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John and Olly reflect on the last year of the Second World War in Europe. Olly shares a personal anecdote as to hwo the war ended on the Western Front. 

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The Heaton Podcast Returns! Listen to John and Olly provide their political analysis on what has happened in UK politics. 

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 An encounter with the House of Lords. Produced for Lower Sixth revision purposes.

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John and Olly welcome the Nelson Society to the podcast. We hear the life and stories from one of England's great heroes. Horatio Lord Nelson, victor of the Nile and Trafalgar. One of our most enjoyable podacast. 

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John and Olly try to explain and understand the growing threat from the hard right. 

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John and Olly talk about the Six Day War of 1967 in which Israel overwhelms its Arabs neighbours. Excellent GCSE revision, but intersting to listen to as well! 

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Using the song Amazing Grace as a way to examine slavery. The sins of one man, his story of redemption and the good that he carried out at the end of his life. Can one man be redeemed. Can Britain be redeemed for its past sins. 

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The Birdman of Auschwitz is a Encounter episode where John gives us a unique window onto the historical catastrophe of the Holocaust. 

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From November 2024, John and Olly have one of their most brilliant encounters with General Sir Simon Mayall who discusses the Middle East with incredible breadth and depth of knowledge whilst also bringing in a great depth of personal experience. 

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Join John and Olly for an engaging chat about the Crimean war of the 1850s and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. 

Half a league, half a league,

 Half a league onward,

 All in the valley of Death

    Rode the six hundred.

 “Forward, the Light Brigade!

 Charge for the guns!” he said.

 Into the valley of Death

    Rode the six hundred.