Aspects of History
The editor of Aspects of History, Ollie Webb-Carter, interviews historians and authors on the past - from the ancient world right up to the modern day. In each episode, Ollie seeks to get to the bottom of a story or scrutinise a figure from history. There are bonus episodes too, from current events and anniversaries to the Aspects of History Film Club.
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The History of Ballet with Lucy Ashe
Lucy Ashe joins to talk about the evolution of Ballet from the royal courts of Europe to Versailles and the Sun King, Louis XIV, to the Ballet Russe as the Russians came to dominate. Margot Fonteyne, Ninette de Valois and Rudolf Nureyev all feature.
43 min
127
Napoleon Bonaparte with Louis Sarkozy
Bonaparte: Greatest Frenchman or Corsican Ogre? Progressive or reactionary?
54 min
128
The War in Ukraine with Yaroslav Trofimov
Yaroslav Trofimov is the Foreign Affairs Correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, a native of Ukraine, and the author of Our Enemies Will Vanish. He joins to talk about the war and the ramifications of the conflict in a geo-political sense.
45 min
129
SpyMasters with Antonia Senior
20 min
130
Great British Commanders: WW2 Also Rans with Go...
Gordon Corrigan, the Major, returns as we go through those commanders from the Second World War that missed out when we settled on Bill Slim. The big names from the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are here.
52 min
131
Masters of The Air & The Allied Bombing Campaig...
The new Apple TV series has arrived, Masters of the Air, written and produced by John Orloff, of Band of Brothers. We discuss the history behind the show with two historians of the Allied Bombing Campaign.
43 min
132
The Princes in the Tower with History with Jack...
42 min
133
Film Club: Conspiracy (2001) - The Wannsee Conf...
72 min
134
Duelling & Rivet Counters with Ben Kane
39 min
135
The Gothic War & Historical Fiction with Simon ...
39 min
136
Great British Commanders: Douglas Haig with Gar...
60 min
137
Ridley Scott's Napoleon with Adam Zamoyski
33 min
138
SAS Debate: David Stirling - Founder or Phoney?...
49 min
139
Film Club: Napoleon (2023)
56 min
140
Winston Churchill with David Reynolds
48 min
141
The History of Conspiracies with Jonn Elledge
45 min
142
The Vietnam War: The My Lai Massacre with Marsh...
70 min
143
British Fascism with Alec Marsh & Martin Pugh
49 min
144
WW2 Italy with James Holland
41 min
145
2023 Books of the Year with The Gang
65 min
146
Charles I with Mark Turnbull
57 min
147
Film Club: JFK (1991)
107 min
148
Female Spies with Helen Fry
40 min
149
Film Club: Thirteen Days (2000)
52 min
150
Kings & Queens with Iain Dale
34 min