631. Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Was Richard Wagner a revolutionary artist who reshaped music forever, or an egotists mired in scandal, whose dangerous ideas were inseparable from the operas he created? How did the legendary worlds e...
1 Jan 1h 13min
630. Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
What are the complex origins of Russia’s most renowned composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? What inner conflicts and private contradictions lay behind his romantic music, and how did these struggles sh...
29 Dec 20251h 19min
629. WWI: The Christmas Truce
Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - really occur, or was it a myth? What is the real sto...
25 Dec 202558min
628. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)
Who are the prime suspects for the identity of Jack the Ripper? Why did he suddenly halt his hellish killing spree, and never strike again? And, once and for all, who really was Jack the Ripper…? Jo...
22 Dec 20251h 35min
627. Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4)
Why was Jack the Ripper’s final murder the most appalling of all? Who was the mysterious Mary-Jane Kelly, his unfortunate victim? And, what enduring impact would his crimes have upon the cultural clim...
18 Dec 20251h 10min
626. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)
How did Jack the Ripper manage to strike twice in the same night without getting caught? Did he have an accomplice? And, what chilling clues did the police discover in the wake of the murder…? Join...
15 Dec 202559min
625. Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2)
Who was Jack the Ripper’s second victim, and why was their murder considered the true starting point of his terrifying killing spree? How did the police investigation unfold? And, when and how did the...
11 Dec 20251h 6min
The Beatles: The British Invasion, with Conan O’Brien (Part 2)
| This episode is available a week early for members of The Rest Is History Club | What happens when fame, drugs, and genius collide? How did the Beatles survive John Lennon’s “more popular than Je...
10 Dec 202555min
