Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

The best idea for a country there has ever been – period! This week Neil travels to America to visit James Madison the man credited with writing the opening to the Constitution of the United States a ...

25 Sep 202325min

A beautiful woman is led in chains to a town square packed with onlookers: standing before the crowd an executioner swings his sword and cuts off her head! This week we travel with Neil to Switzerland...

18 Sep 202321min

Religious zealotry, factional fighting and a new kid on the block! This week we travel with Neil to the Indian city of Murshidabad as Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clive lines up his troops against the fo...

11 Sep 202326min

Invention, innovation, and entrepreneurial dynamism are at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. This week we travel with Neil to Devon in England. It’s 1712 and the brilliant engineer Tomas Newcome...

4 Sep 202322min

A battle many regard as one of the most significant in history! This week we travel with Neil to Blenheim in Germany as the cauldron of bitter royal rivalries vying for ultimate control of Europe boil...

28 Aug 202327min

A genius who changed the way we understand the Universe. In this episode we travel with Neil to Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England to meet Isaac Newton - the man, the mind and the greatest wor...

21 Aug 202327min

Ghoulish apparitions haunting a city square, and an approach to science that is still vital today. This week Neil takes us to meet Francis Bacon at the picturesque Pond Square, in Highgate, London. To...

14 Aug 202322min

In this episode we travel to Stationers Hall in the City of London to hear a version of this book, that has taken over seven years to research and write, being read. It’s undergoing an exhaustive year...

7 Aug 202326min