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Date Title & Description Contributors
2020-02-04

  London versus the Rest?

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore historical connections to today's big issues. Recent political convulsions have revealed a rift between the UK's capital and its regions. So this week Tom and Iszi consider other moments in history when London has... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2020-01-28

  Film

With this year's Oscars imminent, Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence meet the cineasts who help us understand history and the history of cinema. Hannah Grieg, historical consultant on the Oscar-winning film The Favourite, and the screenwriter of Churchill,... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2020-01-21

  High Flyers

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence continue to explore the historical connections behind today's headlines. As the first electric commercial aircraft takes flight in Vancouver, Tom and Iszi look at the lengths people have gone to over the past millennium ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2020-01-14

  Keeping It In The Family

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence present the show that explores the historical connections behind today's issues. As fascination with genealogy and our own family history has become almost a national obsession, this week's programme looks at the histori... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2020-01-07

  Food

After the feast of the festive season comes the pain of the January fast. Well, to help us better understand our relationship with the food we eat, Making History goes on the spice trail with historians Roger Michel and Matthew Cobb. Curator Victoria A... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2019-12-31

  Back to the Future

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence present the show that explores the historical connections behind today's issues. In this New Year's Eve programme, Tom and Iszi look at what history has had to say about the future. They explore when "the future" emerged ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2019-12-17

  Nationalism

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence continue to explore the historical connections behind today's headlines. Today - with a resurgence in nationalism from Beijing to Barcelona and with flag-flying dominating the world news, Tom and Iszi look into the origi... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2019-12-10

  The First Draft?

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence are back to explore the historical connections behind today's issues. In this programme - The First Draft? After the most tumultuous parliamentary session many can remember, Tom and Iszi meet top journalists to ask wheth... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2019-02-19

  Battle Lines

In the last of this series Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at the stories around another line in history - battle lines. From the fable of the Nazi invasion across one of Britain's oldest battle lines on Suffolk's beaches, through Thucydides and on ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2019-02-12

  Bread Lines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence follow history’s story-laden lines and linkages to uncover connections and compelling stories. This week, with food banks and the effects of austerity never far from the headlines, Tom and Iszi examine breadlines and hun... 		  BBC Radio 4 author