The 15 Minute Book Club

Join the regulars in the Mary Rose as they debate the unluckiest sap in history.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Su...

Heather Thornton join us to talk all about the madness and high jinx in the church following the return of Charles II 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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK...

Jason Sandy and Nick Stevens join us to talk all about their new book and the magic of digging for historical artefacts on the banks of London's famous river.  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.youtu...

Satvinder Juss joins us to tell the important story of Bhagat Singh, and the legal heresy that surrounded the Indian revolutionary.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club B...

Joana Valdez joins us to discuss her work on rock art dating back tens of thousands of years.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop...

Christian Jennings joins us to talk all about his new book, which looks at the horrors of attacks on civilians in Italy by the SS in the Second World War.  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.c...

Award-winning director Sam Pilling joins Matt to talk all about recreating the moon landings.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop...

The regulars meet in the Mary Rose as the White House changes hands, to debate the worst President in US history. With no mention of the T word allowed, there is also an investigation into what makes a corn dog, which president is a monkey puppet, and all the men in the room name their genitalia in honour of Warren Harding. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see b...

John White Greenlee joins us to talk all about medieval people and their fixation with eels.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop....

Great War Group Director Bethany Moore joins us to beat her drum for the Midlands; with the story of a division of territorial volunteers and their opening months on the Western Front.  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...

Darius von Guttner joins Alina in the first part of a look into the Past dynasty in Poland.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.o...

Mary Ann Lund joins us for a riveting discussion on mental health in the renaissance period - more specifically, "melancholy." 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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [IN...

Howard Williams joins us to talk all about his archaeological speciality - which is the archaeology surrounding death.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BO...

Claire Aubin joins us to talk all about perpetrators of the Holocaust and how they got to the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War.  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/@1...

The regulars convene in front of guest judge Simon London to debate the worst historical film ever made. Braveheart, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Friday Night Lights, Alexander, Caligula, Night of the Templar, United Passions, Gods and Generals, Birth of a Nation, Pearl Harbour, The Other Boleyn Girl and Bridgerton are in in line for a beating, but which one will be cr...

Join as for a cross pod with the Assassinations Podcast, in which we look at some of the ket assassinations in history.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT B...

Charlotte White returns with another slice of Hollywood history: this time its the life and loves of two icons amidst tragic circumstances.  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/@15MinuteBoo...

Join Napoleonic boffins Marcus Cribb and Zack White as they dig deeper into the Napoleonic era, starting with a fascinating discussion on the origins of the Peninsular War. 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: http...

Colin Fisher returns with more insights into Spanish history. This time it is the harrowing events at Guernica in 1937. 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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BO...

Christopher Davies joins us to talk all about his passion for one of Britain's archaeological gems - the biggest Roman residence north of the Alps. 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/@15Mi...

Archaeologist Richard Osgood joins us to talk all about the hunt for 1917 tanks buried on the battlefields of France.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOO...

Tune in to hear : the first episode of Alina's new standalone monthly Auschwitz Podcast with Mirosław Obstarczyk, which will be broadcast in both English and Polish. Available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean and all your favourite podding apps.  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...

Cast and crew of the 1992 film reunite to discuss an utterly unique British war film looking at the invasion of the Falkland Islands. Featuring Stuart Urban, Ian McNeice, Matthew Ashforde, Flip Webster, Trevor Cooper, Hugh Ross, Ian Embleton and Mike Grady. Conflict Archaeologist Tony Pollard also joins in to talk about the battlefield and the importance of the film today.  Patreon members get ext...

New year, new lockdown, and eventually after much high jinks a debate about the greatest sporting moment in history.  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/@15MinuteBook_Club Buy [INSERT BOOK...

English and Polish girls interview a Texan about French history. Specifically, Ian Boyd joins us for a fascinating chat on sinkholes, armageddon-like events and catacombs in Paris.  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 vers...