January 1649, Whitehall. A king steps onto the scaffold. Moments later, Charles I is dead... tried and executed by his own subjects. For the first time in its history, England is without a monarch.

What follows is one of the most radical experiments in British history. The House of Lords is abol...

Acclaimed classicist Natalie Haynes is back on History Hit. This time she explores one of the most powerful and enduring myths of the ancient world: the story of Demeter and Persephone.

Our journey begins with the kidnapping of the young goddess Persephone by Hades, the dark Lord of the Underw...

In the series conclusion, Natalie Haynes delves into the dark compromise that resolved the myth of Demeter and Persephone. She explores how this narrative gave ancient people a vital framework for understanding the seasons - a bitter bargain that marked the transition from the vibrant bloom of sp...

Imagine arriving in a virgin territory, a landscape untouched by humans with a future entirely blank and ready to write. While many settlement stories end in disaster, the Viking arrival in Iceland was a success.

Over two episodes, Dan Snow travels across the country, revealing secrets from the...

In the second episode of Icelandic Vikings, Dan Snow investigates this land of extremes and reveals how the Vikings didn’t just survive on this remote island, they changed its history forever.

His journey begins by visiting a Viking parliament set up right in the heart of two tectonic plates rip...