I was thrilled to be joined on the podcast by the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, Anne...
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I was thrilled to be joined on the podcast by the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, Anne...
25:50
For hundreds of years, monarchy has reigned as the dominant political model in Europe. But how...
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Kim Ghattas joined me on the podcast to explore how Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran - who were...
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Christina Lamb is Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times and one of Britain’s leading...
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Jessie Childs is an award-winning author, historian and expert on the Tudors. She joined me on...
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Conan Doyle, Kipling and Kingsley in the Boer War
In early 1900, Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley and Arthur Conan Doyle crossed paths in South...
20:34
The common sailor was a crucial engine of British prosperity and expansion up until the...
30:25
How and Why History: America, Japan and the Atomic Bomb
On 6 August 1945, an American B29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over...
33:53
The second atomic strike on the city of Nagasaki is less well known than the one a few days...
22:16
How and Why History: Europe's Witch Craze
In 1597, King James VI of Scotland published a compendium on witchcraft called Daemonologie that...
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Michael Puett is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard and has lectured widely at the world's...
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75 years ago today, on 15 August 1945, Victory over Japan Day marked the end of one of the most...
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I was thrilled to be joined by Simon Heffer, author of biographies on the historian and essayist...
27:58
Stealing from the Saracens: Islam and European Architecture
From Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament, European architecture is indebted to the...
19:58
John Dickie joined me on the pod to discuss the international story of an organisation which now...
21:34
On 22nd August 1642, Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham marking the start of the English...
42:09
Suzannah Lipscomb joined me on the pod to discuss the history of magic, witchcraft and the...
28:45
Assassination and Coverups in The Cold War Congo
I was joined by an award-winning investigative journalist, Ravi Somaiya, to discuss the...
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In this episode Dan Snow is joined by Chris Wilson, Director of Experience Design at the...
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William Sitwell joined me on the pod to discuss the history of the restaurant. Tracing its...
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