HistoryExtra Long Reads
A podcast by History Extra - Mondays
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58 Episodes
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Women of the Greco-Persian Wars
Published: 01/09/2024 -
Oradour-sur-Glane: one of WW2's most infamous massacres
Published: 25/08/2024 -
From Tudor to Stuart: a brand new era?
Published: 18/08/2024 -
The madcap Paris Olympics: how chaos nearly derailed the 1900 Games
Published: 11/08/2024 -
The West Africa Squadron: Britain's war on slave ships
Published: 04/08/2024 -
Club AD 130: a Roman holiday
Published: 28/07/2024 -
Airborne assault: the spearhead of the D-Day invasion
Published: 21/07/2024 -
The women behind Henry VIII's queens
Published: 14/07/2024 -
The Normandy campaign's forgotten naval heroes
Published: 07/07/2024 -
Victorian scandals: sex, sadism & sugared death
Published: 30/06/2024 -
Roman slaves: the hidden lives of the empire's invisible labour force
Published: 23/06/2024 -
Cumbria: the forgotten Anglo-Saxon kingdom
Published: 16/06/2024 -
Emily Anderson: codebreaking pioneer
Published: 09/06/2024 -
1924's British Empire Exhibition: the empire’s last hurrah?
Published: 02/06/2024 -
Beastly Victorians: battling animal abuse in the 19th century
Published: 26/05/2024 -
The battle of Meggido: ancient Egypt at war
Published: 19/05/2024 -
WW1's Eastern Front: the forgotten theatre of war?
Published: 12/05/2024 -
Life beyond the margins: female diarists through time
Published: 05/05/2024 -
Knights! Camera! Action!: the Middle Ages on film
Published: 28/04/2024 -
From the Knights Templar to the killing of JFK: the enduring power of conspiracy theories
Published: 21/04/2024
Take a deep dive into the past as we bring you the very best of BBC History Magazine, Britain’s bestselling history magazine. With a new episode released every Monday, enjoy fascinating and enlightening articles from leading historical experts, covering a broad sweep of the centuries – from the scandals of Georgian society to the horrors of the First World War, revolutions, rebellions, and more.