Joyce Tyldesley on the face that made Hitler forget he was racist.

Mitch Benn on a man who not so much has been forgotten but rather DELIBERATELY written out of History…

Irving Finkel and Florence Schecter on heroes of code breaking… ok, one translated ancient languages and the other helped crack the enigma code because of a typo. One man very good at translation was Jean-François Champollion and how he came to use the Rosetta Stone… a LOT of podcasts for your ears!

Living in the iron age… tiny cows, holiday homes and fingerprint pots - a great interview with Julia Farley

Dating objects, CT scanning and how big Data are changing the way we see the past!

The most outrageous thing is that you have never heard of Emmy Noether and without her Einstein wouldn't be a thing. 

How was the Rosetta Stone translated and who did it?

What woman links Sanskrit, The National Trust, Narnia and Catholicism?

The WORST DEATH of all time. Plus nearly getting hit by a pig in a drain. What stops London collapsing? Here is a clue... eat some prunes. 

How does Museum Design work? How do you communicate History through objects?

Sin Eaters with Bob Mills

A brief episode on Music Hall, St Paul and Winston Churchill's double. 

British Museum Curator Ben Alsop on Thomas Spence: a tiny man from Newcastle. One of 19 children, invented a new method of reading, recommended living like a cat...  started fights and created an entirely new constitution... plus edited the best named magazine of all time: 'Pigs' Meat - Lessons for the swinish multitude'. 

Who killed Cyrus the Great? Just some girl? Possibly... 

Episode 14 of The British Museum Membercast - plus picking up penguins and decapitating snakes!

The latest Z List Dead List podcast is all about Quack Doctors of the past...

Who is behind today's door? Click to find out!

Working on worm doctors... listen to Inkredulous Podcast Episode here!

A real vampire would only sparkle because of the ooze dripping from it's decomposing body! Tales of the undead, real life witches, and a ghostly ferret called Gef. HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN!

Weight loss - we’ve received several more questions about this. So: This episode is for you. Eat more, eat better and do some maths!