Historian Rebecca Rideal explores the significance of the wedding of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry by looking at how actresses have furthered the cause of equal rights and elevated the status of women, breaking new ground and subverting expectations, from restoration England right up to the present day.
Dan and Mike Pavelec talk about Air Power: it's short history and how it will shake the future up.
Rapper and intellectual Akala talks to Dan about the way historical narratives are created, maintained and then broken down. He discusses slavery and abolitionism, the need for Britain to do more to acknowledge its imperial history, and how his own experiences growing up were shaped by these narr...
Now that the first Blair government is being taught in history classes, Dan talks to Alastair Campbell about his new book, football, and power. Image credit: Chatham House / Commons.
