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Who laid the fuse for the Gunpowder Plot?
Oct 18, 2025In the autumn of 1605, Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes led a desperate band of Catholic gentlemen in one of history's most daring conspiracies. Having smuggled 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the Palace...
Reagan's plan to 'make America great again'
Oct 16, 2025The phrase 'Make America Great Again' is indelibly associated with President Trump – yet a very similar version of the slogan – 'Let's Make America Great Again' – was in fact used by his predecessor R...
How enslaved people fought for freedom across the Atlantic
Oct 14, 2025From armed uprisings in the Caribbean to the hidden power of ritual, song and solidarity, the story of enslaved people’s resistance is far richer and more radical than has often been told. In this epi...
Aneurin Bevan: life of the week
Oct 13, 2025Aneurin Bevan's commitment to social justice led to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 – one of the most ambitious social reforms in British history. He was an MP who stuck to his pri...
Bandits & blasphemers: crime in 17th century Scotland
Oct 12, 2025Which crimes were most common in Scotland in the 17th century – and what can those crimes reveal about society at the time? In today's episode, we're delving into a world of violence, vengeance, bandi...
The Normans: everything you wanted to know
Oct 11, 2025After five years we come to our final 'everything you wanted to know about' episodes. We revisit our first episode where Marc Morris, author of an acclaimed history of the Norman Conquest, tackles som...
How Julius Caesar's funeral drama fuelled the mob
Oct 09, 2025The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most infamous plots of the ancient world, but the dictator's death wasn't the only moment in his life and afterlife marked by political machinations. S...
The dark side of Samuel Pepys
Oct 07, 2025Samuel Pepys is well-known for his brilliantly evocative diary, which gives an unsurpassed insight into daily life in Restoration London. However, it turns out Pepys also had a sinister side. Somethin...
Margaret Tudor: life of the week
Oct 06, 2025Margaret Tudor was the daughter of a king, the sister of a king, and the wife of a king. But she was a political power player in her own right, carefully balancing family loyalties to both the crown o...
Britain's female slaveowners: the heiresses who made fortunes from enslavement
Oct 05, 2025Women's role as slaveowners is often overlooked – but, just like men, they both profited from and maintained the institution of slavery. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, historian Miranda Kaufmann profile...