Medieval science: everything you wanted to know
Was the medieval Church really anti-science? Why did one monk hurl himself from an the roof of his abbey tower in the name of experimentation? And what were the high-tech gadgets of the Middle Ages? S...
26 Okt 202454min
Halloween traditions: everything you wanted to know
How did a Catholic religious celebration transform into a spooky, supernatural festivity? Why were turnips and swedes replaced by pumpkins? And what happened on ‘mischief night’? Speaking with Ellie C...
25 Okt 202430min
Medieval women: friendship, wanderlust and the medieval hustle
Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, Christine de Pizan and Margery Kempe: what can these four extraordinary female writers reveal about the everyday lives of ordinary women in the Middle Ages? Well, r...
24 Okt 202444min
The Tyrant, the usurper and the hero | Richard II: tyrant
Richard II lacked all the qualities a medieval monarch needed, bar one: birthright. Born believing he was God's representative on Earth, the narcissistic tyrant seems to have done everything wrong. Bu...
23 Okt 202449min
Chris Packham & Peter Frankopan: can history help tackle the climate crisis?
Climate change is an issue that animates politicians, scientists and activists around the world – but could looking to history help shape our approach to the climate crisis today? And what role do his...
22 Okt 202444min
History Behind the Headlines: political memoirs, fuel and access to nature
In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter explore the history of political memoirs, Britain's changing energy supplies across the c...
21 Okt 202444min
Tudor spymaster: the secret machinations of Robert Cecil
Late Tudor England was a dangerous place, with plots both at home and abroad, and no certainty about who was going to succeed the ageing queen, Elizabeth I. Into this perilous world stepped Robert Cec...
20 Okt 202443min
The Korean War: everything you wanted to know
On today's Everything You Wanted to Know episode, we're covering the Korean War, exploring how the nation came to be divided in two, what the impact of fighting was on the peninsular's civilian popula...
19 Okt 202437min
