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3906 James Douglas: The Black Douglas - Part 2

October 4, 2026 · 25 min

Edward II of England, stung by constant humiliations from Scottish raids, was assembling the largest army ever to invade Scotland. Over twenty thousand men, the flower of English chivalry, the finest knights in Europe, all converging on…
3905 James Douglas: The Black Douglas - Part 1

September 20, 2026 · 14 min

In the nurseries of northern England, mothers would hush their crying children with a simple rhyme: "Hush ye, hush ye, little pet ye, the Black Douglas will not get ye." But this was no fairy tale monster - this was a real man, a Scottish…
3904 - Xerxes I of Persia: King of Kings

September 6, 2026 · 30 min

The Persian King who invaded Greece in 480 BC is remembered for his defeat at the Battle of Salamis, but he was much more than that. Xerxes was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 until 465 BC. He is remembered in Western scholarship…
3903 The blame game – sources for the battle of Agincourt

August 2, 2026 · 26 min

One of the first things to note about our surviving sources for the battle of Agincourt (or Azincourt), fought on October 25th, 1415, is just how many of them there are. In a way, this is unsurprising since it was (and is) one of the most…
3902 Buried Alive: Operation Tracer and the Secret of Gibraltar

July 5, 2026 · 28 min

In the Second World War, the Rock of Gibraltar stood like a sentinel at the gateway to the Mediterranean. Whoever held it could open or close the sea lanes to North Africa and beyond. To Britain it was a vital stronghold, but by 1940 it…

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3901 Ancient Superpowers Collide: The Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC

June 21, 2026 · 21 min

The Peloponnesian War pitted the two most powerful Ancient Greek states, Athens and Sparta and their respective allies, against each other in an epic struggle for the control of all of Greece. Dur: 22mins File: .mp3
3810 The (Second) Battle of Mantinea Part2

March 29, 2026 · 21 min

The (second) battle of Mantinea, July 4, 362 BC: the final nail in the coffin of Spartan dominance. At the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, a resurgent Thebes led by its great statesmen and tactician reformers Epaminondas and Pelopidas…
3809 The (Second) Battle of Mantinea

March 8, 2026 · 16 min

At the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, a resurgent Thebes led by its great statesmen and tactician reformers Epaminondas and Pelopidas defeated the army of Sparta. The defeat was one of the greatest shocks Greece had witnessed - not only did…
3808 The Battles of Hedgeley Moor and Hexham 1464 - Part 2

February 15, 2026 · 18 min

The Final showdown at Hexham, May 15th, 1464 John Neville probably marched along the north bank of the River Tyne along Carrel Gate. This route put Bywell castle under threat, but we do not hear of Henry leaving (although he must have if…
3807 The Battles of Hedgeley Moor and Hexham 1464 - Part 1

February 1, 2026 · 21 min

A combination of two battles fought close together in Northumberland in April and May 1464 brought Lancastrian resistance to the Yorkist king Edward IV to an end during the Wars of the Roses until 1469. These battles are of extreme…
3806 - The Shingle Street Invasion That Never Was

January 18, 2026 · 26 min

Picture the Suffolk coast on a stormy night in 1940. Waves crash against a bleak shingle bank, the wind howls through the marshes, and blackout shades cover every window in the tiny hamlet of Shingle Street. It was a place where the war…
3805 Valour Lost - Part 3

January 4, 2026 · 26 min

In the third of this three part series we conclude our look at the eight recipients of the Victoria Cross who forfeited the award due to their later actions as well as other recipients who fell on hard times, and with particular reference…