326. Indian Uprising 1857: India’s Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5)
The warrior queen who fought the British on the battlefield, Rani of Jhansi –or Rani Lakshmibai– is still a hero in India, with comic books and Bollywood movies about her. But what’s the true history ...
20 Jan 1h 3min
325. Indian Uprising 1857: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)
An entire city turns on the British and revolts in unison. 3000 East India Company soldiers and civilians in Lucknow are under siege in one compound, hiding in tunnels and surrounded by snipers. But w...
15 Jan 54min
324. Indian Uprising 1857: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)
In one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 uprising, brutal massacres are met with revenge brutal massacres as the rebellion reaches the East India Company garrison town of Kanpur or “Cawnpore”. Who w...
13 Jan 52min
323. Indian Uprising 1857: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
How did the mutiny amongst sepoys –Indian soldiers– turn into a national crisis? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reached the Red Fort in Delhi? Why did the British fail...
8 Jan 53min
322. Indian Uprising 1857: The Mutiny (Part 1)
Secret messages are being passed from city to city inside chapattis, rebellion is in the air. When Indian soldiers in the East India Company army hear that bullet cartridges are greased with pig and c...
6 Jan 50min
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
How did Julia Margaret Cameron - Virginia Woolf's great aunt - become one of the most influential photography artists of her time? Who were the Anglo-Indian Pattle Sisters who charmed Victorian societ...
1 Jan 50min
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her name? How did she smuggle her photographs of the horro...
30 Dec 202546min
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
Who were the Italian sailors who stole the bones of St Nicolas from his church in Turkey in 1087? How was the mythology of St Nicolas combined with Germanic pagan stories of Odin riding a white horse ...
25 Dec 202532min
