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Frida Kahlo: life of the week

Aug 2026 · 2 books

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The Death of Trotsky

Josh Ireland

i spoke to josh ireland a couple of months ago about his book the death of trotsky in which i posed the question of the affair between trotsky and frida kahlo to him ▶ tap to play from here

Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo

Hayden Herrera

and then one of the big moments kind of of b the beginning of freedomania was the publication of hayden herera's biography so in nineteen eighty three hayden herrera published this kind of blockbuster biography of frida kahlo ▶ tap to play from here

How the Americas transformed Tudor England

Aug 2026

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Preview: Master the medieval art of knowing yourself

Aug 2026

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Have we got ancient women's sexuality all wrong?

Aug 2026

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Adultery, assassination and Agatha Christie: the dark side of the hotel

Aug 2026

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Hedy Lamarr: life of the week

Aug 2026

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How WW2 transformed Asia

Aug 2026

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Preview: Was Jack the Ripper Queen Victoria's grandson?

Aug 2026

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How opium became a powerful global commodity

Aug 2026

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A wild history of partying

Aug 2026

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Yuri Gagarin: life of the week

Aug 2026

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How Christianity conquered the Roman empire

Aug 2026

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The Odyssey’s forgotten epilogue

Aug 2026

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Why did witches confess?

Aug 2026

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Inside the Maya storyworld

Aug 2026

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Zheng Yi Sao: life of the week

Aug 2026

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The Fifth Crusade: triumph, disaster and the battle for Egypt

Aug 2026

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Is the Odyssey myth or memory?

Aug 2026

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Renaissance Italy's firearm revolution

Jul 2026

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How blood banks saved Britain in WW2

Jul 2026

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