I've got a great podcast recommendation for you, as a history fan I reckon you'll love

Echoes of History, the podcast from Ubisoft, the people behind the famous video game series

Assassin's Creed. Through storytellers and historians, this podcast unravels epic mythologies

and relives the most important times of our history. To celebrate the launch of Assassin's

Creed Mirage, Ubisoft presents a new season of Echoes of History dedicated to the setting

of the new game, 9th century Baghdad. In season 2, figures of Baghdad, you'll discover

the stories of the extraordinary people who held influence over the Abbasid Caliphate.

Whether they were scientists, philosophers, merchants or artists, they all led rich lives in the

city of peace. So if you're a fan of the game, or just want to be immersed in the history

of the Islamic Golden Age, I recommend you listen to Echoes of History now, wherever

you get your podcasts.

This is history is back for our third season, to tell you the story of England's most

diabolical ruler, Bad King John. Join me, Dan Jones, to find out what happens when

a king turns his back on morality, the law and even God. From Sony music entertainment,

this is history, a dynasty to die for. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Matt Lewis and we're

fortunate in the UK that we tend to be surrounded by medieval buildings almost wherever we go.

Some obvious ones like castles and cathedrals and some less so, but their fabrics been

absorbed into growing towns and cities, but they're still all around us. Today, with the

expert help of James Wright, we're going to take a look at some of the myths that James

has encountered about medieval buildings that he's here to bust apart for us. Spiral

staircases and castles, now everybody knows that these tend to go clockwise to favour the

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