375. Hitler and the Mitford Sisters
The Mitfords were the most glamorous aristocrats on the London scene in the 1920s, with at their head Diana, the most beautiful woman in London, who would eventually marry Oswald Mosley. However, her ...
4 Okt 202353min
374. The Battle of Cable Street: Fascism Defeated
“You will never catch Sir Oswald admitting to anti-semitism - all he does is embody it!” Following the violent scenes at Kensington Olympia, the British fascist movement is in decline. Britain is swir...
1 Okt 202345min
373. Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader
The fascists in Britain have found a leader known across the country: the sinister yet complex Oswald Mosley. Following stints as an MP for both the Tories and Labour, Mosley, a veteran of the First W...
27 Sep 202354min
372. The Birth of British Fascism
The cultural roots of fascism swirled around Britain at the turn of the 20th century, as medieval nostalgia, an obsession with hygiene, anti-semitism, and concern for the environment grew in the wake ...
24 Sep 202354min
371. The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power (Part 2)
The U.S. have given up on ousting the socialist President Allende through democratic means, and shift to a more militaristic approach, in the form of General Pinochet. Once known as the ‘dull dog’, a ...
21 Sep 202350min
370. The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (Part 1)
In the midst of the Cold War, the 1973 coup against the socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende, led by General Pinochet with the support of Richard Nixon, remains a seismic episode in Latin Amer...
20 Sep 202344min
369. The Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
“Are you not entertained?!” The emblem of Rome, the Colosseum was the unsettling but glamorous home of Roman violence, used for gladiatorial bouts, naval reenactments, and by the emperors to re-stage...
17 Sep 202353min
368. The History Behind Hogwarts: Ancient Schools and Revolting Students
“To be a boy at one of these schools was to be alternately tyrant and slave.” More gruesome even than the Battle of Hogwarts, 18th century British Public schools were hotbeds for violence and uproar, ...
13 Sep 202355min
