Joe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd. Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides. This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music. @VeryOldNews (https://twitter.com/veryoldnews) @forrester_joe (https://twitter.com/forrester_joe)
This week we’re there for the aftermath of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and look back at his life and legacy. Next, we witness Oliver Cromwell’s ‘exec...
This week we look at the greatest battle of the Second World War and a titanic clash of egos, as both Stalin and Hitler refuse to allow retreat at Sta...
In this special episode technology expert and presenter Marcus Bronzy popped in to talk about how Henry Ford revolutionised the manufacturing process,...
This week we investigate the unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder, as a new suspect comes to the fore. My guest Marcus Bronzy channels a cartoon n...
In this special episode filmmaker Matt Bell popped in to talk about his new documentary 'Eddie - Strongman', which charts the rise of charismatic UK s...
This week Matteo Bellini meets Caesar (who is inexplicably from the Bronx); we are present at the trial of Joan of Arc and Joe Forrester is live on th...
This week we are live at the scene of Medieval Europe's most famous crimes, the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. I chat to Edwin Hubb...
A collection of some of my favourite stories, chats and outtakes from the first 10 episodes of Yesterday's News. Thanks to everyone who has listened a...
This week I'm joined by broadcaster and writer Yasmeen Khan to discuss the controversial reality of one of America's founding myths; we discover how C...
This week I'm joined by Arsenal (booooo!) presenter Nicole Holliday as we ask: What should happen to monarchs who give up their throne? Is it ok to be...
