The Commando Raid that Changed the Course of WW2
In October 1942 the British launched a small raid on the Channel Island of Sark. A cast of characters who gave their colleague Ian Fleming ideas for a new secret agent character, James Bond, crept ash...
12 Jan 202020min
Sam Mendes on 1917
In this podcast Dan talks to Golden Globe winning film maker Sam Mendes about his new World War One film 1917.Based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, it ...
9 Jan 202025min
The Persian War
In the 5th century BC the world's first super power, the Persian Empire, went to war against a ragtag collection of cities and statelets on its western frontier. It was the start of the Persian War. T...
8 Jan 202038min
Interwar Germany’s Secret Ally: The USSR
After the First World War the German Army was in crisis. Limited in the size and its equipment by the Versailles Treaty which ended the war, it was a shadow of the mighty force it had been in 1914. He...
6 Jan 202024min
Ink: A History of Tattooing
Matt Lodder is the world's leading expert on the history of tattoos. He has found evidence of people using ink or charcoal on their bodies stretching back thousands of years. He explodes myths at ever...
5 Jan 202032min
Geordies: A History
'Northumbrian patriot' Dan Jackson, who has just written a book on the history of Northeast England and its people, comes on the podcast to talk about his native Northumberland. Hosted on Acast. See...
3 Jan 202023min
The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land
Roger Crowley is the author of the new book, Accursed Tower: The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land.The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghol...
1 Jan 202030min
