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#On This Day – The Tudors

29, 6, 2020 - #OnThisDay Unexpectedly May 19 is quite a day in the history of the Tudors! On this day in 1499 .... Read More

#On This Day – The Cuban Missile Crisis

29, 6, 2020 - #OnThisDay May 1191 proved to be a busy month for Richard I, otherwise known as Richard the .... Read More

#On This Day – Perfume

29, 6, 2020 - #OnThisDay It is believed that on May 22, 1623 Captain Daniel Tucker, commissioned to negotiate .... Read More

Childhood in the World of John Dee

23, 6, 2020 - Childhood in the world of John Dee   John Dee’s ‘diary’ provides a fascinating insight .... Read More

#On This Day – Executions

18, 5, 2020 - #OnThisDay Queen Anne Boleyn was tried on a Monday morning on the 15th May 1536 in the Tower of .... Read More

#On This Day – The Follower

18, 5, 2020 - #OnThisDay Rogation Monday is an old religious custom, one of four days set aside in the .... Read More

The Unexpected History of Ship’s Biscuits

4, 5, 2020 - The Unexpected History of Ship’s Biscuits By Jeff Nicholls Fancy a biccy? Imagine hauling ropes .... Read More

#On this day – Chernobyl

26, 4, 2020 - The worst nuclear event in history On this day in 1986, the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl .... Read More

New History Homeschooling Series!

26, 4, 2020 - As one of the country’s leading history podcasts we have released a new series of programmes .... Read More

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