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Henry VIII At War
8 December 2025**Contains descriptions of war atrocities, including rape and infanticide**
In 1544, Henry VIII led the largest army ever raised by an...
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What Happened The Day Pompeii was Destroyed?
8 December 2025We all know the story of Pompeii: the Roman town reduced to ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Roughly two-thousand years later, archaeologists have...
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The Boston Tea Party
8 December 2025Assassin’s Creed III recreates many key events from the American Revolution, including the Boston Tea Party, when colonists resisted British...
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The Ten Commandments
7 December 2025Did Moses really receive the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, or is that just ancient legend? Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Dylan Johnson to...
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Medieval Roots of The Modern Alphabet
5 December 2025How did the alphabet we use today take shape?
Matt Lewis welcomes Danny Bate to explore how the medieval period shaped the alphabet we use...
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Sex & Scandal in Ancient Egypt
5 December 2025What did the Ancient Egyptians think about sex? Is there any truth to a rumoured royal sex scandal? What did they think of same-sex...
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The Quakers' Rebellious Origins
4 December 2025How could walking naked through town be seen as religious? What about digging up a corpse? Or bursting into church services to cause...
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Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn
4 December 2025The Battle of the Little Bighorn - also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass - was one of the most dramatic and important clashes in American...
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Origins of Chocolate
4 December 2025Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Cameron McNeil, Mesoamerican archaeologist, to explore cacao, in ancient Mesoamerican societies like the Maya,...
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How Poets Spoke Truth to Power
4 December 2025Throughout history, the words of poets have often ignited change or unsettled those in power. In England particularly, poetry has both...
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The Dark Side of the Vikings
4 December 2025How dark really were the Vikings? How much of a part did human sacrifice play in their world? And what was their relationship with...
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Medieval Europe's Encounter with Islam
2 December 2025What if the Renaissance was powered by Arabic science?
Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Drayson to uncover how figures like...
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