The Poet Who Saw Edith Cavell Die
How did the executed English nurse Edith Cavell become the unlikely protector of the German poet who pronounced her dead?
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Travels Through Time: Women at War
The First World War allowed women to distinguish themselves in professions previously closed to them.
Wellington’s Spy Network
How a government-sponsored network of civilian agents complemented Wellington's own intelligence gathering.
Who’s Afraid of the Jazz Monsters?
For many Americans, jazz was the music of demons, devils and things that go bump in the night.
The Great Dictators
What do the tyrants of the 20th century have in common? Terror, confusion and quasi-religious followings.
Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche and the Great War
As a frontline soldier in the First World War, the German artist Otto Dix fell under the spell of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and his assault on Christian morality.
Leaving Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s current extradition law crisis is not the first that the territory has faced.
Holy Women and the Rise of Royal Power in France
Medieval French monarchs used – and abused – the charismatic power of religious women.
Louis the Missionary
For Louis, the conversion of Muslims to Christianity, ideally by peaceful means, was important.
Travels Through Time: The Blackshirts vs. Lyons
This podcast looks at how Isidore Salmon, the force behind J Lyons & Co., threatened to withdraw advertising from the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror in 1934.