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Diary of Samuel Pepys
30 October 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb unlocks the pages of one of the most extraordinary diaries ever written. Samuel Pepys chronicled his life in...
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Truth About Irish Funeral Beliefs
30 October 2025What are the origins of keening for the dead? What is the history of Irish wakes? And why must you never put a coffin down on the way to the...
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What Caused Europe's Witch Hysteria?
29 October 2025Across early modern Europe, fear spread like wildfire; between the 15th and 17th centuries, tens of thousands were accused, tortured, and executed...
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Owain Glyndwr, Welsh Rebel
28 October 2025Who was the self-proclaimed Prince of Wales, who was foretold in myth to free Wales from the tyrannical English and who was also a fabled...
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How Bloody Was 'Bloody Mary'?
28 October 2025Before Mary I was Queen, no other woman had worn the crown of England.
This made her a Tudor trailblazer, and a target.
During her...
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Was the American Revolution a World War?
27 October 2025What makes a war a World War? If it's the involvement of multiple major world powers, will France, Spain and the Netherlands do?
If it's...
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Jane Boleyn with Philippa Gregory
27 October 2025Jane Boleyn has long been called the most hated woman in Tudor history. Wife to Anne Boleyn's brother George, Jane served as lady-in-waiting to...
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'She Devil' Serial Poisoner of Victorian England
27 October 2025Sarah Dazley was one of the most infamous women in the world for a moment in 1843 when she was accused of poisoning not one but two former...
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Isaac Newton vs Counterfeiters at the Royal Mint
27 October 2025Everyone knows the great achievements of Sir Isaac Newton. Or do they? Assassin's Creed Gold focuses not on the first half of Newton's career,...
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Atatürk: Fall of the Ottoman Empire
27 October 2025On the 19th of May, 1919, an Ottoman general stepped ashore at the Black Sea port city of Samsun. This marked the beginning of the Turkish War of...
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Boudica's Tribe: How the Iceni Survived the Romans
26 October 2025Join us for a special episode of The Ancients, recorded on-site in Norfolk, as we delve into the fascinating history of the Iceni tribe both...
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Prophet Muhammad
24 October 2025Matt Lewis is joined by Dr. John Tolan to explore the profound impact of the appearance of the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. Who was...
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