Which LGBTQ+ histories get told – and which get overlooked?
To mark LGBT+ History Month, a panel of experts discuss the challenges and complexities of exploring sexuality across the centuries
History Extra podcast
From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath
Marion Turner introduces one of the most memorable and colourful figures of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath
Astonishing Æthelstan: Michael Wood on the 10th-century king
Michael Wood introduces listeners to the fascinating life of 10th-century ruler Æthelstan
Cleopatra’s triumphant daughter
Jane Draycott tells the little-known story of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and reveals how she turned a tragic inheritance into a triumphant reign
Marie Antoinette in her own words
Catriona Seth rexamines what Marie Antoinette’s letters can reveal about the life and character of the doomed Queen of France
The Romantics: everything you wanted to know
Daisy Hay answers listener questions on the rebellious literary movement whose members’ lives were as unconventional as their art
Fearless female voices of the Spanish Civil War
Sarah Watling shines a light on the remarkable women who joined the fight against General Franco – from political firebrands to bestselling authors
Why did the Ottoman empire implode?
Ryan Gingeras looks at why one of world history’s greatest powers collapsed a century ago
Was Shakespeare a snob?
Stephen Unwin unpicks Shakespeare’s complex portrayals of working people, asking how much these characters reflect the reality of living and working in Elizabethan England
Tudors in revolt: the Western Rising of 1549
Mark Stoyle follows the progress of the so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion”, and explores how this dramatic revolt almost changed the course of Tudor history