History Cafe

By: Jon Rosebank Penelope Middelboe
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  • True history storytelling at the History Café. Join BBC Historian Jon Rosebank & HBO, BBC & C4 script and series editor Penelope Middelboe as we give history a new take. Drop in to the History Café weekly on Wednesdays to give old stories a refreshing new brew. 90+ ever-green stand-alone episodes and building...

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  • #17 The Elephant in the Room - Ep 1 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?

    #17 The Elephant in the Room - Ep 1 WW1: how much was it Britain's fault?
    Sep 11 2024
    Britain’s main problem by 1910 was Russian expansion towards its Persian oil and India, the jewel in Britain’s crown. So why did Britain go to war to SUPPORT Russia and AGAINST Germany which was its closest European friend and trading partner? (R)

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    35 mins
  • #40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

    #40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence
    Sep 4 2024
    After years of negotiation and confrontation, Pope Clement VII was heard swearing unpapally over Henry VIII’s divorce. And no wonder. The history of Henry’s pope is a murky tale of code-breaking and ruthless sieges that involves Michelangelo and Machiavelli and a great deal of double-dealing. Pope Clement was trapped between a rock and a hard place: the only way to save his Medici family’s city of Florence was to refuse Henry his divorce and split Christendom. (R)

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    37 mins
  • #52 Anne Boleyn - Henry's MacGuffin

    #52 Anne Boleyn - Henry's MacGuffin
    Aug 28 2024
    Most of what we think we know about Anne Boleyn turns out to be later invention, with no historical basis. We argue that she was a MacGuffin: she was necessary to the way things turned out for Henry, but unimportant in herself. We’re not even sure he was in love with her. (R)

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    45 mins

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