Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator
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1,870 CE - 1,914 CE
Join Tom and Dominic at the Royal Albert Hall as they explore the complex life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russia's most celebrated compos…
Open episodeThis episode examines the lives of three of the canonical Jack the Ripper victims — Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes —…
Open episodeIn the first part of a series on Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders, Tom and Dominic explore the infamous case, probing into the g…
Open episodeIn Part 2 of our journey into the horrors of Victorian London, Dominic and Tom delve into Jack the Ripper's second victim, whose murder mar…
Open episodeDominic and Tom delve into how Jack the Ripper managed to kill twice in one night without capture. They explore the possibility of an accom…
Open episodeIn this chilling episode, Tom and Dominic delve into the horrifying details of Jack the Ripper's final murder, dissecting the tragic story …
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 Book Club discussion of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Dominic Sandbrook and Tabby Syrett summarise the novel's plot (Jonathan Ha…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the lurid 1884 scandal linking Grover Cleveland to Maria Halpin. They narrate Cleveland’s r…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record on location in Rochester and Chatham, tracing the towns' long history from Roman Watling Street an…
Open episodeDominic Sandbrook interviews Luka Ivan Jukic about his book Central Europe, the Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea. They trace…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode in which Tom Holland interviews football writer and historian Jonathan Wilson about the global rise…
Open episodeThis episode explores the Victorian sporting world through the lens of pedestrianism and the Kennington Oval. Tom and Dominic open with an …
Open episodeJohn Banville joins the hosts for a bonus episode focused on Roger Casement. Banville, who has long researched and written about Casement, …
Open episodeThis episode examines Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in the context of the hosts' recent series on the Belgian Congo. Holland and Sandbr…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a reflective discussion by hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook about their recent three-part series on the Congo.…
Open episodeThis episode examines the real history behind Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, focusing on the Congo Free State under King Leopold II (18…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the Congo Free State under King Leopold II, tracing how Leopold turned his personal colonia…
Open episodeThis episode traces how Edmund D. Morell and Roger Casement exposed the atrocities of King Leopold II's Congo Free State and built an inter…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the cultural history of facial hair from the medieval period through the twentieth century. T…
Open episodeThis episode examines the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), the US military and political reaction, and the f…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) continues the multi-episode account of the closing of the Ame…
Open episodeThis episode, the final installment of an 11-episode series on Custer, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, examines the demise of Sitting Bull an…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-episode narrative on George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indian wars. They …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the build-up to the 1876 Little Bighorn campaign, examining political and military decisions that m…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the opening sequence of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They trace Custer's approach to a…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbro…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features Dominic Sandbrook hosting with Tabitha “Tabby” Syrett (assistant producer) and James Reg…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines the origins and broader historical context of the RMS Titanic. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic S…
Open episodeThis episode (the second in the podcast’s Titanic series) examines the construction, design and early operational life of RMS Titanic. Holl…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook survey the passengers aboard RMS Titanic, focusing on the social range from gilded millionaires to respec…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-episode examination of the Titanic, focusing on third-class passengers, the sh…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-part examination of the Titanic, focusing on the collision, the ship's progres…
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 speak with novelist Zadie Smith about the Victorian Titchborne case and her novel The Fraud, which …
Open episodeThis episode is a live-stream conversation between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open with viewer greetings and move throug…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine Oscar Wilde's literary brilliance and the circumstances that led to his public downfall. Th…
Open episodeThis episode (the second in the programme's Oscar Wilde series) recounts the collapse of Wilde's libel suit, the subsequent committal proce…
Open episodeThis episode examines H. Rider Haggard and his formative influence on late-Victorian popular culture, focusing on King Solomon's Mines (188…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing historian Lucy Lethbridge about her book …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, part of the hosts' 'World Cup marathon' series on competing countries, recounts the life and mysteriou…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history of the Ashanti (Asante) Empire in what they frame as part of their 'World Cup O…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a multipart look at the making of Winston Churchill, concentrating on his childhood…
