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PARANORMAL COLD CASE
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PARANORMAL COLD CASE

INVESTIGATING HISTORY'S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS

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September 2022
The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end
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The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end

THIS MONTH... 1866

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September 2022
Manager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room
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Manager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room

MY LIFE IN HISTORY

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September 2022
WHAT IF... ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND HADN'T BEEN ASSASSINATED?
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WHAT IF... ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND HADN'T BEEN ASSASSINATED?

Professor Paul Miller-Melamed and Nige Tassell question the mythologised importance of the Sarajevo assassination over the last century, and whether it really made World War I inevitable

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September 2022
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDWARDIANS
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDWARDIANS

Dr John Jacob Woolf answers key questions about a brief but momentous 'gilded age' for Britain

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6 mins  |
September 2022
Professor Michael Goodman on the Legacy of the Cold War
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Professor Michael Goodman on the Legacy of the Cold War

"While the Cold War might be over, it is as relevant today as it always has been"

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August 2022
International head of silver at Christie's
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International head of silver at Christie's

MY LIFE IN HISTORY MEET THE PEOPLE BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE

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August 2022
TEA, TOURS AND TOP HATS
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TEA, TOURS AND TOP HATS

When it came to getting away from it all, our forebears weren't all that different from us...

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August 2022
WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY
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WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

A mythological love-at-first-sight meeting becomes a Renaissance masterpiece

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August 2022
THE HONEYMOON OF JAMES VI AND ANNA OF DENMARK
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THE HONEYMOON OF JAMES VI AND ANNA OF DENMARK

Amy Licence charts the lavish celebrations that followed the wedding between one of Scotland's most famous monarchs and his Scandinavian bride

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August 2022
CHAOS IN CUBA
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CHAOS IN CUBA

When one of the US's closest neighbours agreed to host Soviet nuclear missiles, it triggered the most dangerous crisis in world history

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August 2022
MONEY AND POWER
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MONEY AND POWER

In 1947, the US pledged billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn Europe - but the Soviets sensed an ulterior motive

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August 2022
CONTAINING THE THREAT
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CONTAINING THE THREAT

President Truman was willing to go to great lengths to halt the spread of communism – and in Greece and Turkey, he succeeded

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August 2022
FROM FRIENDS TO ENEMIES
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FROM FRIENDS TO ENEMIES

After uniting to defeat the Nazis, east and west were soon divided once more

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August 2022
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COLD WAR
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COLD WAR

Professor Michael Goodman answers key questions about the decades-long rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union

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August 2022
Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians
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Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians

While not the most famous novelist of her generation, 'Mrs Gaskell' helped bring the unpleasant implications of industrialisation to the public consciousness. But what motivated her to speak out?

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August 2022
The Acts of Union 1707
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The Acts of Union 1707

"Since 1603, England and Scotland had a shared monarch, but were separate: two crowns, on one head"

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August 2022
CATCHING THE RED FOX
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CATCHING THE RED FOX

On the surface, Klaus Fuchs was a diligent young scientist, enthusiastically helping Britain and the US develop powerful new weapons during World War II. But, as Roger Hermiston reveals, his true loyalties lay elsewhere

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July 2022
WHAT IF... THE BLACK DEATH HAD NEVER HAPPENED?
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WHAT IF... THE BLACK DEATH HAD NEVER HAPPENED?

Professor Mark Bailey tells Nige Tassell why the world would have become a very different place had the plague outbreaks of the 14th century not triggered fundamental changes in society

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July 2022
KEEPING THE PEACE
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KEEPING THE PEACE

With no formal police force, maintaining law and order in medieval and Tudor England was very much a community affair

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July 2022
WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY
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WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY

A striking work of art borne of the horrors of World War I

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July 2022
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Crime historian Dr Nell Darby answers key questions about the evolution of law and order in the British Isles

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July 2022
TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN A POLAR EXPLORER'S TALE OF TRAGEDY AND SURVIVAL
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TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN A POLAR EXPLORER'S TALE OF TRAGEDY AND SURVIVAL

Douglas Mawson is not the most famous hero of Antarctic exploration, but, as Nige Tassell reveals, the Australian overcame the odds in one of the age's most disastrous expeditions...

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July 2022
THE GREAT BRITISH 'BOBBY'
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THE GREAT BRITISH 'BOBBY'

We explore a selection of surprising facts about the history of British policing - from Robert Peel to the present day

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July 2022
GODLY BUTCHERY
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GODLY BUTCHERY

In medieval England, the crime of treason was so heinous that it required a punishment that would horrify as much as it would deter. Dr Rebecca Simon discusses a method of execution reserved only for the worst of the worst

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July 2022
BANISHED TO A LAND DOWN UNDER
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BANISHED TO A LAND DOWN UNDER

Rather than fill the prisons or issue the death penalty, judges chose to ship tens of thousands of convicts to Australia

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July 2022
A BLOODY NEW CHAPTER
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A BLOODY NEW CHAPTER

After decades of discord, the lawmakers of early modern England took drastic new measures to make sure that citizens stayed in line

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July 2022
LIFE AS A PHARAOH
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LIFE AS A PHARAOH

They ruled over ancient Egypt and were immortalised by their tombs and statues, but what was life really like at the top?

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June 2022
EGYPT'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
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EGYPT'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

Men weren't the only people to help shape one of the most remarkable civilisations of the ancient world

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June 2022
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS

Professor Joyce Tyldesley answers key questions about Egypt's ancient rulers and the power they wielded

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June 2022