Articles by History Extra podcast

In a talk from our 2019 History Weekend in Winchester, Dan Jones introduces a vivid cast of characters from the medieval conflicts for the Holy Land. Historyextra.com/podcast

Alan Mikhail explains how Ottoman Sultan Selim I transformed the empire in the early 16th century. Historyextra.com/podcast

Tom Licence discusses the life and times of the pre-conquest ruler of England. Historyextra.com/podcast

Jonathan Lichtenstein talks to us about how he accompanied his father on a journey back to Berlin, retracing the steps he took in 1939. Historyextra.com/podcast

Caroline Dodds Pennock responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the Mesoamerican civilisation. Historyextra.com/podcast

In a talk from our 2019 History Weekend in Winchester, Dominic Sandbrook explores the history of Britain in the early 1980s. Historyextra.com/podcast

John Dickie sifts fact from fiction in the history of a much misunderstood organisation. Historyextra.com/podcast

Afua Hirsch discusses the histories of Ethiopia, Kenya and Senegal, and how artists in these countries are responding to the past. Historyextra.com/podcast

Clement Knox explores ideas of sex, courtship and power from the 18th century until the present day. Historyextra.com/podcast

Paul Preston responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936–39. Historyextra.com/podcast