Open episodeThis episode — part two of a multi-part survey of Winston Churchill's early life — follows Churchill from Sandhurst into his first imperial…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) focuses on Winston Churchill's early imperial career and his …
Open episodeThis episode is the second part of a mini-series on the history of holidays, concentrating on nineteenth-century tourism. The hosts discuss…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Sarah Churchwell about her book The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the L…
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 episodeThe episode surveys the history of British royal jubilees as national temperature checks, from George III's morale-boosting 1809 celebratio…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host Alison Matthews-David, author and fashion historian, to discuss her book Fashion Vic…
Open episodeThis episode (part two of a special) examines the career and legacy of General Charles Gordon (Gordon of Khartoum). Holland and Sandbrook t…
Open episodeIn this Boxing Day episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present two light musical-themed items as part of their seasonal "12 Days of C…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host a wide-ranging episode on the history and cultural meaning of cricket, with guest John Houghton (aut…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Katja Heuer about Prussia, the emergence of Germany and the formation of the Se…
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 discuss the history and myth of the American Wild West, balancing romanticised popular culture with the b…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome French journalist Agnès Prairie for a wide-ranging, whistle-stop history of Paris. The disc…
Open episodeHosts Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland interview Satnam Sanghera about his book Empireland. The conversation explores the complexity and c…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Sherlock Holmes phenomenon: its literary origins, cultural impact, and the life of Arth…
Open episodeTom Holland hosts a bonus episode of The Rest Is History featuring art critic and author Laura Cumming, who discusses the 19th-century Cana…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features Lawrence Blair (dialling in from Asunción) discussing the War of the Triple Alliance — the Par…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) reassesses the consequences of 1066 and the Norman Conq…
Open episodeDominic Sandbrook hosts a Rest Is History bonus episode with novelist Robert Harris to discuss Harris's new novel Precipice, which fictiona…
Open episodeIn this bonus episode recorded on location at the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook reflect on their recent multi-part s…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the diplomatic and geopolitical context in July 1914 that pushed Europe toward general war. They …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine Britain’s role in the July Crisis of 1914, focusing on Sir Edward Grey and the Foreign Office’s h…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a new mini-series tracing how the Sarajevo assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to t…
Open episodeThis episode examines the life, personality and political plans of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as a lens for understanding the Austro-Hungaria…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record this episode on location in Sarajevo, tracing the life and radicalization of Gavrilo Princip…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-part exploration of the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, focusi…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the riotous, often violent history of British electioneering from medieval parliaments through Vict…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of the modern suit from medieval and early modern shifts in fashion through its codific…
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 continue a multi-episode series centred on George Armstrong Custer and the Lakota. This episode foc…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a multi-episode series on British fascism, arguing that while Britain never became fascist, man…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook speak with Dr. Mehreen Chidurazvi (also referenced as Maureen Cheeda-Razvi) about the history, cons…
Open episodeThis episode examines the British side of the Home Rule crisis of 1912–1914, arguing that Edwardian Britain was poised on the brink of civi…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (a multi-part sweep of the interwoven histories of Ireland, England and Britain) features hosts Dominic…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host John Dickey to discuss his book The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World. The episode tra…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Christopher Columbus's later voyages, his declining health and reputation, and the immediate …
Open episodeThis episode is a Rest Is History Club live stream featuring hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. It opens with informal chat about Tom…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode examination of the Nazis' rise, marking the 90th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's appoi…
Open episodeDominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland host a wide-ranging survey of Japanese history with guest Chris Harding, senior lecturer in Asian history…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the little-known history of the Welsh settlement in Argentine Patagonia. They trace the epi…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History is a Brazil special focused on the Brazilian Empire and the reign of Emperor Pedro II. The hosts trace …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history and modern mythology of Mexico's Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos). They challen…
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 episodeThis episode closes The Rest Is History's London Week with two contrasting London moments chosen by the hosts. Tom Holland recounts the Tow…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest Professor Adam Smith (Oxford), continues a mult…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Professor Andrew Preston (Cambridge) for a wide-ranging discussion about the role of …
