The 15 Minute Book Club

The birth of The Pathfinder Force would revolutionise Bomber Command’s war, but who were the people behind it and who was Don Bennett, the trailblazing inter-war aviator that Arthur Harris appointed to lead the new Target Finding Force, and then undermined him at every turn? In his new book, The Pathfinders, author Will Iredale looks at the Pathfinder Force and at the men and women who made the PF...

Thabo Stuck and Ajjaz Awad join us to talk all about bringing the history of the English Civil War to life for a musical theatre audience with their new musical, #50Days. Learn more about #50Days on the official Twitter page: https://twitter.com/50Days_Musical Like the episode? Send us a tip! https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Like the podcast, join the fun on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historyha...

Jenny Grant joins us to talk all about General Stanisław Maczek and the role of his Polish forces in the Second World War.   Like the episode? Send us a tip! https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Like the podcast, join the fun on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Buy your next book with us! https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you ge...

The regulars convene, with a lot to say. This time they're battling it out to find the most overdone, relentless piece of history out there... Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteB...

Penny Griffiths-Morgan returns with another piece of paranormal history, and the story of researching the history behind a haunted school that never sleeps. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Watch the video version: https://www.youtube....

Sam Wilson joins us to talk all about what its like to work in the field of battlefield archaeology. Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can s...

Photographer Lee Miller and artist Roland Penrose were at the centre of the inter-war Surrealism movement. Through their art, they embraced the movement before the war intervened and changed the direction of their lives. Boney and Charlotte are joined by Antony Penrose, Lee and Roland's son, and Ami Bouhassane, their granddaughter, to discuss surrealism and the incredible lives of Lee and Roland....

Author Abbot Kahler (Karren Abbott, we explain that, sort of) joins Boney and Charlotte to discuss the meteoric rise and fall of Prohibition Booze Baron George Remus, his wife Imogene, the G-Woman who brought them down and the G-Man who tried to make off with the lot. This episode has just about everything you would want: crime, illicit booze, cocktails, an epic party, a spot of prison time and th...

Matt Pope returns to blow your mind. Again. What can the archaeological record tell us about three million years of our own history? Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how...

Vanda Wilcox celebrates the release of her new book by telling us all about Italy, imperialism and the First World War. Buy Vanda's book, The Italian Empire and the Great War, from our very own Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9780198822943 Like the episode, tip us on Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Like the podcast, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack   Patreon...

We've talked about the naval battle, now it's time to follow the British Army's campaign on land with Stuart Reid.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was wr...

Michela Luiselli gives us a brilliant overview of religion and every day worship in Ancient Egypt.  Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can su...

Jem Duducu joins us to talk all about his new book - which looks at all manner of forgotten and weird history.   Buy Jem's book, Slinkys and Snake Bombs: WEIRD but TRUE Historical Facts at our Bookshop:  https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781398102996 Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack   Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in whi...

Josh Provan celebrates the release of his new book by telling us all about the Second Mahratta War.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can...

Today's Hedge Hopping sortie sees Matt sit down with Canadian historian Anne Gafiuk. Anne is the creator of three remarkable websites that record the stories of Canadians who left home to fight a war thousands of miles away. Anne's work focuses on the human stories that can be lost to time and they have a wide-ranging conversation about the journey that lead to Anne becoming a historian and meetin...

Lucy Adlington joins us to talk all about her new book, which looks at a group of women forced to produce high end fashion for Nazi women at the infamous camp.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behin...

Chris Schoeman and David McLennan join us to talk about a slice of rugby history. Based on their new book, we learn all about the history of the British and Irish Lions in South Africa.  Buy Chris and David's book, Lions in Africa: The British & Irish Lions and the Hunt for the Springboks, at the History Hack Bookshop! https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781398108288 Support the podcast on Patreon: ht...

The regulars convene in The Mary Rose to debate History's Stupidest Invention. There are some Number 1 pitches tonight, but most end up being Number 2... Be sure to watch the Youtube clip below when Lockie gets going, the profanity button broke during that bit of the pod. And don't forget to visit Patreon too! (hint hint, nudge nudge) The Amazing, Incredible History Hack Patreon link is: https://w...

Rebecca Rideal joins us to talk about one tumultuous year in London's history.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https...

Thor Ewing gives us an overview of northern Europe's finest myths and legends and some of the culture behind them.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was wr...

Charlotte White returns to dig into a Hollywood classic devoted to a turning point in the history of film.    Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written....

More accurately known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Alex Churchill leads a panel as we mark the 104th anniversary of the start of a grim campaign in 1917.    Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tip us https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind th...

While our minds think of Lancasters, bouncing bombs and night fighters when we think of Bomber Command in the Second World War, the early years of the bomber offensive were very different. For today's Hedge Hopping sortie, we visit the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum Cosford to meet the MBCC's manager Darren Priday to discuss the restoration of two of Bomber Command's early w...

Matthew Restall takes a wrecking ball to 500 years of bull and tells us what the Aztecs were really about, why they were awesome and why the Conquistadors really were chasing them around Mexico in the first place.    Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips gratefully received https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patre...

Stephanie Howard-Smith joins us to talk all about the nineteenth century's minor obsession with lapdogs.   Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips gratefully received https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the boo...