In our 300th episode, Gabby Storey joins us to talk all about Medieval Regent Queens and what they achieved.

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Agata Zielenska joins Alina to talk all about the relationship between Poland and the Papacy in the Middle Ages. 

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Spencer Jones joins us for a comprehensive and entertaining overview of the Boer War; including the highs and lows of campaigning, the exploits of a young Winston Churchill and British "Concentration Camps" in their proper context. 

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Manu Del Borgo joins us to talk all about her favourite subject, the life of Thucydides, and makes a case for him being the father of history. 

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Gareth Davies joins us to talk Second World War tanks and Nazi efforts to conquer the Soviet Union.

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Join the regulars in the Mary Rose as they debate history's greatest building.

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Kit Chapman joins Alex in his one man quest to prove that science history isn't boring. This time we talk about some of his favourite mad scientists and what they contributed to the field.

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Kate Jamieson joins Alex to lament at how many amazing fictional heroes there are in the Nelsonian navy, when Edward Pellew is staring us all right in the face...

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In a new monthly segment, Napoleonic gurus Marcus Cribb and Zack White take a more detailed look at the era; beginning with an examination of the Duke of Wellington after Waterloo. 

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Janel Fontaine joins us to talk all about her groundbreaking research into Medieval slavery.

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