
Reaching for the Tsars: Interview with BBC Radio Dramatist Mike Walker
"Any historical storyteller or dramatist has a duty to the listener to be as honest as they can. You can adapt but you can never lie."


Landscapes from a Vanished Country: Geoffrey Hosking's 1988 Reith Lecture Series
"Listening nearly 30 years on with a reasonable idea of how things turned out, when I revisit the series I encounter something akin to


Evanescent
“Thank you, Stalin, for my happy childhood!” It’s a jarring utterance to say the least, and the speaker is not unaware of that fact....


The Appalling Cost of Victory
'Happy Victory Day', Red Square 2010. Today is День Победы (dyen pobyedi), Victory Day in Russia, marking the end of WWII in Europe. VE...


A Brutal Antidote to a Brutal Commute: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast
"Dan Carlin's podcast is not for the faint-hearted but if you like a good story told by a master storyteller you should certainly c