The less-than-serious history podcast with stand up comedian Angela Barnes (The News Quiz, Mock The Week and Live at The Apollo) and writer John... more
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How a handful of landmark events and reforms suddenly shook off the hypocrisy, censorship and repression that had plagued Great... more
How travelling quacks and snobby doctors held back dentistry for centuries, while millions endured the agony of toothache and wondered... more
This week Angela drags John around the shops of Britain for about 200 years as we take a look at... more
How the IRA came very close to killing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet and triggered a massive... more
This week Angela tricks John into learning about the history of April Fool’s Day. Where did it originate? Why do... more
Centuries ahead of those “Brits Abroad” tabloid headlines that make us hang our heads in shame, the British were still... more
In 18th Century France the Ancien Regime comes up against the Enlightenment and Age of Reason and, spoiler alert, it... more
How one scruffy Irish popstar saw a terrible famine being reported on his television and decided to do a bit... more
Just in time for International Women’s Day on March 8, we dig into the surprising history of this worldwide celebration... more
John O’Farrell and Angela Barnes return for a new season of We Are History! In this first episode they explore... more
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