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📣NEW EPISODE📣 ☠️THE REIGN OF ROBESPIERRE☠️ Tom and Dominic discuss the rise to power of Maximilien Robespierre: 😇How can high ideals lead you to believing only TERROR can save France? 🪓How did he go from opposing the death penalty to, well, you know... 💀And Madame Guillotine begins to really crank up in her deadly work 🎙️: linktr.ee/restishistory 📺: piped.video/5u2SLaHzwZA

You live in France in early 1793. Whose side are you on?

📣NEW SERIES📣 ☠️THE TERROR☠️ The French Revolution's lofty ideals collapse into an orgy of death! Tom and Dominic discuss: 🤔What went wrong? 🎨Why Montmartre should really still be named after Marat 🇫🇷Meanwhile, out there, in the darkness, the forces of counter-revolution swirl... 🎙️: linktr.ee/restishistory 📺: piped.video/N3yVc7CDWYE

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 🇬🇧Queen Victoria's Revenge: The Mad Emperor of Abyssinia🇬🇧 Tom and Dominic discuss: 👑Queen Victoria forgets to answer a letter ⛓️An Ethiopian emperor responds by taking a collection of British diplomats and missionaries hostage 🇬🇧And Britain decides the only sensible solution is to send an army halfway across the world 🎙️: linktr.ee/restishistory 📺: piped.video/oaqf89-7tkU

What happened to the men who fell into enemy hands on D-Day? Tom and James look at Ancestry's World War II Liberated Prisoner of War Questionnaires that reveal remarkable stories of survival, resistance and escape.

THANK YOU to everybody who came to our @TheRestHistory shows in London this weekend. And thank you to our truly brilliant @GoalhangerHQ team, led magnificently by Callum Hill, Aaliyah Akude and their colleagues. It's a joy to work with you.

Thank you to everyone who made last night at Royal Festival Hall such a brilliant show. Say hello in the replies if you came long, or if you're coming today!

What was it like being one of thousands waiting for D-Day to begin? Tom and James uncover Ancestry's World War II War Diaries that reveal what soldiers were experiencing as the invasion hung in the balance.

Could the weather have stopped D-Day? Tom and James explore Ancestry's RAF records that reveal the people behind one of the defining moments of the Second World War.

📣NEW BONUS EPISODE 🇮🇪Were the Troubles Inevitable?🇬🇧 Tom and Dominic answer this and more: ❓Who is to blame for the conflict? 🤔Where does the phrase 'Perfidious Albion' come from? 🗳️Has Northern Ireland really moved on? To listen to or watch the episode, join the club here: therestishistory.com/club

Is Ian Paisley the man who made the Troubles inevitable?

Internment was not the British government's finest hour.

Thank you to everyone who's said lovely things about our profile in the New York Times! nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world…