Cecil Rhodes | Must Rhodes Fall? | 4

What turned America's most famous British loyalist into its most dangerous revolutionary? What does a public humiliation in a Whitehall chamber have to do with the Declaration of Independence? And, if the man who designed the American constitution believed men were angels, would ...  Show more

How did a collection of desperate survivors, religious outcasts, and petty criminals become the architects of the world's most powerful nation? What does it mean to build a society on the language of liberty when that society is entirely dependent on enslaved labour? And are Amer ...  Show more

Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss Cecil Rhodes.

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Parti de rien, Cecil Rhodes est devenu un homme très riche grâce aux mines d’or et surtout de diamants qu’il contrôle en Afrique du Sud.C’est un ardent partisan de la colonisation et il va contribuer à développer l’impérialisme britannique. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informa ...  Show more

Robert Maxwell is dead. But how did he die? Was it suicide, an accident or even something more sinister? And will his children ever be able to overcome their toxic inheritance?

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One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus of Rhodes has lived on in legend - with fact and fiction often blurring. A 108 ft high statue of the Sun God Helios, it was erected in celebration by the people of Rhodes after successfully defending the island agains ...