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Vanessa Harding: Remembering London’s last Great Plague
London's response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, ...
April 3, 2021
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The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
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Gillian Clark: Survival lessons from Ancient Rome
The Romans have so much to teach us about what it means to live in a society in crisis. Re...
March 27, 2021
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Peter Frankopan: This crisis has the capacity to be apocalyptic
Covid-19 heralds the end of our interconnected world. We'll need wise leaders to navigate ...
March 19, 2021
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GCHQ – John Ferris on the official history
Mattias Hessérus in conversation with John Ferris, the historian 'behind the enigma' of Br...
December 19, 2020
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MI9 – Helen Fry on wartime escape
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Helen Fry on the ingenious exploits of MI9 – the ...
December 16, 2020
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David Omand on what it takes to think like a secret agent
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with David Omand, former director of GCHQ, on how we c...
December 14, 2020
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Fredrik Logevall on JFK
Mattias Hessérus is in conversation with Fredrik Logevall - author of the new, landmark wo...
December 4, 2020
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Covid and reform: can the West fix its governing systems?
Iain Martin with guests Adrian Wooldridge and Vernon Bogdanor discusses the Covid crisis a...
November 14, 2020
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Alexander Lee on Machiavelli
In this episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by Alexander Lee to discuss...
September 28, 2020