Rosie Whitehouse tells the story of a group of Holocaust survivors who sailed to Palestine in 1946, in defiance of the Royal Navy
Author and journalist Rosie Whitehouse discusses her book The People on the Beach, which tells the story of a group of Holocaust survivors who sailed from Italy to...
Published 01/19/21
As the campaign to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 picks up pace, Gareth Williams explores previous efforts to combat lethal diseases, from smallpox to polio
Gareth Williams, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Bristol, traces historical efforts to vaccinate populations...
Published 01/18/21
Dominic Sandbrook answers popular search queries and listener questions about Britain in the 1960s
Did the Sixties really swing? Why did the decade see such an explosion of popular culture? And what were the top sellers in the supermarket? Historian, author and broadcaster Dominic Sandbrook...
Published 01/17/21