Paris the Pacifist? Paris just stressed, depressed and Helen obsessed? Paris the love warrior?

This interview with Paris of Troy really changed my perspective on the man. He is more than the cowardly home wrecker that meets the eye. Ipso facto, Paris has some inspiring insights on women in the Homeric Age of Greece, on the gods' intervention in war, imperialism, and the greed of men.

You can listen and decide for yourself whether he wanted to liberate Helen from the shackles of Menelaus and what society expected of her. Or whether he wanted the most beautiful woman in the world as his own property.

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Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a freshwater system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Victor Principe and I compare and contrast religion and plagues in Ancient and Modern Rome.

Ever wondered about the transition from Paganism to Christianity in the Roman Empire? Ever wondered how the Ancient Romans dealt with their equivalent of Covid-19? Ever wondered about religious practices in the Roman Empire?

Then we are your gateway to that knowledge.

'Therapy with Frida' delves under the skin of the iconic painter. The Daughter of the Mexican revolution.

We discuss her self-portraits, her relationships with Diego Rivera and Trotsky, her communism, and the fatal moments that led to her famous quote “Doctor, if you let me drink this tequila, I promise I won’t drink at my funeral.”

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Most people know her as the wife of Oscar Wilde, but Constance was a phenomenon in her own right.

She wrote many of Oscar's plays (classic,) campaigned for women's rights, and pioneered fashion designs, even inventing the divided skirt.

This episode explores Constance, as an individual, and investigates why she stayed so loyal to Oscar despite his public affairs and exile from society.

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The tantalising thing about Cleopatra is that little evidence survives from century Egypt itself.

So “The Cleoportrait” conquers Roman propaganda painting her as a debauched temptress using sex appeal as a political weapon.

We ask her about her marriage to her brother and her relationships with Caesar and Mark Anthony right up until the Battle of Actium.

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'Go hard or Go Homer' explores homosexuality in Ancient Greece;  a homosexual Utopia or Peadophile Utopia?

I also get Xenophon from 430BC, an aristocratic elite, and Socrates’s best mate into the studio to ask him about this love life.

'Go hard or Go Homer' explores homosexuality in Ancient Greece;  a Gay Utopia or Paedophiile Utopia? 

 I also get Xenophon, an aristocratic elite and Socrates’s best mate into the studio to ask him about this love life.

So why do Philosophers get murdered?

Socrates was minding his own beeswax (kind of) before he got poisoned with Hemlock.

Today we talk to Hypatia, Alexandria's preeminent philosopher, and arguably the leading mathematician in the world up to this date.

335AD Alexandria witnessed dramatic division between Christians, Jews, and Pagans and Hypatia’s story shows the dangers of religious strife that end in bloodshed.

So why do Philosophers get murdered?

Socrates was minding his own beeswax (kind of) before he got poisoned with Hemlock.

Hypatia was Alexandria's preeminent philosopher, and arguably the leading mathematician in the world up to this date.

335AD Alexandria witnessed dramatic division between Christians, Jews, and Pagans and Hypatia’s story shows the dangers of religious strife that end in bloodshed.

Grove is in the heart explores the English language; steeped in history and bursting in character. 

Do you ever hear expressions such as "Bee's Knees" and "Taste of your own medicine," and wonder what it all means?

Ever been a curious George hearing words like "Gang" "Protein," and "Bungalow"? 

And why do hurricanes have female names? 

This episode is not appropriate for Grannies and children!