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Friday 24 June 2022 : In the latest instalment of our monthly series marking the centenary of the BBC, media historian David Hendy talks to Matt Elton about the...
Thursday 23 June 2022 : In the third episode of our podcast series on the end of Roman Britain, David Musgrove looks at how far Britain was a militarised state...
Wednesday 22 June 2022 : Simon Jenkins considers the enigmatic story of the Celts, and asks whether any such people ever actually existed. Speaking with David...
Tuesday 21 June 2022 : Sally Smith considers the contributions made and significant firsts achieved by British women in the field of aviation, from ballooning and...
Sunday 19 June 2022 : In our latest everything you wanted to know episode, Dr John Jacob Woolf answers listener questions on Edwardian Britain. Speaking to Ellie...
Friday 17 June 2022 : Half a century on from the Watergate scandal, Clifford Williamson explores its twists and turns, its key players, and its lasting impact on...
Thursday 16 June 2022 : In the second episode of our podcast series on the end of Roman Britain, David Musgrove investigates what life was like for people living in...
Wednesday 15 June 2022 : In the first episode in our series of conversations with winners of the 2022 Dan David Prize, Dr Tyrone Freeman speaks to Helen Carr about...
Monday 13 June 2022 : In June 1942, the US and Japanese navies went head to head over a small atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Brendan Simms and Steven...
Sunday 12 June 2022 : Who maintained law and order before the police? When did Britain ban capital punishment – and why? And what are some of the weirdest...
Friday 10 June 2022 : From the “Blitz spirit” invoked in the Covid-19 pandemic, to the 16th-century sense that a lost greatness needed to be recovered,...
Thursday 09 June 2022 : What really happened in Britain as Roman influence waned? Recent research is shaking up our view of the end of imperial rule during the...
Tuesday 07 June 2022 : Professor Mark Knights discusses how ideas about corruption were transformed in Britain and its empire between 1600 and 1850. Speaking to...
Monday 06 June 2022 : The First World War unleashed an unprecedented wave of violence, and medicine struggled to keep up. British surgeon Harold Gillies was at...
Sunday 05 June 2022 : This week sees Queen Elizabeth II make history as the first ever British monarch to celebrate their platinum jubilee. To mark her 70 years...
Friday 03 June 2022 : Professor Caroline Elkins explains how the British empire was sustained by violence for more than 200 years. Speaking with Rob Attar, she...
Wednesday 01 June 2022 : Although medieval Europe was firmly Christian, pagan deities still loomed large in the popular imagination. Rhiannon Davies spoke to Ronald...
Tuesday 31 May 2022 : One hundred years on from Fred Banting and Charles Best’s discovery, Dr Kersten Hall tells the tale of insulin and its vital role in...
Monday 30 May 2022 : Marking the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, Roger Luckhurst tells Ellie Cawthorne why Bram Stoker’s vampire thriller has...
Sunday 29 May 2022 : Were all suspected witches burned at the stake? Was torture a legal way of gaining a confession of practising magic? And which professions...
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