305 Episodes

  1. #10 'these missiles do not significantly alter the balance of power' - Ep 1 Cuba Missile Crisis

    Published: 7/13/2023
  2. #77 Stanley never got the joke - Ep 5 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'

    Published: 7/5/2023
  3. #76 Twelve reckless Americans - Ep 4 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

    Published: 6/29/2023
  4. #75 The Lion and the Tartan Jacket - Ep 3 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

    Published: 6/22/2023
  5. #74 Smoke that Thunders Ep 2 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

    Published: 6/14/2023
  6. #73 Stronger than the ox he rode Ep 1 'Dr Livingstone, I presume'

    Published: 6/10/2023
  7. Memory and Myth – Oxford research project ‘Their Finest Hour’ - SOUND CORRECTED

    Published: 5/10/2023
  8. #81 Coronation and the chilling ghost of Lord Esher

    Published: 5/3/2023
  9. #57 From mayor to meat market. Getting elected in the 18th Century

    Published: 4/26/2023
  10. #53 '1066 And All That' - really serious nonsense

    Published: 4/20/2023
  11. #59 The crimes of the rector George Wilson Bridges - Ep 5 Slavery

    Published: 4/12/2023
  12. #58 The Ship that sank and took the slave trade down with it - Ep 4 Slavery

    Published: 4/5/2023
  13. #56 The Empire Strikes Back - Ep 3 Money not Morality ended British Enslavement

    Published: 3/29/2023
  14. #55 The woman behind the abolition of slavery - Ep 2 Slavery

    Published: 3/22/2023
  15. #54 'Slavery was even worse than we thought' - Ep 1 Money not morality ended British Enslavement

    Published: 3/14/2023
  16. #81 Coronation and the chilling ghost of Lord Esher

    Published: 3/8/2023
  17. #32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

    Published: 3/2/2023
  18. #39 Newton and the Occult - Ep 2 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 2/22/2023
  19. #38 Newton the alchemist - Ep 1 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

    Published: 2/15/2023
  20. #09 A quietly brilliant palace coup - Ep 3 of 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

    Published: 2/8/2023

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