Islas Británicas: Gales

Ubicado en el corazón de Asia Central, Uzbekistán es una nación marcada por siglos de historia y por su papel fundamental en la antigua Ruta de la Seda. Ciudades legendarias como Samarcanda, Bujará y Jiva fueron centros de comercio, ciencia y cultura que conectaron Oriente y Occi ...  Show more

Aterrizamos ahora en nuestra geografía, porque la llegada del Internet a Colombia es una historia por contar. El Internet en Colombia en los años 90 era una tecnología "muy de avanzada" y ajena para la mayoría de personas. Pero en medio de ese panorama, unos visionarios colombian ...  Show more

Dafydd Morse kindly joined me on the show this week to introduce us to Wales - his home country on the west side of Britain. I feel like the Welsh culture (people, language, etc.) is often overlooked on a global scale, and perhaps some of you are hearing about it for the first ti ...  Show more

What are the origins of Wales? And how do the Welsh define themselves against Englishness? As England play Wales in the World Cup today, Tom and Dominic are joined by Martin Johnes, Professor of History at the University of Swansea, to explore the age old rivalry between the two ...  Show more

In Welsh history, the period that lies between the medieval era of resistance to English occupation, and the rapid industrialisation of the 18th and 19th centuries, is often forgotten. Yet, there was much more going on in Wales in the early modern period than might initially meet ...  Show more

The Anglo-Saxons represent one of the most vital and important periods in English history, but then why do we know so very little about them? Marc Morris, historian and author of The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, takes Nick Cohen on a journey though one of ...  Show more