304 Episodes

  1. #40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

    Published: 24/02/2021

  2. #39 Newton and the Occult - Ep 2 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 17/02/2021

  3. #38 Newton the alchemist - Ep 1 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 10/02/2021

  4. #37 Hunger strikes and force feeding - Ep 4 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 3/02/2021

  5. #36 The Pankhursts didn't want the poor to get the vote - Ep 3 Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 27/01/2021

  6. #35 Most women didn't want the vote - Ep 2 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 20/01/2021

  7. #34 Getting the vote in 1918 - the secret strategy - Ep 1 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 13/01/2021

  8. #33 Sex, Hollywood and Fashion

    Published: 6/01/2021

  9. #32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

    Published: 30/12/2020

  10. #31 ‘Remember, remember, the Fifth of November’ - Ep 8 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 23/12/2020

  11. #30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 16/12/2020

  12. #29 The king's fear - Ep 6 Blowing up the Gunpowder plot

    Published: 9/12/2020

  13. #28 ‘A formidable network of secret agents’ - Ep 5 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 2/12/2020

  14. #27 'Hellish miners' - Ep 4 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 25/11/2020

  15. #26 Why blow up Parliament anyway? - Ep 3 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 18/11/2020

  16. #25 ‘Here lieth the Toad’ - Ep 2 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/11/2020

  17. #24 ‘There is no state trial so totally devoid of reality’ - Ep 1 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 1/11/2020

  18. Café Bite: What was great about the Great Reform Act of 1832?

    Published: 27/10/2020

  19. Café Bite : Why the US lost the Vietnam war

    Published: 27/10/2020

  20. #23 the last million men? - Ep7 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 27/10/2020

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