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For football fans, just the mention of Liverpool’s ‘Kop End’ evokes an image of a packed stand full of fans. Many other football clubs also have a Kop stand too.

But why do those stands have that name?

In this episode we’ll be talking about the Battle of Spion Kop. Fought in South Africa in the dying years of the Victorian era, the battle was the bloodiest day for the British army up until the First World War. The battle featured incredible heroism, command incompetence and the presence of figures such as Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi. So let’s look at the battle which, as a notable historian once said: “became the byword for a bloodbath.

The Holy Roman Empire would exist for almost 1000 years. In that time it would encompass vast swaithes of Europe, trigger religious wars and result in a number of important people being thrown out of windows.

Yet throughout this it would prove almost impossible for those inside or outside to define.

Guest: Jonn Elledge

Books:

• The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything: All the Facts You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know (2021)

• Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them (2022)
• A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps (2024)

Jonn's Newsletter: ⁠The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything⁠

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After WW2, Britain began work on its independent nuclear deterrent, building on Nazi technology seized at the end of WW2. Over time, this would spawn a successful space programme that by 1971 was launching rockets into space. Today we’re going to talk about the forgotten British - and Australian - space programme.

In 1971 a British rocket, launched from Australia, carried a satellite into geostationary orbit. On that day, Britain became the fourth nation in history to achieve this feat of scientific and engineering genius. On the same day, it became the first nation to cancel its independent space programme entirely. Today, we’ll be talking about Britain, Australia and the space race and the traces of this forgotten achievement that can still be found today.

The Frank Micklethwaite Collection:

⁠https://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/backfire.html#collection⁠

⁠https://satellitemap.space/⁠

Guest: Dr Alice Gorman

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Host: Gareth Edwards

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