Not What You Thought You Knew
By HISTORY
Think you know your history? Think again.
From the stories of the former slave that taught Charles Darwin to the first female playwright who was a spy for the English King... Historian, author and broadcaster Dr Fern Riddell is exploring some little-known characters from history to reveal not just their incredible stories, but also why they're so important for our view of what the past looked like.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes
The elite warrior corps made up of 150 pairs of male lovers. -
Olaudah Equiano and the British Abolitionist Movement
While relatively famous in the 18th century, his legacy was largely forgotten in the UK. -
A Tribute to Olaudah Equiano
Alexander D Great's calypso song. -
Allan Noel Minns the WW1 Officer and Son of Britain's First Black Mayor
Allan Noel Minns, son of Dr Allan Glaisyer Minns, Britain's first Black mayor when elected mayor of Thetford in 1904, served in the British Army as a medical officer during the First World War. To find out more Dr Fern Riddell speaks to former s... -
The Ivory Bangle Lady and Roman Britain
What does the archaeological evidence tell us about her life? -
The First Black British Footballers
Uncovering the story of our pioneering Black British footballers, finding out what we can learn from their experiences. -
The Night Witches and the Fighting Women of the Soviet Union
The feared, all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. -
The Chevalier d'Éon and Gender Nonconformity
Soldier, diplomat, spy and fencing champion: the Chevalier d'Éon lived an extraordinary life. -
Inghen Ruaidh, the Birka Grave and Viking warrior women
The mythology behind Viking shield-maidens. -
John Edmonstone the Former Slave who Taught Darwin
John Edmonstone was born into slavery in the former Dutch colony of Demara in the late 1700s but died a free man in Scotland having taught one of the greatest men in the history of science, Charles Darwin, the skill of taxidermy.
