I spoke to Christopher before about his book the Lion House. That was part 1 of a trilogy on the... more

Anton Howes writes the brilliant Age of Invention substack. We were supposed to talk about the history of salt and... more

In this episode Professor Ed Watts and I look at the brilliant career and sad life of the Emperor Tiberius.... more

This is part 2 of my podcast with Jonathan Clements on Japan's Christian century. In this episode we get on... more

A two part podcast on Japan's Christian century. Jonathan Clements wrote a brilliant book called Christ's Samurai about the Shimabara... more

Hampton Sides loves to tell stories of people fighting against impossible odds. The story of the Jeannette's voyage is... more

Spring Heeled Jack was an uncatchable villain from Victorian times. His speciality was attacking young women, raking their faces and... more

The 'spice wars' between the Dutch and the English in the 1600's were quite something. Giles Milton told the story... more

We are back with Jonathan Clements for part 2 of our podcast on the history of Taiwan. In this episode... more

Jonathan Clements has written a number of histories of East Asia. His latest, Rebel Island, is a history of Taiwan... more