Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator
Period
2,010 CE
This special bonus episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Robert A. Iger, CEO of The …
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a listener Q&A hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. The hosts exchange favourite “unbelievable but true” hist…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of Rest Is History features guest Anthony Scaramucci joining host Dominic Sandbrook to continue a planned two-part discu…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a rapid question-and-answer session between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open by discussing potential hist…
Open episodeThis is a live Rest Is History stream in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recap their recent US tour, describe several talks t…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History is a tour-time recording from Chicago featuring hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing an Ipsos international poll about which historical events, periods…
Open episodeThis bonus episode opens with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and placing it …
Open episodeThis is a live bonus episode recorded at the Chalk History Festival in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook (with Tony Paster introducin…
Open episodeThis live Rest Is History episode, recorded while Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook were in Sarajevo, explores the notion of cities and cul…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a conversational bonus episode covering production anecdotes, upcoming shows, listener quest…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host a members' live episode in which each selects three favourite museums (one from Britain, one from Eu…
Open episodeThis bonus Rest Is History episode is a shorter Q&A-style instalment opening the podcast's multi-episode Titanic series. Hosts Tom Holland …
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a wide-ranging Q&A between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open by discussing their ongoing Martin Luth…
Open episodeThis live-stream episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing Holland's intellectual developm…
Open episodeIn this on-the-road episode recorded in Adelaide, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer listener questions and discuss current and recen…
Open episodeWhile stranded in a Brisbane hotel after a cancelled members' livestream, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record an extended bonus episod…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal question-and-answer session between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open with travel and bi…
Open episodeThis episode is a fast-paced, quickfire question edition of The Rest Is History hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They discuss a…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, is an informal Q&A and roundtable riff touching on …
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a listener Q&A with hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They introduce recently recorded episodes on the roots o…
Open episodeIn this special "Historical Love Island" episode of The Rest Is History, hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Dominic's da…
Open episodeThis is a live-stream episode hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook that uses Russia's recent Wagner Group march toward Moscow as a p…
Open episodeThis bonus Restless History episode is an informal hosts' chat in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook swap travel anecdotes, listener q…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an on-the-road conversation recorded in Washington with hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook and their producer To…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a conversational roundup in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook react to the recent coronation, praising its sacr…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal hosts' update in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss upcoming live shows, listener-community …
Open episodeThis bonus live episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They speak to the podcast's community, acknowledge Discord/club c…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is hosted by Tom Holland with guests Tony Pasta (Goalhanger head) and Theo. The conversation opens on the recent BBC–Gar…
Open episodeThis live Rest Is History episode is a wide-ranging conversation between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook centered on the five books…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook speak with historian Peter Frankopan about the long relationship between climate (and the wider nat…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History Club members' bonus episode, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, is an informal update and listener Q&A. The …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook conduct an informal episode covering reading notes, news and listener questions. They discuss Tom's…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook celebrate milestones, read listener messages, and previe…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal, wide-ranging conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open with contemporary culture…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode is an informal New Year’s catch-up between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recorded while together …
Open episodeIn this year-end episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook review the major political, cultural and personal highlights of 2022. They foreg…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open with light chat about colds, dentistry and recent sporting news before moving to lis…
Open episodeThis is a December live show hosted by Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland. The pair respond to listener comments, preview forthcoming episod…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a conversational episode touching on recent and forthcoming Rest Is History material. They d…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a World Cup themed series with a comprehensive history of Qatar, from its ancient role as a Persian …
Open episodeThis short preview episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook outlining a planned 32-episode Rest Is History project timed to…
Open episodeThis episode is an informal two‑year anniversary special of The Rest Is History. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook reflect on the pod…
Open episodeThis short, timely episode responds to the resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook first compare Trus…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features Dominic Sandbrook joined by producer/guest Tony Pastor in Tom Holland's absence. The pai…
Open episodeThis episode is a live Rest Is History stream in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss recent and upcoming podcast episodes…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal, reflective discussion between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook in the immediate aftermath of the Queen'…
Open episodeThis short bonus episode is a conversational roundup. Tom and Dominic open by reacting to the immediate news that Liz Truss has become UK p…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open with Tom discussing his nearly finished book Pax and the process of selecting images, maps and…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is hosted solo by Tom Holland with production colleague “Dom” sitting in. They discuss the recent run of London-themed e…
Open episodeThis is a special “results” edition of The Rest Is History in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook announce the winners of their t…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a wide-ranging conversation between the hosts. They open with travel anecdotes (Stockholm, Viking museums) before ans…
Open episodeThis episode is a themed special in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, joined by guest Katie Holland, stage a playful thought-e…
