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June 3, 2023
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Why I prefer Roundheads to Royalists

Tony McMahon4 years ago3 years ago07 mins

As BBC Four broadcasts a new series on King Charles I, Tony McMahon asks whether we should side with Roundheads or Royalists

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Politicians lynched by the London mob

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago46 mins

In the past, politicians were lynched by mobs because they had fallen ouf of favour and as Tony McMahon discovers, politics was a dangerous business

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Royal Weddings – tragic and comic events

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago23 mins

With Harry and Meaghan getting married – a look back at royal weddings that have gone horribly wrong

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How Anne of Cleves kept her head!

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago13 mins

Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife of Henry VIII often overlooked because she wasn’t beheaded but how did this resourceful and clever woman survive?

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Why Henry VIII had no friends

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago17 mins

King Henry VIII had not friends at the end of his life having executed Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell and lost a few wives as well

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