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History Club bonus episode in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook respond to listener feedback from Discord and…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and contested reputation of General Charles George Gordon up to his famed role in China.…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (day four of the hosts' 12 Days of Christmas marathon) examines two anniversaries for December 28. Firs…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (a special from the hosts' '12 Days of Christmas / 13 days of Christmas' series) examines two violent, …
Open episodeThis episode (broadcast around 5 January as part of the hosts' seasonal "12 Days of Christmas" series) pairs two sombre historical vignette…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines the life, influence and legend of Grigoriy Efimovich Rasputin. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbro…
Open episodeIn this inaugural episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland debate the concept of "greatness" in history: its origins, meanings and modern …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the causes of the First World War, weighing contingent moments against structural forces. They na…
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 episodeIn this episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland host Pen Vogler to discuss the history of British food and its relationship to class, usi…
Open episodeOn location in Trafalgar Square, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the politics and meanings of public statues, asking whether part…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the origins and early history of the modern Olympic movement. Drawing on David Goldblatt's The Ga…
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 episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Ronald Hutton about paganism and its modern revivals. The conversation begins w…
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Period
1,815 CE - 1,870 CE
Dominic Sandbrook interviews historian Christopher Clarke about Clarke's short book A Scandal in Königsberg, which examines a lurid religio…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the famous bare-knuckle encounter between Tom Sayers and John Heenan (17 April 1860) with g…
Open episodeThis episode recounts Abraham Lincoln's final weeks after his re‑election in 1864 and the closing stages of the American Civil War. Holland…
Open episodeThis episode recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on 4 April 1865 and its immediate aftermath. Tom and Dominic n…
Open episodeTom Holland hosts a bonus episode of The Rest Is History featuring art critic and author Laura Cumming, who discusses the 19th-century Cana…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features Lawrence Blair (dialling in from Asunción) discussing the War of the Triple Alliance — the Par…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) tells the largely forgotten story of the Battle of the …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the riotous, often violent history of British electioneering from medieval parliaments through Vict…
Open episodeThis episode is the first in a series on Custer's Last Stand. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace George Armstrong Custer’s early…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) follows George Armstrong Custer's career in the immediate pos…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) introduces the Lakota Sioux and the cultural, demographic and…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue a multi-episode series centred on George Armstrong Custer and the Lakota. This episode foc…
Open episodeThis episode concludes the hosts' multi-part life-and-times study of Lord Byron. Recounting Byron's post-exile years, Tom and Dominic trace…
Open episodeThis episode traces the long history of chocolate from its Mesoamerican origins to its central place in modern British life. Holland and Sa…
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 continue their multi-episode examination of the origins and cultural resonances of Harry Potter by …
Open episodeThis bonus Rest Is History Club episode is a listener Q&A in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer members' questions. Topics rang…
Open episodeThis bonus-style episode is a freewheeling Q&A between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open by recounting recent live shows, …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (a multi-part sweep of the interwoven histories of Ireland, England and Britain) features hosts Dominic…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Sir Christopher Clark about his wide-ranging book Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a Ne…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Ecuador primarily through Charles Darwin's time on the Beagle and his visit to the Galapagos Isla…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the little-known history of the Welsh settlement in Argentine Patagonia. They trace the epi…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History is a Brazil special focused on the Brazilian Empire and the reign of Emperor Pedro II. The hosts trace …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Martin Jones about Welsh identity and the history of Wales. The discussion rang…
Open episodeThis episode closes The Rest Is History's London Week with two contrasting London moments chosen by the hosts. Tom Holland recounts the Tow…
Open episodeThis episode is an interactive bonus-format conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They introduce a new software-driven li…
Open episodeThis episode is the first of a series on the American Civil War and examines the causes of the conflict. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sand…
Open episodeThis is part two of The Rest Is History’s examination of the American Civil War. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by scho…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Professor Adam Smith (Oxford) about Getty…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest Professor Adam Smith (Oxford), continues a mult…
