Unusual Histories
"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." James Joyce.That was me at school as well. Ironically, I ended up becoming a historian. The Unusual Histories podcast is all about the history you don't learn at school, nor indeed anywhere else.Discover things that you didn't know that you didn't know; fascinating historical luminaries and their vices and addictions, the other numerous sides of every story...We start with the Monopoly Series, in which we explore how the game came to be,...
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Episodes (83)
The Bridge Series – Blackfriars Railway Bridge/Blackfriars Bridge
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The Bridge Series – Millenium Bridge
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The Bridge Series – Southwark Bridge
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The Bridge Series – Cannon Street Railway Bridge
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The Bridge Series – London Bridge
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The Bridge Series - Celebrating 130 Years of Tower Bridge
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The Monopoly Series - Mayfair
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The Monopoly Series - Park Lane
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The Monopoly Series - Liverpool Street Station
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The Monopoly Series – Bond Street
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The Monopoly Series – Oxford Street
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The Monopoly Series - Regent Street
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The Monopoly Series - Piccadilly
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The Monopoly Series - Coventry Street
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The Monopoly Series - Leicester Square
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The Monopoly Series - Fenchurch Street Station
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Monopoly Series - Trafalgar Square
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The Monopoly Series - Fleet Street
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Monopoly Series - Strand
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Monopoly Series - Vine Street
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The Monopoly Series - (Great) Marlborough Street
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The Monopoly Series – Bow Street
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The Monopoly Series – Marylebone Station
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The Monopoly Series – Northumberland Avenue
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The Monopoly Series - Whitehall
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The Monopoly Series – Pall Mall
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The Monopoly Series – Pentonville Road
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The Monopoly Series – The Angel, Islington
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The Monopoly Series – Kings Cross
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The Monopoly Series – Whitechapel Road
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The Monopoly Series – Euston Road
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The Monopoly Series – The Board Game's Surprising Origin Story
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The Monopoly Series - Old Kent Road
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