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History Cafe

History Cafe

Von: Jon Rosebank Penelope Middelboe
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 True history storytelling at the History Café. Join BBC Historian Jon Rosebank & HBO, BBC & C4 script and series editor Penelope Middelboe as we give history a new take. Drop in to the History Café weekly on Wednesdays to give old stories a refreshing new brew. 90+ ever-green stand-alone episodes and building...

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  • #32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

    #32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness
    Jan 7 2026
    In 1983 Professor Hugh Trevor Roper claimed that Scottishness had been invented. We enjoyably demolish Trevor Roper’s theory and reveal that the commercialisation of romantic Scottishness in the nineteenth century had far deeper and darker roots than the manufacture of tartan and romantic fiction. (R)

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    36 Min.
  • #06 London fires were visible from France - Ep 6 Who really won the Battle of Britain?

    #06 London fires were visible from France - Ep 6 Who really won the Battle of Britain?
    Dec 31 2025
    Who won the Battle of Britain? For good strategic reasons Churchill claimed victory. But the Germans, who saw the eight months of the Blitz as part of the same campaign, achieved much of what they intended. (R)

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    24 Min.
  • #05 Forcing Britain 'to her knees' - Ep 5 Who really won the Battle of Britain?

    #05 Forcing Britain 'to her knees' - Ep 5 Who really won the Battle of Britain?
    Dec 24 2025
    The Battle of Britain was never as close as the popular story has it. The RAF was too well organised and supplied. But is that why the Luftwaffe switched to bombing London? Or was there another reason? (R)

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    25 Min.
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