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When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives of the Paget sisters and their friends and lovers, including Arthur Koestler, Albert Camus, Sartre and de Beauvoir, Edmund Wilson and George Orwell.

These are the Podcasts for Dark Pennine Tales, Scary Fiction, True Crime and Ghostly Legends

As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.

Josephine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Terezia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Recamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt.

Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then there have been important legislative reforms but the law is only as good as those who enforce it. Telling the stories of a series of ground-breaking cases, Harriet Wistrich illustrates how far misogyny is baked into our justice system.

In each chapter of How to Survive History, Cody Cassidy explores how to survive one of history's greatest threats: succumbing to the lava flows of Pompeii, drowning on board the Titanic, falling prey to the Black Death, and more. Using hindsight and modern science to estimate everything from how fast you'd need to run to outpace a T. rex to the advantages of different body types in surviving the Donner Party tragedy, Cassidy gives you a detailed battle plan for survival, helping you learn about the era at the same time

The countryside is almost sacred to many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. In Our Island Stories, Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten country walks with varied companions, Fowler combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton.

At a time when nature's inner workings were largely a mystery, people from every walk of life who faced problems or circumstances they were powerless to control sought the help of 'cunning folk'. These wise women and men were often renowned for their skill at healing the sick or predicting the future, fortune-telling and divination, and for their knowledge of spells and potions. Occasionally and tragically, some were condemned as witches for using their powers for ill. But this has tended to obscure the fact that the magic they practised was a normal and accepted part of daily life.

Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.

Pensamiento Urbano es un espacio dedicado a explorar la historia de las ciudades latinoamericanas, un foro de discusión, un espacio para el debate, donde es posible entablar conversaciones con investigadoras/es a través de la presentación de una obra del invitado/a. 🎙️ Idea Original y Productores: Rafael Soares Gonçalves (PUC-Rio) y Leandro Benmergui (Purchase College, SUNY) 🎵 Música Original: "Cuándo Será" (Emiliano Messiez) 🤝 Apoiado pelas agências científicas: CNPQ e FAPERJ.

Sintesi. Il podcast di Nicola Digiugno

A Collection of Horrible Fates

A podcast where I discuss history, politics, culture, current events and global affairs.

Under the Hood is a thought-provoking biblical series that offers a fresh perspective on well-known stories from the Bible. Delving into each narrative, the series explores (1) the distinctive historical context of each story, (2) archaeological evidence supporting the events, and (3) the profound ways in which each story illuminates the gospel of Jesus Christ. Join Sam and Will as they guide you through captivating insights, dispel myths, and present compelling evidence of the Bible's historical reliability and spiritual significance.

Have you ever wondered what happened 100 years ago? CYL News's Weekly Roundup covers it all.

We follow three narratively structured stories about the horrors of the great war. They have fictional aspects, but the stories which stand behind them are horribly true.

Este emission es un resumen mi investigacion sobre los derechos de las mujeres en Espana Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Join us, Ellie & Matt, as we chat to people who work in the countryside, learning about what they do, how they do it and why they might be doing it in the first place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

סיפורן של הקהילות היהודיות הוא גם סיפורה של יבשת שלמה, שאיבדה את עצמה לדעת באמצע המאה העשרים. כדי להמחיש את הקשר שבין הקהילות לבין המרחב הפיזי שבו צמחו, מוגשת לכם מפה אינטראקטיבית שבה תוכלו לשמוע את סיפוריהן ולהבין את המרחב שבו צמחו

A 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games. The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024. In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, the Olympic gold medal in town planning, the self administered electric shock torture to win medals and a whole host in between.