Mudbloods and Mischlinge
Once you spot the similarities between the Harry Potter universe and Nazi Germany, the parallels are endless. To close Season 1: a look at how Hogwart...
The Timely Historian
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A podcast about the surprising, and surprisingly relevant, stories in history you didn’t even know that you didn’t know about! Join Simone - bookworm, history teacher and astonished-face-emoji fact collector - for a new nugget in each episode. I’ll also be spotlighting history books, podcasts, TV shows, films and exhibitions guaranteed to intrigue and inspire. This is a show for curious minds who know that the past perpetually illuminates, spurs on and haunts today’s world - and that there is always more to explore! Follow me on Instagram @thetimelyhistorian
Keeping It In The Family
Although they wielded tremendous power in Spain for 184 years, all was not well within the mighty House of Habsburg. Its members were plagued by unusu...
Dreadnought, Defiance, Devastation and...Dwarf
HMS Carcass, HMS Fairy, HMS Truant...over the centuries, the Royal Navy has chosen some peculiar names for its ships. From HMS Cherub to HMS Lucifer a...
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Some of history’s most infamous prisons - Alcatraz, Robben Island, the Dry Guillotine - have been established on naturally beautiful but hopelessly de...
Eat Your Vegetables, Mr President!
Some of the most poignant questions, sage advice and heartrending pleas ever received by American presidents have come via children’s letters. These a...
Headhunting
Sir Thomas More, once Lord High Chancellor of England, was publicly executed in 1535 - but the fall of the axe only marked the beginning of the advent...
The Most Heavily Bombed Country on Earth
It's not Japan. It isn't Germany. And it's not Vietnam, either. This is the story of the nation devastated by the so-called 'Secret War' - when it was...
The Golem Menace
The centuries-old tale of a creature moulded from clay and brought to life as an obedient servant and fierce protector - although that isn't how the s...
A Sibling Rivalry for the Ages
The story of the fabulous and forgotten Philippe I, Duke of Orleans - a royal son who was brought up as a daughter, and a complex figure who can teach...
Doves of Peace and Pigeons of War
The story of how pesky pigeons helped the Allies to victory in World War II - and why that's relevant to our approach to climate change today. Main So...