15 Minutes of Fame | HistoryExtra podcast series
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TudorMarguerite de NavarreRoyal influencer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Suzannah Lipscomb reveals why she thinks 16th-century royal influencer Marguerite de Navarre deserves to be better remembered today
MedievalHildegard of BingenMedieval polymath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Janina Ramirez explains why medieval polymath Hildegard of Bingen deserves recognition today
20th CenturyTsiang Ting-fuChinese historian and diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Rana Mitter explains how historian and diplomat Tsiang Tingfu was an important link between China and the west in the 20th century
VictorianAlice KinlochPan-African activist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Hakim Adi describes how Pan-African activist Alice Kinloch travelled across Britain, revealing the brutality of the South African diamond mining industry
GeorgianHannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Hannah Greig reveals why she believes printseller Hannah Humphrey deserves to be better remembered today
Anglo-SaxonSt WilfridQuarrelsome church reformer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Marc Morris chronicles the impressive life of the controversial medieval saint, St Wilfrid
20th CenturyMarie TharpGround-breaking cartographer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Jerry Brotton considers the life and legacy of geologist and cartographer Marie Tharp, uncovering her major role in mapping the ocean’s floor
Ancient EgyptQueen TiyeOvershadowed ancient Egyptian royal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Joyce Tyldesley explores how ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye’s story has been neglected, despite her fundamental role within her dynasty
VictorianCharley WilsonVictorian transgender working-class man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Fern Riddell reveals the life of transgender working man Charley Wilson and details how his story is still relevant to us today
Anglo-SaxonSt Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Michael Wood considers the extraordinary achievements of St Hadrian of Canterbury, an early medieval scholar
TudorMalintzinAztec interpreter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Caroline Dodds Pennock explore the life and legacy of Malintzin, a Nahua woman who acted as Hernando Cortés’ translator during his conquest of the Aztec empire
20th CenturyFranz NopcsaHungarian adventurer and palaeontologist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Tom Holland discusses the remarkable and somewhat unexpected life of adventurer, aristocrat and palaeontologist Franza Nopcsa
Ancient GreeceKleisthenesFather of Athenian democracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Michael Scott explains how the sixth-century BC aristocrat Kleisthenes became the unlikely father of Athenian democracy
VictorianAina Forbes BonettaQueen Victoria’s Yoruba goddaughter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Hannah Cusworth introduces Aina Forbes Bonetta, also known as Sara, a Yoruba girl who was transported from West Africa and became a goddaughter of Queen Victoria
MedievalBaburDynasty founder and diarist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Margaret MacMillan profiles the life and legacy of the 15th-century leader Babur, who founded the Mughal empire – and kept a renowned diary
General History15 minutes of fameRediscovering forgotten figures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
To wrap up our ‘15 minutes of fame’ series, a panel of experts discuss who gets remembered from the past and how we can highlight forgotten stories today
