History Behind the Headlines: political memoirs, fuel and access to nature
HistoryExtra podcast
10/21/24
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In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter explore the history of political memoirs, Britain's changing energy supplies across the centuries, and conflicts over access to the countryside.
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