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Here For The History Episodes Available now
Why don’t women’s clothes have pockets?
The surprising history of how women’s pockets fell in and out of fashion over time.
Stiff Upper Lip: Do Brits have emotions?
Exploring the stereotype that Brits don’t show their emotions.
English Language: Why do we speak like that?
Why do our spellings not match our pronunciations? Why are so many words really weird?
Why are Brits so obsessed with football?
How football became Britain’s national sport.
Why do British people love tea?
The Portuguese princess, corporate espionage and waging war for tea.
Why does British food have such a bad reputation?
French fashions and wartime rationing have long tarnished Britain’s culinary reputation.