Open episodeRecorded on 7 July (during the July 2022 UK government crisis), this episode is a rapid-response “Boris special” in which Tom Holland and D…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Major topics include Tom’s recent eccentric aucti…
Open episodeThis episode is a listener Q&A on the monarchy centred on Queen Elizabeth II and the Platinum Jubilee. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook di…
Open episodeThis episode — the third in the hosts' short series on Australia’s wartime and post‑war prime ministers — surveys the distinctive cast and …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Frances Christie (Deputy Chairman of Sotheby's) for a Platinum Jubilee special tied t…
Open episodeThis Rest is History Club bonus episode features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener feedback and discussing recent episod…
Open episodeThis members-only Rest Is History Club episode is an informal, wide-ranging conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They op…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Jason Cowley about his book Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England, using George Orwel…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a survey of French presidents from Charles de Gaulle through Emmanuel Macron, framing the e…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode is a relaxed conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Dominic returns from holiday and they …
Open episodeThis is a members-only bonus episode of The Rest Is History in which Tom Holland is joined by Jack Davenport (introducing behind-the-scenes…
Open episodeThis bonus Rest Is History Club episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook in informal member-focused conversation. They prom…
Open episodeThis episode is the second Rest Is History instalment focused on oil, featuring Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode for club members in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer listener questions and discuss t…
Open episodeIn this Rest Is History bonus episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record an early morning members' conversation. Tom describes resear…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a wide-ranging, informal conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open discussing the contemporar…
Open episodeThis episode, originally recorded in June 2021 and re-uploaded in February 2022, is a special on Anglo‑Ukrainian relations prompted by an E…
Open episodeThis special edition episode is a rapid historical sweep through Ukrainian history prompted by recent Russian actions. Tom Holland and Domi…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss how reputations are made, unmade and revised across history. They open with General Gordon and Ly…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook responding to listener feedback from their recent run of '12 Days of Christma…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History live bonus episode recorded at the Odeon Leicester Square in front of a large audience. Tom Holland and Dominic S…
Open episodeThis short episode is an announcement to Rest Is History Club members outlining the release plan for the holiday period. Club members are g…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a conversational catch-up between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook (both sounding under the weather). They rec…
Open episodeIn this inaugural episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland debate the concept of "greatness" in history: its origins, meanings and modern …
Open episodeThis special edition of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, responds to the networks declaring Joe Biden the …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the causes, warning signs and historical patterns of civil wars, drawing on examples from antiqui…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate whether history yields usable lessons. They interrogate classical models—from Thuc…
Open episodeIn this episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland survey a range of historical parallels that have been invoked in debates about Brexit. Th…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss conspiracy theories across history and how they both reflect and shape their time…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the nature, purpose and influence of historical fiction. They debate whether historical nov…
Open episodeIn this episode of 'The Rest Is History', Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the historical significance of walls and borders. They …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by historian Dan Jackson (author of The Northumbrians) for a wide-ranging discussion of …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history of thinking about the future: prophecies, oracles, apocalyptic religion and sci…
Open episodeHosts Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland present a themed episode surveying ten “weird” or unusual wars from antiquity to the twentieth cent…
Open episodeThis special edition of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) reacts to the high-profile interview with Prince Harr…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Dominic Samrook and Tom Holland, explores counterfactual history — the what-ifs of the past …
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present and review the "Rest Is History" Prime Ministerial World Cup, a Twitter-run knock…
Open episodeThis episode is the second special covering the Rest Is History Prime Minister's World Cup, a Twitter knockout tournament pitting British p…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sambrook discuss how history functions as entertainment across reenactments, theme parks, board games and vid…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook survey Anglo‑German relations across the centuries, prompted by a contemporary England–Germany foot…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing how to write and teach history for children…
Open episodeThis is the third episode of a Rest Is History special tour of central London’s statues, recorded in Parliament Square and around Westminst…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook provide a wide-ranging survey of Afghan history, opening with geography and ethnic composition to explain…
Open episodeIn this second part of a two-part series on the history of Silicon Valley, hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Mark Andreesse…
Open episodeThis short bonus episode is a spoiler-heavy discussion of No Time to Die. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook analyze how the film reflects c…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Aparna Andare, an Indian curator and architectural historian, to deliver a sweep through th…
Open episodeThe hosts launch The Rest Is History's playful "World Cup of Kings and Queens," outlining a 16-contender tournament to provoke discussion a…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the 1914 Christmas Truce on the Western Front, examining what happened, who initiated it and why …
Open episodeIn this gripping fifth installment, Dominic and Tom delve into the prime suspects behind the infamous Jack the Ripper, exploring why his br…
Open episodeThis episode is a focused discussion of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. The hosts examine the book's dystopian world of Gilead, its …
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features host Tom Holland interviewing Peter Frankenplan, professor of global history at Oxford a…
Open episodeThis episode examines the origins and afterlife of Report from Iron Mountain, a 1967 satirical hoax that purported to be a US government st…
Open episodeWith Dominic Sandbrook absent, Tom Holland hosts a bonus episode featuring art historian Izzy Muir to discuss Marie Antoinette’s visual and…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the evolution and effectiveness of modern election campaigning, tracing developments from Gladsto…
