The 15 Minute Book Club

Sierra Barnes joins us to talk all about her new book: Hans Vogel is Dead. How do you use the medium of comics to deconstruct fascism, indoctrination and the carnage of the 20th Century? With a liberal cultural nod to the Brother's Grimm... that's how.    Support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips gratefully received https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy our guests’ books at https:/...

Sonia Zakrzewski joins us to talk all about how you can use the archaeological record to develop a knowledge of disabilities in history.    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 th...

Eilish Gregory joins us to talk about English Catholics during the tumultuous events of the 17th Century.    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 b...

Former Director Claude Berube joins us to talk all about the treasures on display and hidden away at the oldest museum dedicated to the US Navy there is...    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 g...

As Boaty Week comes to a close, Phil Weir talks to us all about a little known carrier strike... on Finland in the Second World War.    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 sc...

The regulars convene in The Mary Rose to debate the biggest scam in history.   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 book was written. You can subsc...

Kate Jamieson continues Boaty Week with the tale of Nelson and the Battle of the Nile in 1798.    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 book was wri...

Boaty Week continues with Owen Rees. What was life like at sea in Ancient Greece? How were battles fought? And how were sailors regarded?   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 th...

David Davies returns to tell us all about the London, past present and future. Why did she explode in 1665? How was she found? And why do we desperately need to save the Stuart answer to the Mary Rose?   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 ge...

Chris Sams kicks off Boaty Week in style with thrilling tales from the German navy in WW1. He's got bucket list locations, chases, battles, skulduggery and a giant floating pig to keep you entertained.    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 g...

Cath Hanley joins us for a rollicking tale of the Middle Ages.    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 book was written. You can subscribe here: ht...

Hedge Hopping heads East and West all at the same time as Matt is joined by the Pima Air and Space Museum's very own Scott Marchand to discuss the incredible story of the Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik, the Flying Tank of the Eastern Front, and we delve into the tale of how IL-2M 5612 went from a frozen outside St Petersburg and ended up in Tuscon, Arizona.   Learn more about the amazing Pima Air and Sp...

Simon Hall returns to talk about his new book, which comprises Castro, Khruschev, New York and Malcolm X. It makes sense, we promise!   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 sc...

The magnificent Jonathan Healey joins us to categorically explain why and how England got to the point where they felt the need to dethrone its King...    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 t...

Andrew Dorman, Robbie McNiven and Josh Provan all return to talk about a battle that shaped the history of Canada in 1759. The death of General Wolfe also features, and predictably they all get excited about the Last of the Mohicans.   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/sho...

To mark the 105th anniversary of the battle, Peter Doyle joins us to talk about the journey of Kitchener's men from recruiting office to the Somme.    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 se...

Onyeka Nubia joins us to talk about Africans in Tudor England and to challenge our distorted perception of this era in our past.    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...

Teresa Falgo-Naidoo joins us to talk about the history of Indians in South Africa.   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 book was written. You can...

Professor Maria Hayward joins us to talk about Tudor fashion, what was 'in vogue'  and what it was even illegal to wear during the period.   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 t...

Tour guide and historian Becky Laxton=Bass returns to give us the lowdown on four more women with links to her work who we really should know more about...   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 ge...

Our chum Jonathan Clements returns with his passion for Chinese history, this time to tell the tale of the exceptional Medieval Empress Wu.   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...

Kit Chapman brings the science. What sounds trivial is actually a massively important piece of history, not to mention tragic, bloody and sinister.    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 se...

Rob Thompson from the Films Team at Army University press joins us to talk about his new book on the pacification of Phù Yèn during the Vietnam War. We concentrate on the most significant year, 1970   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 e...

Elizabeth Mason joins us to talk about how and why you put genocide on film.   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 book was written. You can subsc...

Based on his fantastic book, Roger Crowley joins us to talk all about how little Portugal forged the world's first truly global empire.     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 th...