Sylvia Pankhurst
Rachel Holmes joined me on the podcast to discuss the life of British suffragette and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst. Sylvia found her voice fighting militantly for votes for women. The vote was just the ...
3 Joulu 202024min
The Nuremberg Trials: 75th Anniversary
Tom Bower joined me on the podcast to discuss the history and legacy of the Nuremberg Trials.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every singl...
2 Joulu 202019min
Rebel Anthropologists Who Challenged Everything
Charles King joined me on the podcast to talk about a group of cultural anthropologist who fundamentally transformed conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century. We talked in particular ...
1 Joulu 202023min
Was Winston Churchill Racist?
The former Prime Minister has faced a renewed controversy as people are calling for his statues to be removed due to his racist views. We are joined by Professor Richard Toye and Dr Warren Dockter to ...
30 Marras 202019min
The Gay Men Who Took on Hitler
Chris Bryant joined me on the podcast to tell the story of the gay British politicians who were among the very first to warn Britain about the danger of Hitler’s rise to power and the most vocal in de...
29 Marras 202016min
Pompeii and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii is back in the news. An extraordinary new, touching discovery, found during the Great Pompeii Project of Professor Massimo Osanna and his team. Roughly 700 metres northwest of Pompeii, in the ...
28 Marras 202052min
Elizabeth I with Helen Castor
Dan talks to Helen Castor about her book on Elizabeth I and the way she governed.Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documentaries, as well as every single episode of...
27 Marras 202031min
The First Thanksgiving
Sarah Churchwell and Kathryn Gray joined me on the podcast to discuss the first Thanksgiving of 1621. They critique mythologies of Thanksgiving that have arisen from 19th century ideologues, to Reagan...
26 Marras 202027min
