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Long before pumpkins and trick-or-treating, All Hallows’ Eve in Britain was a night of church bells ringing until dawn, soul-cakes left out on farmhouse tables, and prayers for the dead of every…
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Halloween is often called a pagan festival with a Christian coat of paint. The evidence tells a more interesting story, and it begins in Rome.
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The flagship: the history of Britain in engaging, powerful and interesting ways.
The darker parts of Britain’s past, across the whole of British history.
Britain’s myths and legends: who we are and where we’ve come from.
The great scandals of history, with Zac and Lucy going back to the evidence.
From the archive: Wicked Women with Grace Beattie. Browse the episodes · Or browse every story.