Open episodeThis episode traces the cultural and literary history of dragons from ancient myth to modern popular culture. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandb…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland hosting with James Holland (his brother) as the guest. They discuss the origin stories of both podc…
Open episodeThis bonus Q&A episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions and trading ane…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Trevor Phillips about the arrival and leg…
Open episodeIn this special bonus episode recorded in New Zealand, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook chat informally from Lake Rotorua about their trav…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland with producer Theo Young-Smith filling in for the absent Dominic Sandbrook. They recap recent and f…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the origins and afterlife of the Atlantis story, contrasting Graham Hancock’s modern cataclysmic …
Open episodeThis episode is a wide-ranging, largely conversational live Q&A covering recent and upcoming Rest Is History material. Holland and Sandbroo…
Open episodeIn this listener-questions episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland trade banter and respond to audience comments primarily about their on…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Martin Jones about Welsh identity and the history of Wales. The discussion rang…
Open episodeIn this World Cup-themed episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the history of Costa Rica, concentrating on the 1948 Civil War a…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines the Somerton Man, an enigmatic death discovered on Somerton Park Beach near Adelaide on 1 Dece…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host former England striker and broadcaster Gary Lineker for the third episode in their World Cup series.…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode is hosted by Tom Holland with Jack Davenport filling in for Dominic Sandbrook. It opens with a surprise fiv…
Open episodeThis episode treats the Loch Ness Monster as a cultural and historical phenomenon rather than a zoological puzzle. Holland and Sandbrook tr…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II in the second of a two-part set of episodes produced aft…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland welcoming Dominic Sandbrook back from holiday for a wide-ranging informal discussion. They trade tr…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History is a members-focused instalment in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook announce a live …
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal, wide-ranging conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They begin with a debate over the u…
Open episodeThe episode surveys the history of British royal jubilees as national temperature checks, from George III's morale-boosting 1809 celebratio…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook respond to listener feedback on their recent Falklands War episodes and broaden the conversation in…
Open episodeThis is the fourth and final episode of a four-episode Rest Is History series on recent Russian history. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host Professor Andrew Preston to discuss the role of religion in American history and foreign policy acro…
Open episodeThis episode is an interview with historian Kyle Harper about his book Plagues Upon the Earth. Harper traces the deep history of infectious…
Open episodeIn this year-end episode (31 December 2021) Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their "12 Days of Christmas" mini-series with two hi…
Open episodeThis bonus episode — the inaugural Rest Is History Club instalment for paying members — explores the history and cultural role of clubs fro…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the recent past through the prism of The Crown's return to Netflix, focusing on B…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest Susanna (Susie) Lipscomb, Professor of Hist…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History explores the history and dynamics of Americanisation, tracing its linguistic, cultural and political ro…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host football writer and historian Jonathan Wilson in a wide-ranging episode tracing football’s evolution…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the longue durée and myth-making of California, tracing its name to the early Spanish romance Dee…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host Roger Clark, author of Ghosts, a Natural History, 500 Years of Searching for Proof. The conversation…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines the long history and politics of examinations. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joi…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Sherlock Holmes phenomenon: its literary origins, cultural impact, and the life of Arth…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of post‑war German democracy by running through successive West German and German…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Mary Beard about the long reception and cultural afterlife of the classical wor…
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2,000 CE - 2,010 CE
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview journalist and filmmaker Adam Wishart about his book and BBC documentary Three Weeks in J…
Open episodeThis is the fourth and final episode of a four-episode Rest Is History series on recent Russian history. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the s…
Open episodeThe hosts mark the twentieth anniversary of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and use it to trace a 20th-century lineage of myths about secret …
Open episodeThis episode is the second Rest Is History instalment focused on oil, featuring Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the cultural and historical origins of superheroes. Beginning with a quotation from Giovann…
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1,991 CE - 2,000 CE
This episode — the third in a mini-series on recent Russian history — traces the chaotic 1990s that produced Vladimir Putin's rise. Using R…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss how historians should treat recent history while taking the 1990s as their focus. They deba…
Open episodeThis episode (the sixth in the podcast's Titanic series) examines the immediate aftermath, public reaction and long-term cultural meanings …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine Harry Potter as a continuation of a long British boarding-school tradition. Using Tom Brown…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Rana Mitter about Deng Xiaoping and China’s “opening up” after Mao. Mitter outl…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is an informal, reflective discussion between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook in the immediate aftermath of the Queen'…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the development of modern tourism from the First World War through the late 20th century. They disc…
Open episodeThis episode is a crossover between The Rest Is History hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook and guest Dan Carlin (Hardcore History), th…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode for club members in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer listener questions and discuss t…
Open episodeIn this Rest Is History bonus episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record an early morning members' conversation. Tom describes resear…
Open episodeThis episode is the first of a short multi-part series tracing the late Soviet Union, its collapse and the rise of Vladimir Putin. Tom Holl…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union, tracing developments from the late 1980s through 1991. They exa…
Open episodeThis Christmas Day episode of The Rest Is History (the first of a 12 Days of Christmas mini-series) features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbr…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Mark Andreessen about the history and development of Silicon Valley and the internet. The…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the s…
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