History Rage

Well welcome back.... we're not gone long, but just to give you a taste of what's coming up in our fourth helping of rage. We bring you Authors Kit Chapman, Gavin Mortimer, Steve Carter, Francis Young, Kirsteen MacKenzie and Nathen Amin. Podcaster Charlotte White and Jem Duducu, Museum Curator Sam Jolley and YouTuber Brad St. Croix. Don't forget you can follow History Rage on Twitte...

This week we welcome Buildings Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant  Dr. James Wright who joins us to rage about the favourite myth of the tour guide, the idea that spiral staircases all go clockwise. He talks Paul and Kyle about the actual history of this myth, how many castles have anti-clockwise newells, and how when battle reaches the stairs the game is up. If you'd like to know more the...

This week we welcome WW2 historian, Research Fellow at Oxford University and author of "A War of Empires"  Dr. Rob Lyman who joins us to rage that we overlook and misunderstand the contribution of India and her people to the fight against the Japanese. He talks Paul and Kyle about how they didn't fight for Britain, how they were completely seperate from the British Army and why Indi...

This week we welcome SOE historian, event professional and author Dr. Kate Vigurs who, after a long time studying SOE in France wants to rage that there are men in SOE as well. A lot of them, and they're getting overshadowed. She talks Paul and Kyle about how SOE set up the BBC radio codes, how SOE managed to get the co-operation of French businessmen to blow up their own factories and how th...

This week we welcome historian, podcaster, blogger and co-founder of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Chairty Marcus Cribb who wants to take apart the idea that Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington is a defensive General who fights the easy way.. He talks about his spectacular attacks at Assaye and Salamanca, about his intelligence networks and how he faced down King George IV....

This week we welcome historian, author and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Northumbria Dr. Waitman Beorn who joins Paul and Kyle to discuss Wehrmacht war crimes, how the Wehrmacht is up to its neck in the atrocities across occupied territory and how those who choose to re-enact SS really need to explain some things. You can follow Waitman on Twitter @waitmanb   You...

This week we welcome historian and broadcaster Lucy Betteridge-Dyson who wants to take apart the war horse, the cavalry and their role and reputation in the First World War. She talks to us about how the cavalry are far from an outdated institution, that they are vital, and that animal sacrifice was never forgotten. You can follow Lucy on Twitter @LMBD1418 and read her many blogs and articles at w...

This week we are taking a journey behind the dressing screen with material, culture and fashion historian Dr. Sarah Bendall of the Australian Catholic University. Sarah is coming on to rage that the corsets we see in all the films are not dangerous, not torturous and definitely not oppressive. You can follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahABendall and see much much more of her work by visiting her blog he...

This week we welcome podcaster, blogger and History Hack regular Matt Bone who comes on to take the iconic Spitfire down a peg or two. in so much that while it is an excellent aircraft we have romanticised it well beyond its merit, and it has some serious flaws. You can follow Matt on Twitter @BoneyAbroad and you can catch him regularly on History Hack here : You can follow History Rage on Twitter...

This week we are joined by podcaster, YouTuber and Historical Map Illustrator Cassidy Cash who takes us down the murky alleys of Tudor theatre and takes on the eternal conspiracy and rumour that Shakespeare did not write his plays. You can follow Cassidy on Twitter @ThatShakespeare . You can listen to the podcast on all major providers and direct from her website here : You can follow History Rage...

**WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE** To kick of Series 3 we welcome Broadcaster and Historian Alex Churchill and First World War historian and Tutor Andy Lock, and they are here to let fly (and they do) that the First World War is not Lions Led By Donkeys, that the history is not the poetry, that Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the excuse, not the cause of the war. You can purchase the excellent g...

Well welcome back.... we're on a short break at the moment for the Chalke Valley History Festival and History Rage Live... but just to give you a taste of what's coming up in our third round of rages. Don't forget you can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage . Please support the show...

This week we are joined by a true Giant of Military History. Paul and Kyle welcome Military Historian, Author, Security Consultant, and Founder of the 'Saucer Protection League' Professor Peter-Caddick Adams. Peter comes on to rage that the Third Reich is not the technological powerhouse that they are given credit for, so for all their science, the technology was misplaced, mis-directed...

