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The Great Plague of London
Jul 21, 2025What was it like living in London, 1665, when the plague first crept in? Within weeks, the gruesome symptoms were being spotted around London, crosses were marked on the doors of the damned, and King ...
Dark History of the Luddites
Jul 17, 2025Would you have joined the OG Luddites? In 1811 and 1812 across the midlands and north of England which were the Silicon Valley of the day, Luddites smashed machines. They would not stop, not even at m...
The Plague That Shook The Roman Empire
Jul 14, 2025In the 6th century, the Roman Empire was split and its future hung in the balance. Emperor Justinian dreamed of restoring it to its former glory. That was until the first great plague devastated Const...
The Truth About Frankenstein
Jul 10, 2025Against a time of radical change, a gothic masterpiece was written by the teenage Mary Shelley. Published in 1818, Frankenstein takes us into a dark world where man and monster meet in mutual torment....
How Bloody Was 'Bloody Mary'?
Jul 07, 2025Last week we heard about Mary's formative years. Today we get to her reign, the infamous burnings and ask ourselves if Bloody Mary was as bad as people think. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Stua...
The Final Days of Anastasia Romanov
Jul 03, 2025In the aftermath of the bloody Russian revolution, the Romanovs went from being a glittering royal family, to vulnerable everyday citizens who were soon murdered. In the wake of their deaths, the that...
Bloody Mary: The Real Woman in the Mirror
Jun 30, 2025Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary. Mary I is known as a brutal tyrant. But what was the reality? In the next two episodes Anthony and Maddy will explore Mary's story. Today they explore the trauma...
Poison in the Tower of London
Jun 26, 2025Today’s story is one that takes us to a very familiar setting - the Tower of London - but shows it in a new light. Edward Francis was an enslaved man who lived in the Lion Tower. In 1691 he decided to...
Stonehenge: 10 Strangest Facts
Jun 23, 2025It wasn't made by Druids (or Aliens or Merlin the wizard). But it was a garden centre. Get ready for the 10 strangest facts (mostly) about Stonehenge! Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney back among th...
Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?
Jun 19, 2025You're laid out on the surgeon's table. Wide awake. He stands over you knife in hand and behind him, in the stands, is a noisy crowd all joking, smoking and scoffing oysters, waiting for the show to s...