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How do you solve a problem like Napoleon?
Jan 09, 2026In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, it fell to Britain to maintain the balance of power in continental Europe – but how could a small island manage such a task? How could it prevent the rise of a...
What does history teach us about protest?
Jan 07, 2026The past 12 months have seen protests around the world make headlines and dominate social media feeds. But how have such popular demonstrations changed the course of history? In this episode, historia...
Hatshepsut: life of the week
Jan 06, 2026Hatshepsut is one of ancient Egypt’s most extraordinary figures: a pharaoh who deftly asserted her right to the throne, reigned over an era of prosperity, and commissioned some of the most iconic monu...
Tragedy and triumph: a 500-year history of Mexico
Jan 05, 2026The chaos of the Spanish conquest, the humiliation of military defeat to the United States, the disruption of the revolution… Mexican history is often viewed through the lens of trauma and violence. Y...
Jane Austen’s final chapter – and lasting legacy
Jan 04, 2026What does Austen’s later writing tell us about her changing ideas? And what factors contributed to her death? In this fourth and final episode of our series chronicling the novelist’s life and work, D...
Prophetesses & she-preachers of the 17th century
Jan 02, 2026A prophetess who warned Oliver Cromwell against killing the king. A Yorkshire maidservant who gained an audience with the Ottoman Sultan. The religious tumult of the 17th century gave ordinary women o...
New Year's Eve, newts and Nessie: a history of British folklore
Dec 31, 2025Why should you be careful about who's first through your door on New Year's Day? What led people to believe that newts and earwigs were responsible for their ailments? And why do sticks play such a ke...
Augustus: life of the week
Dec 30, 2025‘Evil genius’ is a phrase that could have been invented to describe Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. Augustus butchered his way to power in the chaos that followed Julius Caesar's assassination, a...
Inside the Viking battle of the genders
Dec 29, 2025What do we know for certain about Old Norse ideas about masculinity and femininity, and can Viking Age mythology provide any answers? In conversation with James Osborne, Dr Jackson Crawford discusses ...
A house of one’s own: Jane Austen’s ‘golden years’
Dec 28, 2025It was at Chawton House, a cottage in rural Hampshire, that Jane Austen experienced one of the most fruitful episodes of her writing career. In this third instalment of our four-part series charting t...