Jean and Patricia Owtram were teenagers when the Second World War broke out. They both served in secret roles, one on the coast intercepting German naval signals, the other running intelligence agents from Cairo. Neither told the other what they had been up to until the 1970s! Now, in their late nineties they talked to me about their service and how they can still operate a Sten gun.
Anthony Sattin @anthonysattin is a British journalist and broadcaster and the author of several highly acclaimed books of history and travel. Young Lawrence: A Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man is out now.
Dan talks to Adrian Maldonaldo about why ancient empires constructed some mighty walls. Particular focus is placed on Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall.
Victor Hugo was exiled to Guernsey by the regime of Napoleon III, and so wrote many of his most famous works on the island, like “Les Miserables”, in the only house he ever owned. Dan gets a tour of Hauteville House, where he wrote from Cédric Bail the assistant curator of the museum. You can fin...
