The 15 Minute Book Club

Latest Episodes:

Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone: Hush-Kit‘s Top 5 Underrated Warplanes Nov 11, 2021

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Boney welcomes Joe Coles, creator of the Hush-Kit online aviation site and author of the Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes Volumes 1 and 2 to Hedge Hopping. Today they debate their rival Top 5 Underrated Warplanes OF ALL TIME! Not just your usual Second World War chat this week.

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History Hack: Georgian Mistresses Nov 10, 2021

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Catherine Curzon joins us to talk all about the mistresses of the early Georgian monarchs.

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History Hack: Byzantium 101 Nov 08, 2021

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Jonathan Harris joins us to give us a brilliant introduction to the Byzantine Empire.

Buy Jonathan's book, The Lost World of Byzantium, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9780300223538

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History Hack: Future History:Where History Goes Now Nov 05, 2021

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The field is full of conversations about diversity and inclusion. Where have Historians gone wrong and why? And how do we fix ourselves for the future? Holly Pinheiro, Amara Solari and Matthew Restall join us to form a panel for discussing just this.

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History Hack: Future History: Archaeology 1000 Years From Now Nov 04, 2021

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Gilad Jaffe joins us to talk about what the history of archaeology can tell us about how people will see the 21st Century hundreds of years from now.

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History Hack: Future History: Drone Warfare Nov 03, 2021

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See it, shoot it. As part of our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, Chris Fuller joins us for a thought-provoking discussion about the development of strike capabilities from drones, the impact on conflict and combatants, and what the future holds for this kind of warfare.

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History Hack: Future History: Mental Health Nov 02, 2021

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As part of our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, Richard Carlton-Crabtree joins us to discuss attitudes to mental health past, present and future.

Buy Richard's book, Psykhe: The Mental Health Crisis and How We Got Here, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781398102712

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History Hack: Future History: Climate Change Nov 01, 2021

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To kick off our Future History Week, which looks at the history of the events and themes that will shape our future, David Naafs joins us to discuss climate change across millions of years of our planet's history, and what it tells us about where we are going.

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History Hack: Down the Pub Oct 29, 2021

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The regulars convene (having spent the weekend out together) to try and debate the most pointless battle in history.

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History Hack: Spanish Republicans and WW2 Oct 29, 2021

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Jonathan Whitehead discusses his new book, which looks at the forgotten contribution of Spanish Republicans to the Second World War.

Buy Jonathan's book, Spanish Republicans and the Second World War: Republic Across the Mountains, at our very own Bookshop here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781399004510

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