
Battle: The Moments that Transformed Warfare from Ancient Greece to Ukraine with Iain MacGregor
The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Aspects of History Editor Ollie Webb-Carter interviews historians and authors about the past – from the ancient world right up to the modern day. In each episode, Ollie seeks to get to the bottom of a story or scrutinise a figure from history, in an informative light-hearted way. There are bonus episodes too, on current events and anniversaries to the Aspects of History Film Club.
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Battle: The Moments that Transformed Warfare from Ancient Greece to Ukraine with Iain MacGregor

War or Peace?: The United States and China, 2026–2049 with Tim Hames

The Kop: A Fan’s History of Football’s Most Famous Stand with Brian Reade


Napoleon and his Marshals: Victory, Rivalry, Betrayal with Andrew Roberts

Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945 with Max Hastings

The House of Cromwell with Miranda Malins

The Aspects of History Film Club: Pressure with Giles Milton and Henry Thackray

Deep into the Sixties: Britain 1965–66 with David Kynaston

Empire at the Edge of the World with Giles Milton

The Model Patient with Lucy Ashe

Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy with Ben Macintyre

Film Club: Das Boot (1981)

Film Club: The Hunt For Red October (1990)

Film Club: We Dive At Dawn (1943)

Film Club: Crimson Tide (1995)

Film Club: Barry Lyndon (1975)

Film Club: The Thin Red Line (1998)

Film Club: Apocalypto (2006)

Film Club: The Report (2019)

Film Club: Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Film Club: Downfall (2004)

Film Club: Cross of Iron (1977)

Film Club: The Third Man (1949)

Summer Reads 2026

Body Snatching with History Rage

Summer Reads with The Gang

Hadrian’s Wall with Alistair Tosh

Monarchs with Charlie Higson

Historical Fiction with Jane Thynne, Paul Lay & Miranda Malins

Socrates with Armand D’Angour

Gladiators & Games with Justin Pollard

Books of the Year So Far with The Gang

Boundaries, Borders & Maps with Jonn Elledge

Shardlake and Thomas Cromwell with Peter Wagstaff

The Attack on Pearl Harbor with Alan Bardos