History Extra podcast

Marc Morris explores the Norman Conquest, and Anna Whitelock discusses public history.

Mary Beard describes life for ordinary people in ancient Rome, while Richard Evans considers the state of school history teaching.

Gillian Hovell explores the Roman invasion of Britain and Dan Jones considers Shakespeare’s treatment of Richard II.

Max Hastings looks back on the Falklands War, and Helen Parr considers the impact of that conflict on veterans.

Tim Weiner explores the murky history of the FBI, while James Robinson explains why some countries became rich as others remained poor.

Diarmaid MacCulloch considers religion and Englishness, while Sian Price explores soldiers’ letters from the front.

Suzannah Lipscomb talks about Tudor courtiers, while Kate Hay introduces the Great Bed of Ware.

James Kelly on early modern nuns on the run, and Patrick Bishop on the sinking of the Tirpitz.

Ian Mortimer explores the sensations of Elizabethan England, and Julian Farrance introduces some of Britain’s toughest military opponents.

Jeremy Paxman considers the British empire, and Peter Thompson looks at the American Revolution.

Mark Greengrass examines Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Chris Woolgar discusses the highlights of the Broadlands Archives, and Oliver Creighton introduces ‘polite’ landscapes.

For our 100th podcast episode we put your questions on the Crusades to historian Tom Asbridge.

Saul David talks military logistics and Steven Bourne explores the role of homosexuals in the armed services during the Second World War.

Peter Watson considers the differences between Old and New World civilisations, while Dave Musgrove heads to the new M Shed museum to find out about a rather gruesome book.

In an Antarctic expedition special, Elin Simonsson talks about Captain Scott’s scientific legacy while Sophie Gordon considers the power of the Antarctic photographs taken on Scott and Shackleton’s expeditions.