Writing the History of 20th Century Europe
In 1914 a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans initiated a second conflict that m...
11 Aug 20201h 2min
Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain
The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers – to rebuild, to fill the factories, to make the new NHS work. From all over the world, thousands of individuals – including many I...
7 Aug 20201h 2min
The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
The Last of the Tsars is a masterful study of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even willfully so. It is also a compelling account ...
4 Aug 20201h 10min
Dublin Festival of History Question Time
Our expect panel answer questions from the audience on a whole range of historical topics,with Joe Duffy keeping order, recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 1st October 2017.Catriona Crowe is for...
31 Juli 202059min
The Russian Revolution Debate
In its centenary year the sheer apocalyptic scale of the Russian Revolution seems almost to defy comprehension. What began as a challenge to the decadence and complacency of the Romanov dynasty ended ...
28 Juli 20201h 7min
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age tells the story of how, between the 2nd and 6th centuries AD, the Christians of the late Roman Empire set out deliberately to destroy all the books, knowledge and temples of the anci...
24 Juli 202057min
Janina Ramirez: The blending of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Christianity
Based on her book, The Private Lives of Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England, Dr Janina Ramirez, Oxford Art Historian and BBC broadcaster, will explore the incredible intellectua...
21 Juli 202053min
James Holland: The War in The West
In the second volume of his ground-breaking World War 2 trilogy, James Holland describes how the tide of war began to turn against the Axis. Looking at the war from the battle front to the factories a...
17 Juli 20201h 17min
