Not What You Thought You Knew

A podcast by HISTORY

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15 Episodes

  1. The Sacred Band of Thebes

    Published: 11/10/2020
  2. Olaudah Equiano and the British Abolitionist Movement

    Published: 11/3/2020
  3. A Tribute to Olaudah Equiano

    Published: 10/27/2020
  4. Allan Noel Minns the WW1 Officer and Son of Britain's First Black Mayor

    Published: 10/20/2020
  5. The Ivory Bangle Lady and Roman Britain

    Published: 10/13/2020
  6. The First Black British Football Heroes

    Published: 10/6/2020
  7. The Night Witches and the Fighting Women of the Soviet Union

    Published: 9/29/2020
  8. The Chevalier d'Éon and Gender Nonconformity

    Published: 9/22/2020
  9. Inghen Ruaidh, the Birka Grave and Viking Warrior Women

    Published: 9/15/2020
  10. Dr Fern Riddell returns with a brand new series sponsored by Ancestry

    Published: 9/8/2020
  11. John Edmonstone the Former Slave who Taught Darwin

    Published: 11/27/2019
  12. Mary Anning the Pioneering Fossil Hunter

    Published: 11/20/2019
  13. Aphra Behn and Female Espionage

    Published: 11/6/2019
  14. The Mary Rose and the People of Tudor England

    Published: 7/19/2019
  15. Dr Fern Riddell's #NotWhatYouThought

    Published: 7/10/2019

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Think you know your history? Think again.From the stories of the former slave that taught Charles Darwin to the first female playwright who was a spy for the English King... Historian, author and broadcaster Dr Fern Riddell is exploring some little-known characters from history to reveal not just their incredible stories, but also why they're so important for our view of what the past looked like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.