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The Strangest Tudor & Stuart Aphrodisiacs
12 August 2025Forget oysters, have you tried eating sparrows with a side of phallic vegetables to stir your lust?!
Getting in the mood isn’t just a...
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The End of the Pacific War
11 August 2025On August 14, 1945, the Japanese government accepted Allied terms of surrender. The war in the Pacific was over. But how had it come to...
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Molière: Satire, Scandal & the Stage
11 August 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Jan Clarke to explore the life, legend, and legacy of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin — better known...
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The Body In The Trunk: France's Shocking 19th Century Murder Case
11 August 2025It was a murder mystery that gripped 19th century France and changed crime investigation forever.
Who was the body in the trunk? What were...
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Trajan's Projects In The Provinces
11 August 2025In the new game Anno 117: Pax Romana, the Emperor has appointed you as governor, tasked with developing new provinces in the Empire. The game is...
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Edinburgh Castle
10 August 2025From its origins as a Bronze Age settlement, to a battleground for Robert the Bruce’s men during the Wars of Independence, and a refuge for...
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How to Survive in Carthage
10 August 2025From towering tenements to Punic porridge — step into the streets of ancient Carthage.
In this immersive episode of The Ancients, Tristan...
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How to Survive the 15th Century
8 August 2025As a summertime treat, Dr. Eleanor Janega is let out of the Gone Medieval dungeon to join Matt Lewis to delve into the complexities of the 15th...
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Did Henry VI Have A Sex Coach?
8 August 2025Henry VI didn't fit the medieval image of masculinity, or that much of a king, either.
Who gave sex education to someone of this stature?...
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The Great Train Robbery
7 August 2025Did the "heist of the century" really happen the way the robbers say it did? In the summer of 1963, a gang of masked robbers executed a daring...
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Italians in America
7 August 2025From Columbus onwards, Italians have been a part of American culture. Don explores this rich history with Professor Anthony Tamburri, Dean of the...
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The Olmec: Mother of Mesoamerican Civilisations
7 August 2025Iconic monumental stone heads, the intriguing Lord of Las Limas, the enigmatic 'were-jaguar' figures, so much survives from the ancient Olmec...
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