Henry VII: life of the week
Henry VII has gone down in history as the miserable miser who, rightly or wrongly, seized the English Crown from the hands of Richard III at the battle of Bosworth. But, according to historian and aut...
23 Sep 202456min
Tokyo 1946: the war crime trial that shaped Japan's future
In 1946, as Japan stood in ruins at the end of the Second World War, an international trial was launched in Tokyo. It was a mammoth legal and political undertaking that lasted more than two years, as ...
22 Sep 202446min
The Stuarts: everything you wanted to know
What do we know about James I's sexuality? How did Charles I squander his throne? How successful was the 'Glorious Revolution'? And why is the turbulence of the 17th century still overshadowed by the ...
21 Sep 202439min
Hidden environmental histories of the last 500 years
From the Mongol expansion to the world wars, and from colonialism to the slave trade, the biggest historical events of the past 500 years have reshaped not only human history, but also the natural wor...
19 Sep 202434min
Ancient Egypt | 5. a lost world?
Why are we still so obsessed with ancient Egypt? In this fifth episode of Ancient Egypt: the big questions, Emily Briffett is joined by curator and Egyptologist Campbell Price for a final time to expl...
18 Sep 202449min
Congo, Cold War & CIA plotting: the 1961 assassination that shook Africa
Soon after gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the new Republic of the Congo was rocked by the assassination of its young firebrand leader, Patrice Lumumba. Stuart A Reid unpicks this story in ...
17 Sep 202438min
Viking trade, Titanic and Olympic rings: history behind the headlines
Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter discuss the historical news stories that have made headlines this month In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and ...
16 Sep 202449min
How ancient India transformed the world
From the Roman economy and Angkor Wat to the spread of Buddhism and the numerical system we use today, ancient India was one of the great seedbeds of human civilisation. Indian art, religion, technolo...
15 Sep 202441min
