Edward I is one of the most notorious rulers of English history. With a reputation for military brutishness and political ruthlessness, he was rumoured to have once frightened a man to death. But in November 1290, one event brought this warrior king crashing to the ground: the death of his beloved wife, Eleanor of Castile. The royal entourage, who were based in Lincoln at the time, spent the dark days of December 1290 returning the body of the queen to Westminster Abbey. To mark this procession - the longest in English history - Edward did something quite remarkable. He ordered 12 crosses of golden stones to be erected along the route. Seven centuries later, Alice Loxton traces the footsteps of the cortege, uncovering what remains of the most romantic story of England’s history.
The Allied plans for Normandy stretched far beyond the D-Day landings themselves. Alongside the plans for DDay, the Allies created a series of deception plans to trick the Germans as to where the Allies would launch their invasion. This plan included inflatable tanks, jamming their radar systems ...
The Great Famine, or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 - 1849. Over one million people perished. Presenter and producer Matt Sullivan explains several extraordinary stories that occurred during this harrowing period in Ireland's history.
The Hag of Beara, also known as the Hag of Winter, was a mythical figure that predated Christianity in Ireland. She was regarded by people as the mother protector / creator of the landscape. Like many pagan gods and traditions, she did not escape the intolerant wave of Christianity that swept acr...
