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• The Spanish Civil War

  The story of Franco’s rise to power and the painful, repressive regime he oversaw is fundamentally interlinked with that of the Spanish Civil War. A brutal three-year conflict that laid bare the ideological divisions of interwar Europe,...

  4 mei 2026 3247 sec.

• Sir Francis Drake

  Sir Francis Drake is most famous for his role in defeating the Armada of 1588 and saving England from a Spanish invasion. By that point in his life, he was already a wealthy and famous seafarer: the first Englishman to sail around the...

  26 apr 2026 3249 sec.

• Bob Dylan

  The American singer-songwriter and musician Bob Dylan is one of the most important recording artists on the planet. A cultural icon, his work has had a profound influence on popular music since the 1960s. First gaining fame as a folk...

  19 apr 2026 3271 sec.

• The American Civil War (Part Two of Two)

  In the decades since the United States declared their independence from Britain, the question of slavery had become increasingly divisive. As the nation expanded, fragile political agreements over the issue failed, and the frontier...

  12 apr 2026 3547 sec.

• The American Civil War (Part One of Two)

  The American Civil War started with a single, explosive question: could a nation built on slavery survive without it? Several Southern states chose to protect the institution that underpinned their economy and social order, at any cost....

  5 apr 2026 3504 sec.

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  In 1914, Europe was dominated by four great empires — the British, the French, the Russian, and the vast, uneasy realm of Austria-Hungary, stretching from the Alps to the Balkans. While international treaties bound the continent...

  29 mrt 2026 3343 sec.

• C.S. Lewis

  One of the most famous writers of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis was a scholar of medieval literature, an influential Christian thinker and a supremely gifted storyteller. A professor at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Lewis is...

  23 mrt 2026 3292 sec.

• Introducing: Real Vikings - Episode 1

  This is a preview of a brand-new show from the Noiser podcast network. Hosted by Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Silo), Real Vikings takes you on a deep dive into the Viking age. You’ll board longboats bound for new lands, follow mighty...

  18 mrt 2026 3258 sec.

• Ernest Hemingway

  At the dawn of the twentieth century, a writer emerged who learned his craft not in a classroom, but in battlefields, bullrings, and bars. To some, Ernest Hemingway was the greatest writer of his generation. A Nobel laureate whose...

  16 mrt 2026 3394 sec.

• The European Middle Ages (Part 2 of 2)

  Although the Middle Ages were an undeniably turbulent period in the history of Europe, characterised in part by endemic violence, hardship and inequality, the latter half of the era was also a time of great change and discovery. What...

  9 mrt 2026 3443 sec.

• The European Middle Ages (Part 1 of 2)

  The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare. It began centuries before the First Crusade was called, in the confusion that followed the end of Roman rule in western Europe. And it persisted for a...

  2 mrt 2026 3490 sec.

• The Silk Roads

  From the deserts of Central Asia to the gates of ancient China, from the bazaars of Persia to the harbours of the Mediterranean, the Silk Roads were never just one route. A living network of paths, mountain passes, and caravan trails,...

  23 feb 2026 3452 sec.