History Today Podcast

Julia Lovell discusses the legacy of the Opium Wars in both China and Britain.

An interview with Edgar Feuchtwanger, who as a boy growing up in Munich witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler at extraordinarily close range.

An interview with Edgar Feuchtwanger, who as a boy growing up in Munich witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler at extraordinarily close range.

In this episode, David Coke describes life at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and recounts how the artist William Hogarth helped it survive during a period when its future seemed uncertain.

In this episode, David Coke describes life at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and recounts how the artist William Hogarth helped it survive during a period when its future seemed uncertain.

In this episode we talk to Tom Holland, author of the cover story in the May issue of History Today, about his research into Islam's beginnings.

In this episode we talk to Tom Holland, author of the cover story in the May issue of History Today, about his research into Islam's beginnings.

In this month's episode: - Who killed Alexander the Great? James Romm discusses new evidence about the mysterious death of the revered Macedonian ruler in 323 BC; - John Guy reappraises the relationship between Thomas Becket and Henry II; - and Patrick Bishop recalls his time with the British Task Force sent to reclaim the Falkland islands in 1982. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.

In this month's episode: - Who killed Alexander the Great? James Romm discusses new evidence about the mysterious death of the revered Macedonian ruler in 323 BC; - John Guy reappraises the relationship between Thomas Becket and Henry II; - and Patrick Bishop recalls his time with the British Task Force sent to reclaim the Falkland islands in 1982. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.

In this month's episode: - Roger Moorhouse on Germania, Hitler's plan to rebuild Berlin as the capital of a thousand-year Reich; - Patrick Bishop on Winston Churchill's obsession with sinking the Nazi battleship 'Tirpitz'; - and Craig Koslofsky on the history of the night. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.

In this month's episode: - Roger Moorhouse on Germania, Hitler's plan to rebuild Berlin as the capital of a thousand-year Reich; - Patrick Bishop on Winston Churchill's obsession with sinking the Nazi battleship 'Tirpitz'; - and Craig Koslofsky on the history of the night. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.

In this month's episode: - Hugh Purcell talks about the Battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil War, and the doomed love affair between an English captain and an American journalist; - Keith Howe discusses how Britain treated Germany after the Second World War, and describes how life was for the average German citizen following the fall of the Third Reich; - Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard introduce their new book, 'The Romans Who Shaped Britain'.

In this month's episode: - Hugh Purcell talks about the Battle of Jarama in the Spanish Civil War, and the doomed love affair between an English captain and an American journalist; - Keith Howe discusses how Britain treated Germany after the Second World War, and describes how life was for the average German citizen following the fall of the Third Reich; - Sam Moorhead and David Stuttard introduce their new book, 'The Romans Who Shaped Britain'.

In this month's edition: - Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cover story of our January issue, talks about the reasons behind the treaty's difficult legacy, and about the enduring legacy of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, JM Keynes' definitive book on the peace conference. - Nicholas Mee discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval poem whose benefactor, and the place in which it was set, remain unknown. He explains how he went about researching the poem's mysterious origins, a subject he expands on at lenght in Patron's Place, also in the January issue. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.

In this month's edition: - Antony Lentin, who wrote about the Treaty of Versailles in the cover story of our January issue, talks about the reasons behind the treaty's difficult legacy, and about the enduring legacy of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, JM Keynes' definitive book on the peace conference. - Nicholas Mee discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval poem whose benefactor, and the place in which it was set, remain unknown. He explains how he went about researching the poem's mysterious origins, a subject he expands on at lenght in Patron's Place, also in the January issue. We welcome your comments and suggestions about any topic discussed in this episode; go to http://historytoday.com/podcast for more.