History Lessons

In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer to discuss her new book Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990. Together, they discuss the GDR and its legacy today.

Image: East German pioneers and musicians depicted in the porcelain frieze 'Building of the Republic' designed by German artist Max Lingner (1952–1953) on the building of the Council of Ministers of East Germany (former Reichsluftfahrtministerium), now the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus in Berlin, Germany. Credit: Azoor Photo / Alamy Stock Photo. 

In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author Sarah Bakewell to discuss her new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope. Together, they chart the history of the Humanist movement and its relevance to this secular age.

Image: The six Tuscan poets. Credit: Giorgio Morara / Alamy Stock Photo

On the latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with author Edward Chancellor discussing the history of interest rates. From the Tulip Mania to the French Revolution to Quantitative Easing post-2008, interest rates are at the heart of world events.

Image: The Bank of England during the UK's second COVID lockdown. Credit: Jeff Gilbert / Alamy Stock Photo.

On the latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Christopher Coker discussing humanity's compulsion for conflict.

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On the latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Katja Hoyer on the creation of the German empire, the role of Otto von Bismarck in its creation and what this period reveals about Germany today.

Credit: Granger Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

In this week's episode of History Lessons, Mattias speaks to Adrian Wooldridge on the history and future of meritocracy, spanning Tang dynasty China to Trump's America.

On the latest edition of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with historian Andrew Roberts on his mission to repair the reputation of Britain's most maligned and misunderstood monarch.

Mattias Hessérus in conversation with Jonathan Dimbleby on the strategic decision that cost Hitler the war.

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Niall Ferguson on how pandemics, and other disasters, shape human history.

Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Catherine Ostler on the 18th-century Duchess who scandalised a nation.