HistoryExtra Long Reads

58 Episodes

1. Women of the Greco-Persian Wars

   Published: 01/09/2024
2. Oradour-sur-Glane: one of WW2's most infamous massacres

   Published: 25/08/2024
3. From Tudor to Stuart: a brand new era?

   Published: 18/08/2024
4. The madcap Paris Olympics: how chaos nearly derailed the 1900 Games

   Published: 11/08/2024
5. The West Africa Squadron: Britain's war on slave ships

   Published: 04/08/2024
6. Club AD 130: a Roman holiday

   Published: 28/07/2024
7. Airborne assault: the spearhead of the D-Day invasion

   Published: 21/07/2024
8. The women behind Henry VIII's queens

   Published: 14/07/2024
9. The Normandy campaign's forgotten naval heroes

   Published: 07/07/2024
10. Victorian scandals: sex, sadism & sugared death

    Published: 30/06/2024
11. Roman slaves: the hidden lives of the empire's invisible labour force

    Published: 23/06/2024
12. Cumbria: the forgotten Anglo-Saxon kingdom

    Published: 16/06/2024
13. Emily Anderson: codebreaking pioneer

    Published: 09/06/2024
14. 1924's British Empire Exhibition: the empire’s last hurrah?

    Published: 02/06/2024
15. Beastly Victorians: battling animal abuse in the 19th century

    Published: 26/05/2024
16. The battle of Meggido: ancient Egypt at war

    Published: 19/05/2024
17. WW1's Eastern Front: the forgotten theatre of war?

    Published: 12/05/2024
18. Life beyond the margins: female diarists through time

    Published: 05/05/2024
19. Knights! Camera! Action!: the Middle Ages on film

    Published: 28/04/2024
20. From the Knights Templar to the killing of JFK: the enduring power of conspiracy theories

    Published: 21/04/2024