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When the Spanish Armada Reached Ireland
Apr 02, 2026What happens when a fleeing armada meets an unforgiving coast? Shipwreck, slaughter and survival collide as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Michael B. Barry uncover the untold Irish chapter of the Spa...
Henry Wotton: Outlaw and Royal Spy
Mar 30, 2026Assassination plots, Venetian stand‑offs and a diplomat in disguise: how did one maverick change the course of history? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Professor Carol Chillington Rutter uncovers the ...
The Rise and Fall of Pirate Captain Kidd
Mar 26, 2026Was Captain William Kidd a ruthless pirate or a pawn in a royal gamble gone wrong? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Debbie Kilroy trace his meteoric rise from privateer to pariah, backed by a secret s...
Plantagenet vs. Tudor: Who was the Rightful King?
Mar 23, 2026Who had a stronger claim to the English throne than Henry VII? When Henry Tudor took the crown on the battlefield at Bosworth, his hereditary claim was fragile. Eighteen Plantagenet descendants had ...
Tudor True Crime: The First Female Serial Killer?
Mar 19, 2026Was there really a 17th century Italian woman who helped hundreds of wives murder their husbands, or is her story a myth born of fear and gossip? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the legend of...
Plots against Elizabeth I
Mar 16, 2026Who wanted Elizabeth I dead, and how close did they come to removing her? Who were the conspirators and rebels who plotted to put Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is jo...
Colonial Women of the Americas
Mar 12, 2026Warning: This episode contains references to sexual abuse What became of the women whose worlds collapsed when the Spanish arrived in Mesoamerica? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Mexican auth...
Regime Change: From Stuart to Hanover
Mar 09, 2026Who would rule Britain after the childless Queen Anne died in 1714? Why was a distant German Protestant dynasty chosen over closer claimants to the throne? In the final part of our series on the Resto...
Henry VII: Reign of Jeopardy
Mar 05, 2026Was Henry Tudor a tyrant obsessed with control, or a visionary who created peace and prosperity? How did a penniless exile with a tenuous claim to the crown found a dynasty that reshaped the nation? H...
Queen Anne: The Last Stuart Monarch
Mar 02, 2026Has history been unfair to Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch? Was she weak and easily led, or one of Britain’s most determined and underestimated monarchs? In this episode of our Restoration series,...