WW2 legacies and Magna Carta: history behind the headlines

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, historians Rana Mitter and Hannah Skoda explore the ways the Second World War continues to shape the world of today. Plus the medieval manuscripts hitting the headlines, and an express history of rail nationalisation. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	I'm Matt Elton.
1:02.0	In each episode, an expert panel will be exploring the historical news stories that have caught
1:06.0	their eye and the history that will help you make sense of what's going on in the world.
1:10.0	Each month, I'll be joined by our two regular panelists.
1:13.6	I'm Hannah Skoda. I'm fellow and tutor in medieval history at St John's College in Oxford.
1:18.7	I'm Rana Mitter. I'm S.T. Lee Chair in U.S. Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School,
1:24.9	and I'm a specialist on modern Chinese history.
1:27.9	Hannah and Rana, it's great to be with you here in Oxford today for this episode of
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