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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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19. King Arthur
Episode Date: February 1, 2021It remains the most romantic historical story of all time, but is the legend of King Arthur a myth? Was he even English? And will he rise again when t...
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18. The North South Divide
Episode Date: January 28, 2021England has long been divided by an invisible line somewhere north of Watford and south of the Mersey. But do northerners really have more in common...
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17. Fascism
Episode Date: January 25, 2021What is fascism and where did it come from? No one admits to being a fascist yet it continues to be a term of abuse hurled on a regular basis. Tom Hol...
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16. Pompeii
Episode Date: January 21, 2021Pompeii Why does Pompeii continue to hold such a fascination for so many people? And which secrets are still to be uncovered from beneath the ashes?...
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15. Walls and Borders
Episode Date: January 18, 2021From the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall, history is littered with the building of barriers aimed at keeping people out, and sometimes in. Do t...
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14. Historical Fiction
Episode Date: January 11, 2021Is the author’s responsibility to the quality of the novel or the truth of history? What makes a great historical novel and which authors have contrib...
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13. Stephen Fry and Troy
Episode Date: January 7, 2021Stephen Fry is our guest on The Rest is History as he tells Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook about his enduring fascination with the Greek myths. Lea...
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12. Conspiracy Theories
Episode Date: January 4, 2021History is littered with conspiracy theories, from Popish plots to JFK’s assassination. But what makes people believe in them and how do they gain cur...
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11. Brexit
Episode Date: December 28, 2020As Britain leaves the EU, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook look at the best & worst comparisons from history that have been made to Brexit. Learn mo...
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10. Christmas
Episode Date: December 21, 2020Is Christmas an ancient ritual or was it invented by Dickens? Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the transformation of Christmas from public to...
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9. Causes of the First World War
Episode Date: December 14, 2020Whose fault was it? Does the question even make sense? Are wars always somebody's "fault"? Was it really the first global war? And should Britain have...
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8. The Echo of a Coffee House
Episode Date: December 7, 2020Social media has colonised the world but is it really a new phenomenon? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate the effects of technical innovations...
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7. The Lessons of History
Episode Date: November 30, 2020Can we truly learn from history? And if we can - do we? It’s one of the big questions this week as Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook roam through the...
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4. We’re all so 17th Century
Episode Date: November 9, 2020Plague, pestilence and statue smashing are back in business. Has 2020 turned out to be the 17th Century in disguise? And if so, has Boris Johnson beco...
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3. Is Trump Caesar or Nixon?
Episode Date: November 9, 2020Recorded hours after Joe Biden was named President of the United States, we ask if Donald Trump is a modern day Caesar, willing to do anything to stay...
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2. Civil War
Episode Date: November 2, 2020What are the conditions needed for a civil war to start? Could we see a modern industrial nation turn upon itself again? Historians Tom Holland and Do...
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1. Greatness
Episode Date: November 2, 2020How did certain people come to be called ‘the Great’? Is the notion of great men and women outmoded? Can anyone today be reckoned ‘great’? Historians...