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Nelson: The Gathering Storm (Part 2)
Oct 15, 2025After two years at sea, what happened when Horatio Nelson - now Britain’s most celebrated naval commander - finally returned home, to his wife and father? Following his involvement in the poisonous po...
Nelson: Slaughter in Naples (Part 1)
Oct 12, 2025What happened when the heroic Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of the Nile, sailed into the seething city of Naples? Why would his meeting with the glamorous celebrity, Lady Emma Hamilton, shape t...
The Trojan War, with Mary Beard
Oct 09, 2025Did the Trojan War - the ten year, cosmic clash between the Greeks and the Trojans, featuring the Olympian gods, kings and heroes - actually happen? Is there any evidence for the existence of the Troj...
Nelson’s Lover: The Scandalous Lady Hamilton
Oct 08, 2025Who was Emma Hamilton, Horatio Nelson’s strikingly beautiful, and famously fashionable mistress? How did she raise herself up from dire poverty, to become a model, actress, dancer, and even an interna...
Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood
Oct 05, 2025Who was Enoch Powell, the deeply controversial British conservative politician? Why is he the father of Brexit, and possibly even Reform? And, how did he come to make his inflammatory ‘Rivers of Blood...
Greek Myths: Jason & The Quest for the Golden Fleece (Part 4)
Oct 01, 2025What terrifying trials did Jason and the Argonauts have to overcome to win the famous Golden Fleece from a fire-breathing dragon, in one of the greatest greek myths of all time? When and where does th...
Greek Myths: Sex, Drugs & Tragedy (Part 3)
Sep 28, 2025Who was Dionysus, the son of Zeus, and Greek god of ecstasy, revelry and madness? Why was he so central to the ancient Greeks? What is the story of the Bacchae, the play in which a young man is ripped...
Greek Myths: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Part 2)
Sep 24, 2025What is the story behind the writing of Oedipus, the notorious king of Thebes who murdered his father and unwittingly married his mother? Was it based on a real historical event? What are Oedipus’ cur...
Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)
Sep 21, 2025What are the mythic origins of Zeus, King of the Olympians, and the other Greek gods? From what period did the earliest of the Greek myths derive? Who was Hesiod - alongside Homer, the greatest of the...
Scandal in the White House
Sep 17, 2025Who was Grover Cleveland, and why is he one of the most controversial American Presidents of all time? Why was the run up to his first term, in 1884 at the height of the Gilded Age, so pivotal to Amer...