The Rest Is History
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The games afoot! Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the world’s favourite consulting detective. Why has the popularity of Sherlock Holmes survived more than a century and what do the stories tell us about Victorian and Edwardian London?A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Media productionProduced by Jack DavenportExec Producer Tony Pastor*The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*:Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia!Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.comTwitter: @TheRestHistory@holland_tom@dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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88. The First Anglo-Afghan War
“A war begun for no wise purpose.” This description of the First Anglo-Afghan War, fought in the early-mid 19th Century, could stand as an epitaph for most conflicts in the region since. William Dalrymple has written extensively about the …
87. Afghanistan - Part 1
In the first of a two-part series exploring the history of Afghanistan, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the nation’s complicated relationships with empires and discuss its role in the ‘Great Game’.A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Me…
86. The Enlightenment
Once there was darkness and then there was light. What was the Enlightenment and why did it matter? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Enlightenment and its path towards reason, science, revolution and the guillotine.A Goalhange…
85. Sherlock Holmes
The games afoot! Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the world’s favourite consulting detective. Why has the popularity of Sherlock Holmes survived more than a century and what do the stories tell us about Victorian and Edwardian Lon…
84. Exams
Even the memory of them is enough to make most people shudder. As thousands of British students wait nervously for their A-level and GCSE results, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by educationalist Daisy Christodoulou to discus…
83. The Berlin Wall
60 years ago this month, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began building a barrier that divided the city of Berlin. It stood until 1989 and came to symbolise the front line of the Cold War.Iain MacGregor, author of "Checkpoint…
82. Sparta
What does it mean to be a Spartan? How much of this Spartan image is real and how much is based on projections and prejudices of others?Tom and Dominic delve into the Ancient Greek world and take us inside the minds and reality of this civ…
81. Modern Olympics - Part 2
Tom and Dominic continue their journey through the history of the Olympics, turning their attention from post-war to the present day. They discuss Cold War rivalries, financial extravagance, the influence of TV and the darkest moments in O…
80. Modern Olympics - Part 1
In 1896 the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens. Here we look at the forgotten tales and little known facts from the start of the modern Olympics through to the outbreak of the Second World War.Tom tells us about the greatest race of all t…
79. Ancient Olympics
With the Games underway in Tokyo, Tom and Dominic look back to the Ancient Olympics. They discuss the heroic but incredibly violent stories of the Greek superstars of 2500 years ago, and why the Games were bad news for women, animals and c…