing beast and a rugged...
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What Made America? Birth Of A Superpower
6 July 2026At the start of the 20th century after victory in the Spanish-American War, the US found itself as a colonial power. How did it decide NOT to...
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What Happens in The Odyssey?
6 July 2026Dan narrates his own epic retelling of the Odyssey - following Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean. He tells the story of the many trials and...
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Edmund Halley & His Comet
6 July 2026How did our understanding of the universe begin in a London coffee house? How did a man who had a comet named after him change science...
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The Tragic Execution of a Victorian Murderess
6 July 2026In 1856, Martha Brown was led to the scaffold and hanged for the murder of her abusive husband. Her execution was clearly an injustice, even at...
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The Trojan War
5 July 2026The story of Achilles, Odysseus and the siege of Troy has captivated audiences for millennia, but behind the legends lies a deeper mystery. Was...
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King Stephen
3 July 2026Was King Stephen a weak ruler who plunged England into chaos, or an unlucky monarch trapped by impossible circumstances? How did one disputed...
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Sex Lives of American Presidents
3 July 2026With the Fourth of July and America's 250th around the corner we wanted to revisit an episode and take a look back at the presidents from the past...
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The Golden Age Of Piracy: Myths vs Reality
3 July 2026Did pirates really bury treasure, fly the Jolly Roger and walk the plank?
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced avoids many of the clichés...
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