In this episode Luke and Mike talk about the last major offensive of the second world war, the Battle of the Bulge. As usual, Luke surprises Mike with some random facts, whilst Mike tells a story about how the Americans responded to the German demands for them to surrender.

In the "Great Library of Alexandria" Luke and Mike review "Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood" by Nathan Hales.

This week Luke and Mike recount the treasonous acts of Guy Fawkes in his attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The plot involves poor project planning, spurious fake names and an ill advised method of drying gunpowder.

In the "Great Library of Alexandria" we review "A Street Through Time" - a DK book illustrated by Steve Noon.

This week Mike and Luke tell the story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of the ancient roman city of Pompeii.

Mike reminisces about his holiday trip to the city whilst Luke is keen to remember all the gory details!

Over in the "Great Library of Alexandria" Mike and Luke review "Romans Magnified" by David Long.

In this final episode of the mini-series on historical creation myths, Luke tells the story of how the Vikings believed the universe was created. This episode features a mythical cow who sculpts gods using his tongue and giants being born from the armpits of another giant!

Over in the 'Great Library of Alexandria' we talk about the Vicious Vikings, from the Horrible Histories series, by Terry Deary.

In this episode Luke tells Mike the Ancient Egyptian creation myth, introducing him to a talking ocean, a sun protected by a cobra and green god covered in plant pictures.

Over in the "Great Library of Alexandria" we talk about the Myth Atlas by Thiago de Moraes.

In this episode Luke tells the Ancient Greek Creation story - The War of the Titans. Meanwhile Mike struggles to pronounce the word, "hecatoncheires" and gets confused with all the names and relations of the Greek Gods.

Get ready for a God who eats his kids and a gruesome grandma who is ready for war!

In the Great Library of Alexandria, we recommend books to our listeners. Today's book is "Greek Mythology" by Jean Menzies

In this introductory episode, Luke tells Mike why he wanted to start a history podcast, his favourite time and place in all of history and crazy story about a human Christmas pudding!