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Elizabeth I: Why was Mary Queen of Scots a problem for Elizabeth?

2026/03/08

A quick look at Mary Queen of Scots and why she oresented a challnege to Wlizabeth I, eapecially in 1568 ans how and why Elizabeth ealt with her as she did.

Elizabeth I: Challeneges to the Religious Settlement

2026/03/01

A look at the three key areas where challenges to the religious settlement came from; the Puritans, noble English Catholics and foreign catholics.

Elizabeth I: The Religious Settlement

2026/02/17

A look at the compromise nature of the religiius settlement and why it was needed, as well as a quick look at the role of the Church.

Elizabeth I The problems at her accession

2026/02/16

A quick look at the issues and challenges facing Elizabeth I when she became queen in 1558.

UK Politics: Party Systems

2023/12/05

A look at how we catorgorise UK politicsl parties and what a Party system is and how we could approach an essay defining the type of party system that best describes the UK.

The Cold War: The Collapse of the Warsaw Pact

2023/05/01

In this episode I look at the events in Eastern Europe in 1988-89 that resulted from Gorbachev's New Thinking and how they would lead to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and freedom and political changes that would effectively end the Cold War in Europe.

The Cold War: Gorbachev and the ending of the Cold War

2023/04/28

A look at Gorbachev and his New Thinking, including rhe impact it had on the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War with America.

The Cold War: Changing leaders 1980-85

2023/04/26

A look at the period 1980-85 and the changing leadership in the USSR

The Cold War: Reagan and the Second Cold War

2023/04/26

Looking at Reagan’s more aggressive stance and the beginning of a more aggressive period in the Cold War after Detente.

The Cold War: Solidarity

2023/04/23

A look at the rise of Solidarity in Poland in the ewrly 1980s, consdering its importance for the rest of the Cold War

The Cold War: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

2023/03/23

An episode looking at the wvents around the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Sometimes described as the USSR’s Vietnam, it ended detente and drained the USSR leading to the eventual collapse of Communism in Europe.

The Cold War: Detente

2023/03/19

A look at what detente was and why it happened. Its a vague idea thet reflects a concept more than an wvwnt but I’ll be looking at the impact it had on the Cold War, the key events within it and touch in its ending

The History of Western Medicine: Penicillin

2023/02/06

A look at the development of penicillin in the fight against infections.

The History of Western Medicine: Lung Cancer

2023/01/25

A look at the attitudes, causes and treatments around lung cancer in the UK targetted for the GCSE course and how it shows the devleopment in medical practice and attitudes.

Russia and the USSR: The Red Terror and moves towards totalitarianism

2023/01/10

In this episode, which links in with the previous one on the civil war, we look at the developmwnt of oppresive means of control and the rise of the Res Terror as the Bolsheviks establish a totalitarian dictatorship across Russia and the newly established USSR