Cautionary Conversation: The Blitz Spirit and the Blackout Ripper

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The Dunning Canoe-ger Effect

When John Darwin walks into a shop in London, it causes an instant stir. After all, John Darwin has been dead for five years. He claims to have amnesia, but everyone - from the police and the media to his insurance company - suspects he is lying. No one can prove a thing, until a ...  Show more

Presenting...This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

This episode comes to you from the new series of This is History, the podcast which tells the story of the Plantagenet Dynasty. Historian Dan Jones takes you through 300 years of calamities, wars and rebellions that marked the end of the Middle Ages and the rise of the Tudor Dyna ...  Show more

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