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Short History Of...
History is full of the extraordinary. Each week, we'll transport you back in time to witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people. New episodes Mondays, or a week early for Noiser+ subscribers. With Noiser+ you'll also get ad-free listening and exclusive content. For more information, head to noiser.com/subscriptions For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm Hosted by John Hopkins. Production: Katrina Hughes, Kate Simants, Nicole Edmunds, Jacob Booth, Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Cody Reynolds-Shaw. Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink.
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History
The Brontës
Episode Date: November 24, 2025A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
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The Pinkerton Detective Agency
Episode Date: November 17, 2025A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
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Introducing: A Short History of Ancient Rome (Book)
Episode Date: November 13, 2025Exciting news, the Noiser Podcast Network has released a new book. It's called A Short History of Ancient Rome. The book is everything you love about...
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Oscar Wilde
Episode Date: November 10, 2025A Short History of Ancient Rome - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick...
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The Vatican
Episode Date: November 3, 2025Enclosed within the city of Rome and spanning just 0.2 square miles, Vatican City is the world’s smallest independent state. Yet within its fortified...
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The Great Smog of London
Episode Date: October 27, 2025For five days in early December 1952, a smog descended upon London that brought chaos to the city. By its end, it had claimed the lives of thousands,...
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The Cold War
Episode Date: October 19, 2025For decades after the Second World War, the Soviet Union and the United States of America were locked in a conflict of ideology that took the planet t...
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The London Underground
Episode Date: October 12, 2025The London Underground – often known simply as the Tube – is central to the city’s global identity. A pioneering feat of engineering at the time of it...
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The White House
Episode Date: October 5, 2025The White House, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is perhaps the most recognisable home in the world. Built soon after the Americans w...
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Introducing: Jane Austen Stories
Episode Date: October 2, 2025This is a preview of a brand-new audiobook from the Noiser Podcast Network. Join Dame Julie Andrews as she reads Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Prid...
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The Victorians, Part 2 of 2
Episode Date: September 28, 2025The Victorian era transformed Britain into the world’s foremost industrial and imperial power. The rise of factories saw the expansion of sprawling ci...
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The Victorians, Part 1 of 2
Episode Date: September 21, 2025Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into the world's foremost industrial and imperial power. The Victorians built railways...
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Bletchley Park
Episode Date: September 14, 2025During World War II, a country house in Buckinghamshire hosted some of the UK’s top minds as they worked to crack enemy communications, most famously...
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George Orwell
Episode Date: September 7, 2025Best known for his books Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell earned a reputation as chronicler and prophet of modern society. Plagued...
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The Domesday Book
Episode Date: August 31, 2025Following the Norman Conquest at the Battle of Hastings, Norman culture transformed the country, as William I governed through force and bureaucracy....
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The Mitford Sisters
Episode Date: August 24, 2025Rarely out of the papers during their lifetimes, and still figures of fascination in modern media, the six Mitford sisters have become notorious. From...
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Florence Nightingale
Episode Date: August 17, 2025Revered as a heroine, and mythologised as ‘the Lady with the Lamp’, Florence Nightingale has gone down in history as the founder of modern nursing. Sh...
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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
Episode Date: August 10, 2025In May 1945, the Second World War ended in Europe, but Japan refused to surrender - despite seemingly facing inevitable defeat. So, confronted by the...
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Marie Antoinette
Episode Date: August 3, 2025The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette is best known today for her extravagant lifestyle and controversial legacy. In...