Archive - Dates with History

Dates with History Midweeker

The historical joyride for a curious mind

Jun 3 • Dates with History

May 2026

Pitt's sons, not bastards, of England

The historical joyride for a curious mind

May 31 • Dates with History

Tsar Nicholas II and Khodynka Field

Nicholas Romanov and the art of reading a room

May 24 • Dates with History

William Kidd, the Pirate and the Myth of Buried Treasure

You're Kidding — X marks the spot?

May 17 • Dates with History

Rudolf Hess, the Duke of Hamilton and an Astrologer

Mars in the Ascendant, Hess in the Highlands

May 10 • Dates with History

Elżbieta Zawacka — WWII Courier, Hero and Brigadier General

May 3 • Dates with History

Sigmund Freud and his Interpretation of Dreams

The doctor will see your subconscious now

May 3 • Dates with History

April 2026

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Culloden

Speed, bonnie boat — the Culloden exit strategy

Apr 12 • Dates with History

Virginia Hall the Silent Heroine

Now you see her... now you don't

Apr 5 • Dates with History

March 2026

The Count of Cavour's Masterclass from Crimean War to the Unification of Italy

The Cavour-ting Count

Mar 29 • Dates with History

Alistair Cooke's 58-Year Letter from America

A boy from Salford, a typewriter and a Letter from America

Mar 22 • Dates with History

Garibaldi, I Mille and the Unification of Italy

Garibaldi and the poncho that changed history

Mar 15 • Dates with History

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