• Magna Carta

    Magna Carta

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  • Scotland Forever

    Scotland Forever

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  • John Wesley Preaching

    John Wesley Preaching

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  • Lord MansfieldLord Mansfield

    Lord Mansfield

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  • Sealing Magna Carta

    Sealing Magna Carta

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  • The Army Debates

    The Army Debates

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History and more...

Tired of documentaries which over-promise and under-deliver? Yearning for more content and deeper analysis? Frustrated that so little attempt is made to relate the past to the present? So were we – so we decided to do something about it. This is the result – an approach to history which dares to ask the question: why?


Magna Carta Unlocked

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Robert Kee

There's a lot of history we don't know, but there are some great truths - and the great truths are in this document, especially clause 39.

Robert Kee

Dr Robin Eagles

John Wilkes talked about the inalienable liberties of English people .... and Magna Carta ... re-imagining something that is true from this sort of idealised past.

Dr Robin Eagles

Keith Moore

Freedom of association was important for late 17th century science because people could talk about natural philosophy not just in closed environments like the Royal Society but openly ...

Keith Moore