1956 - The Suez Crisis #2.2: Suez, A Life

We finally turn our attention to Italy in this episode history friends, where the relationship of Vittorio Orlando with his peers in the big five comes under our microscope. What were Italy's demands?...

23 Apr 201942min

Hello dear listeners, this is a jack of all trades episode, which serves several purposes:It explains what the Suez Crisis was, and why you should be interested in it.It examined each one of the episo...

22 Apr 20191h 7min

Episode 12 of the game sees our focus hone in on one eventful day, 19th April 1919, where three separate meetings were held, and where dreams were debated and dashed. The Japanese put forward their lo...

20 Apr 201955min

You can order Tim's book here! Something very special for you indeed history friends! A mere days away from launch, the lovely Tim Bouverie joins us for a fascinating chat about his monumental book, A...

16 Apr 20191h 12min

The situation in our alternative universe continues to heat up, but some might say, for the better. The President Marshall of France, Ferdinand Foch, having survived the recent vote, now has his regim...

14 Apr 201958min

The Japanese were utterly determined to pass the racial equality proposal, which actually consisted of a few sentences that would be inserted into the preamble of the League of Nations. This had been ...

11 Apr 201921min

It's high time we turned our attention to a neglected theatre of this story. No, not Africa...No, not the Middle East...Yes, that's right - Asian! Well, more specifically, just Japan! The story of the...

8 Apr 201934min

After a traumatic event which rocked France, the world and the Peace Conference to its core, how can the delegates involved possibly refocus their attentions to the task at hand - that of making peace...

6 Apr 201950min