290 Episodes

  1. #26 Why blow up Parliament anyway? - Ep 3 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/18/2020
  2. #25 ‘Here lieth the Toad’ - Ep 2 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/11/2020
  3. #24 ‘There is no state trial so totally devoid of reality’ - Ep 1 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

    Published: 11/1/2020
  4. Café Bite: What was great about the Great Reform Act of 1832?

    Published: 10/27/2020
  5. Café Bite : Why the US lost the Vietnam war

    Published: 10/27/2020
  6. #23 the last million men? - Ep7 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 10/27/2020
  7. #22 The bullying of Edward Grey - Ep 6. WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 10/20/2020
  8. #21 8pm 1 August 1914 war in Belgium and France is off - Ep 5 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 10/13/2020
  9. #20 Hanging on Russia's apron strings - Ep 4 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 10/6/2020
  10. #19 Bicycling holidays along the French-Belgian border - Ep 3 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 9/29/2020
  11. #18 ‘Spies of the Kaiser’ - Ep 2 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 9/22/2020
  12. #17 The elephant in the room - Ep 1 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

    Published: 9/15/2020
  13. Café Bite: The Last of the Magicians?

    Published: 9/8/2020
  14. #16 The men behind the myth - ep 7 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    Published: 9/8/2020
  15. #15 ‘The Fourteenth Day’ - ep 6 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    Published: 9/1/2020
  16. #14 ‘Eyeball to eyeball’ - ep 5 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuban Missile Crisis?

    Published: 8/25/2020
  17. #13 ‘Russian roulette’ - ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuban Missile Crisis?

    Published: 8/18/2020
  18. #12 ‘The only way to save Cuba’ - ep 3 of Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    Published: 8/11/2020
  19. #11 Fidel Castro was not a communist - ep 2 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

    Published: 8/4/2020
  20. #10 'these missiles do not significantly alter the balance of power' - ep 1 Cuba Missile Crisis

    Published: 7/28/2020

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