This week we are joined by Military Historian and Specialist in Anglo-Polish Relations in World War 2, the very ragey Jennifer Grant who wants to set us straight on the Polish people and World War 2. If you're ready to complain about bears, Gene Hackman's accent and the Phoney War then this episode is for you. You can follow Jennifer on Twitter @SilenceinPolish You can follow History Rag...

This week we get back in the war, or back in World War 2 to be precise as we are joined by award winning aviation historian Victoria Taylor who is raging that the Luftwaffe are not this clean branch of the Third Reich, they have blood on their hands and atrocities to their name too. In this episode we talk about Luftwaffe paratroopers on Crete, how the Luftwaffe could be one of the most politicise...

This week we speak to Iron Age historian, food specialist and Ancient Technology Tutor Caroline Nicolay who wants to get angry with the idea that everything civilised was brought in by the Romans. Caroline tells us about the structure, food and skills of pre-Roman society, and the difficulties faced in trying to study an oral culture that is 2,000 years old. You can follow Caroline on Facebook her...

This week we speak to author, historian, podcaster and lecturer Dr. Eleanor Janega. This week Eleanor really let fly that the Dark Ages is so-called because of a lack of sources, not an intellectual decline among the people... and takes a moment out to correct the one thing that put Paul off history at school. You can follow Eleanor on Twitter @goingmedieval . You can check out her regular podcast...

This week we speak to author, historian and broadcaster Clare Mulley who has written several award winning books, The Woman Who Saved the Children, The Women Who Flew for Hitler and The Spy Who Loved. This week Clare wants to get her rage on about the portrayal of women throughout the Second World War and beyond, and that there is more to a female spy than just their looks, seductiveness and sex a...

This week we go 19th Century with Paul and Kyle talking to historian, podcaster and Chair of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Charity Zack White who argues his case that the Battle of Waterloo is not what it is cracked up to be at all. You can follow Zack on Twitter @ZWhiteHistory and you can engage with the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Charity at present by following them @N...

This week sees Paul and Kyle talking to author, journalist, historian and Yesterday TV channel regular Guy Walters who has an axe to grind with Sqn Leaser Roger Bushell and the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. It turns out the Great Escape might not be so great after all. You can buy Guy's book "The Real Great Escape" via Amazon by clicking here , and the other book he refers to,...

This week Paul and Kyle are joined by Award Winning Podcaster Ian Sanders of Cold War Conversations who gets annoyed that the Cold War is not treated like a "proper war" despite the casualties, the battles and all the proxy conflicts. In this episode Ian talks about flashpoints and incidents that are much more dangerous than anything we'd seen in prior wars but also the popular cult...

WELCOME TO SEASON TWO!!! We start things off this week with Curator of Special Collections for Leeds Central Libraries, Rhian Isaac and she joins us to rage like hell that white gloves have no place in the safety of historic documents and they should be binned. In this episode Rhian also tells us about the fascinating historic documents she holds, how the works of Dickens were pirated, and how the...

Hello History Ragers - Season 2 is coming back to you on Monday 31st January but before we launch, here is a taster of just some of the guests and rages we've got coming up in the second round of rage. Stay angry. Stay ragey. Support the show You can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage. You c...

SEASON FINALE! This week Paul and Kyle get World War 2 author, historian, podcaster and Director of Chalke Valley history Festival James Holland on, and barely get a word in. James' pet hate? It's the myth that the Battle of Britain was some sort of close call. James will tell you how this is not the case. You can follow James on Twitter @James1940 and you can follow the Chalke Valley Hi...

This week Paul and Kyle welcome best-selling author, Ambassador for the National Centre for Military Intelligence, President of the Friends of the National Archive and Honorary Member of the Association for Jewish Refugees, Dr. Helen Fry and Helen wants to rant about SOE grabbing all the attention when other intelligence operations such as the secret bugging of German POWs is so overlooked. She al...