War Lord with Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell joined me on the podcast to discuss his final book in the Last Kingdom series. War Lord is the epic story of how England was made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
24 Okt 202017min
The Battle of Philippi: Death of the Roman Republic
In October 42 BC the Roman Republic committed suicide. Near the town of Philippi in northern Greece the forces of Brutus and Cassius, the famous assassins of Julius Caesar and the last surviving cheer...
23 Okt 202050min
Britain's Oldest Laws
Joanna McCunn joined me on the podcast to discuss the history of some of Britain's oldest and strangest laws. From shooting Welshmen with longbows, to Oliver Cromwell banning mince pies, we also discu...
22 Okt 202020min
Time's Monster with Priya Satia
Priya Satia joined me on the podcast to discuss the dramatic consequences of writing history today as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of enduring global inequalities and debates about repara...
21 Okt 202021min
Nelson and the Slave Trade
Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Recently there has been considerable interest in Nelson's views on the slave trade and the plantation economy of the West Indies....
20 Okt 202025min
The Conquistadores
Fernando Cervantes joined me on the podcast to reframe the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World, set against the political and intellectual landscape from which its main actors emerged. Ho...
19 Okt 202030min
The Expulsion of Native Americans
Claudio Saunt joined me on the podcast to discuss the United States' expulsion of Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Justified as a humanitarian enterprise, t...
18 Okt 202023min
Saving Bletchley Park with Sue Black
Dr Sue Black is a British computer scientist, academic and social entrepreneur. She has been instrumental in saving Bletchley Park, the World War II codebreaking site. Her book documenting this vital ...
17 Okt 202022min
