The Boer War – ten things you didn’t know!
The Boer War is a forgotten conflict that pitched the British Empire against a group of white settlers in Africa. Tony McMahon investigates.
August 2023
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Six Unlucky Wives of Henry VIII
King Henry VIII had six wives, two of whom were brutally beheaded. What lay behind these multiple stormy marriages? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?
Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Crazy Cults of the 1920s and 1930s!
The 1920s and 1930s saw a proliferation of crazy cults that shaped the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s as Tony McMahon discovers
Confederates who fled to Brazil
Confederates at the end of the American Civil War fled to Brazil where slavery was still legal as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Cannibalism – the history of eating human flesh
Cannibalism is the ultimate taboo and Tony McMahon reveals the gruesome history of eating human flesh that still rightly shocks us today
Helen Duncan – the last Witch in England
Helen Duncan was the last person tried under the Witchcraft Act making her the last witch in England as Tony McMahon reports