Chartism: everything you wanted to know
The first half of the 19th century witnessed the rise of an extraordinary working-class campaign for political reform: Chartism. What made this movement so remarkable was its size and sophistication –...
20 Touko 202343min
Three young queens: the unexpected bonds between Renaissance royals
Before being scattered across different kingdoms, Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots spent many years of their formative years at the French court. Speaking to Lauren G...
18 Touko 202353min
Six wives | 5. Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard was a teenaged bride who captivated King Henry VIII, but was brought down by secrets from her past that refused to remain buried. In episode five of our new series on the dramatic mar...
17 Touko 202353min
Ramesses II: Egypt’s greatest pharaoh?
Ramesses II is the only pharaoh in history to be known as ‘the great’, but does he deserve that title? Was he the pharaoh in the Exodus story? And was his mummy really given a passport when he travell...
16 Touko 202332min
Tudor childhood: from dodging death to nursery rhymes
Look at a Tudor family portrait, and you’ll often find children depicted like miniature adults, standing confidently alongside their parents in their doublets and dresses. But how far is this an accur...
15 Touko 202346min
What can Richard I tell us about medieval masculinity?
Was Richard I homosexual, and would it matter if he was? Although he was known to have shared a bed with the King of France, according to Dr Gabrielle Storey, that was part and parcel of being a king ...
14 Touko 202330min
Britain in the 1990s: everything you wanted to know
It was the decade that saw the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of Tony Blair and the landmark Good Friday Agreement. But what was behind the landslide victory of New Labour? How did the death of Pr...
13 Touko 202344min
Everyday life in East Germany
The story of East Germany has been largely told in the context of Cold War geopolitics. But while the country may have been an ideological battleground, ordinary life there still carried on regardless...
11 Touko 202341min
