Mar 2022

3/3 Qu'est devenu le wagon de Rethondes ?

Depuis 1927, le wagon qui a servi à la signature de l’armistice de 1918, se trouve dans la clairière de Rethondes.Il est devenu un musée et un lieu pour des cérémonies nationales. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Hébergé par Acast. Visi ... Show More

3m 18s

Mar 2022

2/3 Qu'est devenu le wagon de Rethondes ?

Le 11 novembre 1918, l’armistice qui met fin aux combats de la première guerre mondiale, est signé dans un wagon, la voiture n° 2419D qui a été transformée pour servir de bureau au maréchal Foch. Ce wagon, auparavant utilisé pour transporter des passagers, devient donc un lieu hi ... Show More

2m 25s

Feb 2022

1/3 Qu’est devenu le wagon de Rethondes ?

Il y a des objets qui traversent l’Histoire et certains d’entre eux sont surprenants.Le wagon de Rethondes par exemple. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

2m 7s

Dec 2023

Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1

A sickly vicar’s son travels from England to Africa to join the diamond rush. Cecil Rhodes wants to make his fortune. But he also wants to extend the British Empire. Drama in his private life threatens to undermine both ambitions.Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App or wherever yo ... Show More

43m 35s

Jan 2024

Cecil Rhodes | Must Rhodes Fall? | 4

More than a century after Rhodes' death students in South Africa and Britain thrust his name back into the spotlight. Should statues of colonialists like him be torn down? And, in Africa, how is Rhodes' legacy felt today?Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App or wherever you get you ... Show More

35m 8s

Aug 2020

The Red Paint on Leopold II

Leopold II, King of the Belgians, was a man obsessed with the profits that came with colonization. Using smokescreens of charities and shell corporations, he claimed a private landholding 76x larger than his own nation, and unleashed decades of horror on the land's inhabitants. L ... Show More

43m 9s

Dec 2023

Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2

Rhodes dashes back to Kimberley to be with his dying friend. He then redoubles his colonial efforts, using ruthless tactics to trick the indigenous population out of their land. But an ill-fated scheme to take on the Boers is about to hurt him.Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App ... Show More

41m 3s

Oct 2022

Nelson Mandela, I Am Prepared To Die

Nelson Mandela stands trial for challenging the apartheid regime in South Africa. Speaking from the defendant’s dock at Pretoria, he defiantly declares that he is prepared to die to achieve a democratic and free society. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices ... Show More

31m 13s

Mar 2012

From Diplomacy to Black Diaries: Roger Casement

Roger Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat. He eventually became an Irish nationalist. After his arrest, he was sentenced to die. To stifle support for Casement, the government also released the "Black Diaries" which outed Casement as gay. Learn more about your ad-choices ... Show More

23m 35s

Feb 2024

Black Aristocrats of 18th Century England & France

Popular historic dramas like Bridgerton, Hamilton and Sanditon sometimes receive criticism that their diverse casts are historically inaccurate. But in fact there have been people of color in Britain and France since Roman times. By the 18th century the trans Atlantic slave trade ... Show More

31m 5s

Jun 2020

Diamond Wars | The Diamond Rush | 1

It’s 1869 and diamonds have been found in Cape Colony. Now, diamond hunters from across the world are heading to this remote British outpost in southern Africa, seeking a glittering fortune.And among them are two wide-eyed hopefuls: streetwise Barney Barnato, who hails from the L ... Show More

29m 50s

Sep 2021

100. Decolonising Africa

Writer and critic Tomiwa Owolade joins Dominic and Tom to discuss the pan-African movement and the varying ways in which African states became independent from their European colonisers during the 20th century. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tou ... Show More

55m 4s

Dec 2023

Cecil Rhodes | A Brooding Spirit | 3

Rhodes deals with the fallout from the Jameson Raid as questions about his conduct reach the British parliament. He finds a new cause to further his ambition but years of ill-health are starting to catch up with him.Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App or wherever you get your pod ... Show More

33m 11s

2/3 Comment un homme d’affaires a-t-il d...