This week on MILF History Month: Milo and Phoebe dive into some of the conniving milves not worth of their own full episode but whom nonetheless we salute for the connivance, including Eleanor of Aquitane, Lucrezia Borgia and Mata Hari.

It's a heatwave and that can mean only one thing at MOOD towers: it's MILF history month, which will actually last for two months due to the importance of milves. We will be tracing the influence of conniving women through the ages, starting with an all-timer: Olympias, the mother of Alexander The Great.

We get into ancient Macedonia's political culture, the chaotic sex life of Philip of Macedon and, of course, Dua Lipa.

Have you ever wondered how all those Roman buildings are still standing but every rental flat seems to be collapsing at the seams? Dr Wyman has the ancient civil-engineering answers for you and also includes many anecdotes from his times working with modern concrete.

In this history episode, Tim takes us through the 1933-34 season- the last and only time (for now) that Arsenal have retained the league title. Arsenal fought Herbert Chapman’s former team Huddersfield Town for the title but, tragically, on January 6, 1934 Chapman suddenly died of pneumonia, leaving a grieving team to pick themselves up under the stewardship of Joe Shaw and Tom Whittaker to seal the league title at Stamford Bridge for the second consecutive season. Tim also talks about Arsenal’s goal scoring and centre-forward issues with the Gunners scoring 43 fewer goals than the previous season- a problem solved by the acquisition of Southampton striker Ted Drake in March 1934

[ Original Title: 1933-34: The Last Time Arsenal Retained the Title, Against a Backdrop of Tragedy ]

In this history episode, Tim is joined by eminent Arsenal historian Andy Kelly which covers a variety of topics.

•⁠ ⁠The formation of the football club from Dial Square Cricket Club in December 1886

•⁠ ⁠Known details from Dial Square’s first game against Eastern Wanderers later that month

•⁠ ⁠Debunking the myth that Nottingham Forest supplied the club with their first official kit

•⁠ ⁠Did Henry Norris try to merge Fulham and Arsenal?

•⁠ ⁠Debunking the myth that Henry Norris incentivised Arsenal players to lose games so Spurs would be relegated in 1927-28

•⁠ ⁠The origins of the term ‘Bank of England club’ from the 1930s and how it has been inaccurately applied ever since

In this history episode, Tim discusses the legacy of former Arsenal striker Charlie Buchan. He was Herbert Chapman's first signing for the Gunners in 1925 having left Woolwich Arsenal as a teenager in a row over expenses. His star quality and his intelligence and confidence as a trained teacher drew Chapman to Buchan as a prototype for the sort of player he wanted. It was reportedly Buchan who suggested tweaks to the WM formation Chapman would adopt at Arsenal that underpinned their dominance of the 1930s. Post career, Buchan became a respected football journalist and broadcaster and he fought in the First World War with some distinction.

In this history pod, Tim recounts Royal Arsenal’s three years at the Invicta Ground from 1890-1893 and how it became the setting for a dramatic tug of war for the ownership of a club that was looking to establish itself and grow during football’s formative years.

In this history episode, Tim tells the story of Arsenal's first ever major silverware in the shape of the 1930 FA Cup. The significance of the final pitting the all conquering Huddersfield team Herbert Chapman built against the all conquering Arsenal side he was building, the importance of signing Alex James and Cliff Bastin in the summer of 1929, how Chapman made Huddersfield the finest team in the country, the traditions the 1930 Final gave birth to, as well as an unexpected visitor at Wembley that afternoon...

[ Original Title: Do You Remember The First Time? (The story of Arsenal's first ever major silverware in 1930) ]

In this history pod, Tim talks about legendary Arsenal manager George Allison, who oversaw two league titles and an FA Cup and also provided a steady hand on the tiller for the club during the Second World War and took over shortly after the unexpected death of Herbert Chapman. Tim considers Allison's curious legacy given that his background and prominence was in journalism and he left the coaching of the team to Chapman's trusted lieutenants. Tim also considers his PR and media legacy for the club, some of the big transfers Allison oversaw as well as the famous 1939 film 'The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.'

In this history episode Tim gives a history of the North Bank, Highbury, from its modest roots to its days as ‘The Laundry End’ the home of Arsenal’s local, working class support and how it began to reflect immigration into Islington after the Second World War, the baby boomers of the 1960s and the birth of stadium atmosphere and fashions, through into the hooligan era and the infamous game against West Ham in 1982 that convinced Arsenal to get rid of perimeter fencing. Then Tim talks through its reconstruction after the Taylor Report and pricing changing due to the bond scheme, as well as some of the famous moments in front of the stand courtesy of Jon Sammels, Ian Wright, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry.