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01/09/2026

A hungover Jane Austen Dr Lizzie Rogers reveals that a 20-year-old Jane Austen certainly knew how to have fun. Lizzie is the expert in our HistoryExtra podcast series about Jane Austen's life and writing. You can ~

01/08/2026

Owen Davies, co-author with Ceri Houlbrook of new book 'Folklore A Journey through the Past and the Present', explains why generations of British people believed that their ill health was caused by swallowing anim~

01/08/2026

Ian Mortimer has weighed up the good, the bad and the ugly of life in four historical periods in his latest book – but which era wins gold for being the worst... (Clue it definitely wasn't the 10th century) Listen~

01/06/2026

Was marriage in the Tudor era similar to today Could a simple exchange of rings do the job And was there really such an obsession with consummating the marriage Tracy Borman explains all... Discover gripping stori~

01/06/2026

Dr Jackson Crawford explains how Old Norse literature shows women wielding their power through words, with some notably violent exceptions. Listen to the full conversation ad-free at historyextra.com podcast or se~

01/06/2026

In the Middle Ages, examining (and smelling) urine was a key method of diagnosing illness. At London’s Wellcome Collection, medieval historian Elma Brenner shows HistoryExtra's Ellie Cawthorne a urine chart from 1~

01/05/2026

Historian Fern Riddell outlines the evidence that backs up the theory the monarch may have had a secret wedding to her 'Highland servant'. Listen to the full conversation ad-free at historyextra.com podcast or sea~

01/05/2026

Imagine squeezing a family with six children into a home like this! Ruth Goodman explores the realities of Victorian homes, which are a far cry from what we know today. Ruth is the presenter of our HistoryExtra Ac~

01/05/2026

Henry V is most famous for his victory at the battle of Agincourt, but did you know he almost never made it into adulthood Dan Jones delves into the gory details about the horrific injury that nearly killed the i~

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