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Why did Georgian dresses cost as much as a townhouse?! | HistoryExtra
HistoryExtra’s Ellie Cawthorne met Professor Serena Dyer and her team of experts who are attempting to get up close and personal with the fine stitches of Georgian society by recreating a traditional mantua sacque dress – from scratch
Which treasures were lost when Titanic sank, and what did some survivors smuggle onto lifeboats? | HistoryExtra
When Titanic sank in April 1912, undoubtedly the highest cost was the more than 1,500 people who perished in the disaster on the Atlantic Ocean. But with the prestige of its maiden voyage attracting wealthy clientele, there was also a huge number of treasures on board. Hilary Mitchell reveals the historical riches lost to the sea – from ancient trinkets to Victorian art valued as the most valuable of its day…
From Operation Snuffles to Killer Kleenex: the forgotten history of the secret Cold War experiments in Antarctica has just been uncovered | HistoryExtra
A new academic study reveals how Cold War paranoia, space medicine, and germ theory collided in one of the most bizarre scientific outposts of the 20th century. Meet the men who gave their blood and nasal mucus to NASA in the name of science…
Behold his nightmarish nether regions: this ancient Mesopotamian demon was secretly a divine hero | HistoryExtra
Feared, phallic and very protective: Pazuzu was one of many ancient Mesopotamian supernatural beings that blurred the line between god and monster. Historian Dr Selena Wisnom explains what such deities reveal about the ancient civilisation’s worldview
From Operation Snuffles to Killer Kleenex: the forgotten history of the secret Cold War experiments in Antarctica has just been uncovered | HistoryExtra
A new academic study reveals how Cold War paranoia, space medicine, and germ theory collided in one of the most bizarre scientific outposts of the 20th century. Meet the men who gave their blood and nasal mucus to NASA in the name of science…
“She returned smelling of smoke and sex:” why powerful Roman women were branded nymphomaniacs | HistoryExtra
Joan Smith describes how the powerful women of ancient Rome’s first imperial dynasty were smeared as adulterers, poisoners and sexual deviants – and why those slurs still shape their reputations today
"Trump’s tariffs are dramatic only if you have a short historical memory" | HistoryExtra
Tariffs and trade wars have hit the headlines in recent months as US president Donald Trump pursues aggressive economic policies. But are they really so unprecedented? Frank Trentmann spoke to Matt Elton about centuries of ‘discriminatory taxes'
What was life like in a medieval town? A historical A-Z | HistoryExtra
What was life like in a medieval town? Were the streets really filled with filth? How did people make a living, and where could they grab a bite to eat? Speaking on the HistoryExtra Podcast, Professor Carole Rawcliffe takes us through an A to Z of urban life in Britain in the Middle Ages. Words by James Osborne
Who was to blame for the Irish famine? | HistoryExtra
When blight began devastating potato crops across Ireland in 1845, British officials immediately recognised the dangers. And yet, within six years, the Great Famine had caused the deaths of at least 1 million people. This is the story of how tangled Anglo-Irish relations and a profound devotion to market forces turned a crisis into a national catastrophe.