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A discussion of History and Politics from teachers at Warwick School. We aim to produce a podcast once a fortnight during term time. Topics will tend towards the last 200 years, but we will sometimes go back further into History.
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Send us a text In the second part of our Duke of Wellington podcast, John and Olly take you on a tour of the battlefield of Waterloo.
Send us a text Join John and Olly as they discuss Wellington's life up to the battle of Waterloo.
Send us a text Join JJ and OROB for their catch up on all things Politics, before they introduce their next topic. The Duke of Wellington!
Send us a text John and Olly reflect on the last year of the Second World War in Europe. Olly shares a personal anecdote as to hwo the war ended on the Western Front.
Send us a text The Heaton Podcast Returns! Listen to John and Olly provide their political analysis on what has happened in UK politics.
Send us a text An encounter with the House of Lords. Produced for Lower Sixth revision purposes.
Send us a text John and Olly welcome the Nelson Society to the podcast. We hear the life and stories from one of England's great heroes. Horatio Lord Nelson, victor of the Nile and Trafalgar. One of our most enjoyable podacast.
Send us a text John and Olly try to explain and understand the growing threat from the hard right.
Send us a text John and Olly talk about the Six Day War of 1967 in which Israel overwhelms its Arabs neighbours. Excellent GCSE revision, but intersting to listen to as well!
Send us a text Using the song Amazing Grace as a way to examine slavery. The sins of one man, his story of redemption and the good that he carried out at the end of his life. Can one man be redeemed. Can Britain be redeemed for its past sins.
Send us a text The Birdman of Auschwitz is a Encounter episode where John gives us a unique window onto the historical catastrophe of the Holocaust.
Send us a text From November 2024, John and Olly have one of their most brilliant encounters with General Sir Simon Mayall who discusses the Middle East with incredible breadth and depth of knowledge whilst also bringing in a great depth of personal experience.
Send us a text Join John and Olly for an engaging chat about the Crimean war of the 1850s and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Send us a text Join John and Olly for their Christmas Day address on the American Civil War. The second half of the episode features pupils quizzing the Civil War expert, Mike Block. Do listen in for his insights.
Send us a text A review of the year with John and Olly.
Send us a text John is joined by his friend Andy Williamson, who takes us on a trip into the history of Brown's Hotel in London. A fascinating group of characters dined and slept in this storied hotel.
Send us a text In light of their recent episodes on thee Jacobites and the recent death fo Alex Salmond, listen in for a JJ hot take on Scottish nationalism.
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Send us a text John and Olly takes us to the 18th Century and the campaign of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Who were the Jacobites? And what happened in the 45.
Send us a text Join John and Olly as they discuss the troubles of the Labour government. That is after they pay tribute to the former school marshall, John Pipitone. Website mentioned is here: https://johnpipitone.muchloved.com/
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