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The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)
Mar 29, 2026How did the second incarnation of the clan, born in Georgia in 1915, grow into a seemingly indomitable nation-wide fraternal organisation, numbering millions? Who were its new targets? And, with the K...
The Ku Klux Klan: Terror in the South (Part 2)
Mar 26, 2026How and why did the terrible violence of the Ku Klux Klan escalate? What was the political context in America for their rising popularity? And, how was this first iteration of the Klan finally brought...
The Ku Klux Klan: The Rise of Evil (Part 1)
Mar 23, 2026How did the three iterations of the Ku Klux Klan come into being in 1866, 1915, and the late 1940s? What was the impact of the American Civil War and the Abolition of slavery in 1863 on the rise of th...
London’s Golden Age: The Shadow of the Madhouse (Part 4)
Mar 19, 2026Who did Samuel Johnson fall in love with towards the end of his life, and why did it break his heart? How did it enrage his old friend James Boswell? And, why did he fear imprisonment in an asylum…? ...
London’s Golden Age: The Ghosts of Culloden (Part 3)
Mar 16, 2026What adventures occurred during Samuel Johnson and James Boswell’s journey into the heart of Scotland? How was their trip a gateway to the history of Scotland’s union with England in 1707? And, was Dr...
London’s Golden Age: Sex and Scandal in Georgian Britain (Part 2)
Mar 12, 2026Why was London such a cauldron of sexual scandal and political tumult in the 18th century? What licentious escapades did the infamous Scottish nobleman, James Boswell, get up to there? And, how did hi...
London’s Golden Age: The Mad Life of Dr Johnson (Part 1)
Mar 09, 2026Who was Samuel Johnson, the dominant literary celebrity of 18th century London and the man who wrote the Dictionary? Why did his friendship with James Boswell, a sex and celebrity obsessed, but very t...
The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor (Part 6)
Mar 05, 2026With the Incan emperor on the run, and the Spanish divided, what atrocities would unfold in the final phase of this brutal conquest? Who would triumph, Francisco Pizarro or his brutal former partner D...
The Fall of the Incas: Battle for the Sacred City (Part 5)
Mar 02, 2026Three years into the conquest of the Incas, how did the Spaniards respond to the Incan uprising, lead by their puppet emperor Manco? How did the despicable behaviour of Pizarro and his men spark the r...
The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North (Part 4)
Feb 26, 2026How did the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro take advantage of the Incan civil War? Were they able to discover the glorious city of Cusco, with all of its riches? And, what terrible bruta...