Dan explores the birth and development of chemical warfare during the First World War.
Historian Robert Saunders from Queen Mary University of London talks about the elections in the past that he feels have most resonance and parallels today.
Northumbrian patriot' Dan Jackson, who has just written a book on the history of Northeast England and its people, comes on the podcast to talk about Northumbria's prestigious past.
1984 is one of the greatest books ever written, and continues to both haunt and inform public perceptions of totalitarianism. Dan talks to Dorian Lynskey, who has written a biography of this critical text, discussing Orwell's reasons for writing and 1984's relevance to the present day, as well as...