The birth of Eurasia
In a talk from our 2016 History Weekend event in Winchester, the renowned archaeologist Barry Cunliffe discusses the subject of his recent book By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean Hosted on Acast. See acast....
29 Dec 201654min
2016 Christmas history quiz
Join the BBC History Magazine team for the return of our annual Christmas history quiz. The quizmaster is QI writer Justin Pollard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mo...
22 Dec 201629min
Corner shops and Russian ballet
Babita Sharma talks about her new BBC Four documentary 'Booze, Beans and Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop', while Simon Morrison explores the colourful history of the Bolshoi Ballet. Hosted on Aca...
15 Dec 201657min
Historians in parliament
Historian-politicians Tristram Hunt, Chris Skidmore, Kwasi Kwarteng and Peter Hennessy explain how their two professions relate to each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
8 Dec 201638min
The attack on Pearl Harbor and physics through the ages
Nicholas Best reflects on the events and aftermath of the 1941 Japanese raid, while Carlo Rovelli discusses his new book 'Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity'. Hosted on Acast...
1 Dec 201646min
Arts and Crafts and unusual inventors
Rosalind Ormiston discusses an important 19th-century artistic movement, while David Bramwell introduces some of history’s most talented eccentrics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
24 Nov 201655min
Soviet science and feeding Britain at war
Simon Ings, author of Stalin and the Scientists, describes how the Bolshevik leaders intervened in scientific research in the USSR. Meanwhile, food writer William Sitwell tells the story of a man who ...
17 Nov 20161h 2min
The wartime SAS and Hitler’s drug addiction
Author and broadcaster Ben Macintyre details the extraordinary activities of the Special Air Service in the fight against the Axis, based on research for his new authorised history. Meanwhile, we spea...
10 Nov 20161h 10min
