Welcome to Trapped History, where we tell the stories of the forgotten – of people who have been ignored by the history we’ve been taught in school

It’s history for the curious, it’s grown-up history, complex difficult history. It’s history for you.

This June, tune in for Season 7 of the Trapped History podcast. We have some wonderful guests and some gripping stories.

Charlene White on Windrush

Joe Dunthorne on family history

Jocelyn Bell on Nobel science

Claire Thomson on war recipes

Mark O’Connell on queer Bond

Alex Renton on slave owners

A black and white photo of a man sitting with his head resting on his hand, looking thoughtful. He has short hair and is wearing a dark collared shirt. There is a typewriter and a small object on a table in the background.

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them”

James Baldwin