305 Episodes

  1. #41 The violence the Suffragettes wouldn't admit to - Ep 5 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 3/3/2021

  2. #40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

    Published: 2/24/2021

  3. #39 Newton and the Occult - Ep 2 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 2/17/2021

  4. #38 Newton the alchemist - Ep 1 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 2/10/2021

  5. #37 Hunger strikes and force feeding - Ep 4 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 2/3/2021

  6. #36 The Pankhursts didn't want the poor to get the vote - Ep 3 Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 1/27/2021

  7. #35 Most women didn't want the vote - Ep 2 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 1/20/2021

  8. #34 Getting the vote in 1918 - the secret strategy - Ep 1 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

    Published: 1/13/2021

  9. #33 Sex, Hollywood and Fashion

    Published: 1/6/2021

  10. #32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

    Published: 12/30/2020

  11. #31 ‘Remember, remember, the Fifth of November’ - Ep 8 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 12/23/2020

  12. #30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 12/16/2020

  13. #29 The king's fear - Ep 6 Blowing up the Gunpowder plot

    Published: 12/9/2020

  14. #28 ‘A formidable network of secret agents’ - Ep 5 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 12/2/2020

  15. #27 'Hellish miners' - Ep 4 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/25/2020

  16. #26 Why blow up Parliament anyway? - Ep 3 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/18/2020

  17. #25 ‘Here lieth the Toad’ - Ep 2 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/11/2020

  18. #24 ‘There is no state trial so totally devoid of reality’ - Ep 1 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/1/2020

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

    Published: 10/27/2020

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

    Published: 10/27/2020

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