Open episodeThis episode features historian Edward Shawcross discussing his book The Last Emperor of Mexico with hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbroo…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Professor Andrew Preston (Cambridge) for a wide-ranging discussion about the role of …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and contested reputation of General Charles George Gordon up to his famed role in China.…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian and author Dan Jackson about the origins, technology and cultural impact of rai…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook mark 4 January in two historical vignettes. First they recount Solomon Northup's kidnapping and res…
Open episodeIn this festive on-location episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook walk the streets of the City of London discussing Charles Dickens's A…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history and evolution of Christmas, from questions over the historical Nativity narrati…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian and author Halle Rubenhold about sex, sexuality and sex work in 18th- and 19th-…
Open episodeIn this episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland host Pen Vogler to discuss the history of British food and its relationship to class, usi…
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 episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a special episode on Anglo–Ukrainian relations prompted by an England–Ukraine match. They tr…
Open episodeOn location in Trafalgar Square, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the politics and meanings of public statues, asking whether part…
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 interview Willie Dalrymple about the First Anglo-Afghan War, guided by Dalrymple's book The Return …
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Emma Griffin (professor of modern British history and president of the Royal Hi…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the cultural and scientific history of dinosaurs: how people first interpreted large fossil…
Open episodeJoin Tom and Dominic at the Royal Albert Hall as they explore the complex life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russia's most celebrated compos…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History Club bonus episode provides a coda to the hosts' Nelson series by tracing the fate of Emma Hamilton and Horatio(a) Nel…
Open episodeThis episode explores the Victorian sporting world through the lens of pedestrianism and the Kennington Oval. Tom and Dominic open with an …
Open episodeLudwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous figures in Western musical history. Wi…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features a solo host conversation with biographer Jenny Ooglo about her book In These Times: Livi…
Open episodeThis bonus episode opens with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and placing it …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a conversational bonus episode covering production anecdotes, upcoming shows, listener quest…
Open episodeThis bonus episode opens with Tom and Dominic reflecting on their recently concluded Byron series before answering listener questions. The …
Open episodeThis episode examines Lord Byron's sudden celebrity after the publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the scandalous personal relatio…
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 episode is a conversational roundup in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook react to the recent coronation, praising its sacr…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook speak with historian Peter Frankopan about the long relationship between climate (and the wider nat…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record from Berry Brothers with guest Henry Jeffries to discuss the history of festive drinks, guid…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook use the Canadian beaver as a lens on Canadian history, beginning with prehistoric Castoroides (the giant …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history of holidays, tracing the practice from early pilgrimages and the Grand Tour through G…
Open episodeThis episode is the second part of a mini-series on the history of holidays, concentrating on nineteenth-century tourism. The hosts discuss…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a wide-ranging conversation between the hosts. They open with travel anecdotes (Stockholm, Viking museums) before ans…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host Alison Matthews-David, author and fashion historian, to discuss her book Fashion Vic…
Open episodeThis Valentine's Day special of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) traces the complex origins and cultural evolu…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Kyle Harper about his panoramic history of disease, focusing on the Columbian E…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their seasonal "12 (or 13) Days of Christmas" run (27 December). Dominic examine…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (a 12 Days of Christmas special, Day 2) is split into two main segments. First, Tom Holland and Dominic…
Open episodeThis festive episode of The Rest Is History (the second of two holiday specials) features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with gues…
Open episodeThis episode examines Napoleon's Egyptian expedition of the late 1790s — its military drama, cultural consequences and longer-term global s…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by historian Dan Jackson (author of The Northumbrians) for a wide-ranging discussion of …
Open episodeDominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the origins, evolution and legacy of communism. They trace proto-communist ideas from early Chris…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the history and myth of the American Wild West, balancing romanticised popular culture with the b…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian William Dalrymple about the rise, power and eventual fall of the East India Company. …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine England's long, tangled relationship with Italy, moving from Roman encounters and Anglo-Saxon ima…
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