The Rest Is History

The world’s most popular history podcast, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.therestishistory.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. Here are some of our favourite episodes to get you started: WATERGATE/NIXON apple.co/3JrVl5h ALEXANDER THE GREAT apple.co/3Q4FaNk HARDCORE HISTORY'S DAN CARLIN apple.co/3vqkGa3 PUTIN & RUSSIA apple.co/3zMtLfX

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75. The East India Company

Episode Date: July 15, 2021

Tom and Dominic are joined by historian William Dalrymple to tell the fascinating and shocking story of the East India Company in the 18th century. Ho...

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73. England v Italy

Episode Date: July 9, 2021

No country has enjoyed a greater influence on the English than Italy. Ahead of the European Championship final, Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland expl...

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72. The Vietnam War

Episode Date: July 8, 2021

No war has divided public opinion more than the conflict in Vietnam. Andrew Preston, Cambridge University Professor of American History, joins Dominic...

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71. England v Denmark

Episode Date: July 6, 2021

Ahead of the two countries’ encounter at Wembley, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Anglo-Danish history through the ages. Vikings, the destru...

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70. Children’s History

Episode Date: July 5, 2021

Tom and Dominic discuss how to write history books for kids. What topics are they interested in? What will they find boring? How much detail is accept...

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69. England v Ukraine

Episode Date: July 2, 2021

On the eve of a huge sporting encounter in Rome between the English and Ukrainian football teams, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the histor...

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68. The British Empire

Episode Date: July 1, 2021

The British Empire: good, bad or neither? And how does its legacy shape us today? Journalist Sathnam Sanghera, author of “Empireland”, joins Tom Holla...

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67. Anglo-German Relations

Episode Date: June 28, 2021

With England and Germany set to do sporting battle once again, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the historical events which have shaped the r...

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66. Ghosts

Episode Date: June 24, 2021

Settle down by the fire and prepare to be haunted. Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts, joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to won...

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65. A Very British Scandal

Episode Date: June 21, 2021

Jeremy Thorpe was the most flamboyant politician of his day. Leader of the Liberal Party for nine years he was tried at the Old Bailey for conspiracy...

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62. Magna Carta

Episode Date: June 10, 2021

Does the Magna Carta enshrine the liberties of every free-born Englishman? Or is it now irrelevant? Ted Vallance, Professor of History at Roehampton U...

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61. California

Episode Date: June 7, 2021

No state in America captures the imagination quite like California. With its glitz and glamour and also its enormous economic disparities the state is...

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60. Muhammad

Episode Date: June 3, 2021

Who was Muhammad, where did he come from and what was the historical context for his life? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss one of the most i...

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57. Paris

Episode Date: May 27, 2021

It may just be the most popular city on earth. Throughout history Paris has maintained a grip on the public imagination, thanks to its culture, archit...