History between the Lines

Adam of the UK True Crime Podcast joins me as we talk about the phenomenon of people who vanish in Britain and stay missing.  From Madeleine McCann to Lord Lucan, people have disappeared without a trace throughout history. The question remains: what happened to them? Link to Adam's podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gT6XIH3PNi6EEkMjTKsHi Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Rose...

History between the Lines is back with a brand new series, where we'll be going to many different places, events and people throughout history. Series 5, coming soon to wherever you get your podcasts! Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Matthew Vincent talk about the fall of the British island-colony of Singapore to the Japanese during the Second World War. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Dr Erik Mathisen talk about the daily struggles and experiences of enslaved African Americans on plantations in the South of the United States during the years before the Civil War. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Dr Edward Roberts talk about the wedding between Otto, heir to the East Frankish kingdom and Theophanu, a princess of the Byzantine Empire in 972, an unheard of pairing of West and East. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

From gods to barbarians, Gaul became a cornerstone of the Roman Empire in so many ways.  Jonathan Brown and Ryan Hearn talk about the Roman province of Gaul, one of the most fascinating parts of Roman history. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Ryan Hearn talk about the Gallic Wars. Julius Caesar is a Roman general looking for a military campaign to make his name and to make him a celebrity amongst Romans. He finds it in 58 BC across the frontier amongst the Celts. The Gallic Wars have begun... Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Mus...

Final episode of the mini-series on Fascist Italy. As Mussolini's dreams of empire crash and burn, the war threatens to come onto Italian soil itself. As German troops prepare to defend it and the Western Allies prepare to invade it, what will happen to Italy when it becomes one of the war's battlefields? Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of...

By the middle of the 1930s, Benito Mussolini and his fascist regime are ready to embark on their quest of imperial glory and are determined to rebuild the Roman Empire in a new fascist form, even if that means taking Italy into the abyss of the Second World War... Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lex...

Jonathan Brown and Matthew Vincent talk about the East India Company's opium trade and the corporation's eventual destruction in India in 1858. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Matthew Vincent talk about the East India Company, the private British  corporation that ruled much of India during the 18th and 19th centuries. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Robert Jones talk about the use of referendums and plebiscites across history. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Robert Jones talk about the use of referendums and plebiscites across history. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Mussolini's regime tightens its grip on power through repression and surveillance and attempts to mobilize the entire Italian population in the service of the totalitarian state. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

As Tricia and Edward prepare to marry in the summer of 1971, every top political American journalist scrambles to get an invite to their wedding. Because the father of the bride is US President Richard Nixon. Jonathan Brown and Dr Patrick Andelic talk about Tricia Nixon's White House wedding in June, 1971, the first episode in a mini-series about significant weddings in history. Cover artwork...

After the First World War, Italy is a divided country in turmoil. As many Italians turn their backs on the old liberal politics, space opens up for a new political force: the fascists. Jonathan Brown talks about the rise of fascism in Italy, the first episode in a mini-series about Fascist Italy. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn Hist...

Jonathan Brown is at the Combined Military Services Museum in Essex, where he talks about one of their military artefacts, a covert operations listening rig from the 1970s, used by British forces in Northern Ireland to listen in on conversations which could hold valuable military intelligence. Access to the listening rig, courtesy of the Combined Military Services Museum- link to them is below. ht...

Jonathan Brown and Dr Mark Lawrence talk about the Cristero War, which was fought in Mexico from 1926 until 1929. As Mexico stabilises after 10 years of war after the revolution of 1910, the Mexican government introduces secular, anti-clerical policies which eventually lead to a Catholic revolt against the Mexican state which became the Cristero War. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses&...

Jonathan Brown talks with Professor Michael Broers about the final volume of his biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown talks with Professor Michael Broers about his final volume of his biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Dr Mario Draper discuss the promotion of motorsport by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music: Cinematic Dramatic Tense, by Lexin Music, from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown talks about the use of torture by French forces during the Algerian War of the 1950s-1960s. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive. Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

Jonathan Brown and Professor Mark Connelly talk about Whitechapel in 1888 and the Jack the Ripper murders that happened there. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

Jonathan Brown and Professor Mark Connelly talk about Whitechapel in 1888 and the Jack the Ripper murders that happened there. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses", by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

Jonathan Brown and Kyle Monk talk about the swords used by the Japanese military during the Second World War. Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.