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**Booked out** NO LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee of the Pax Romana. It provides a portrait of the ancient world's ultimate superpower at...

Frank McDonough in conversation with Paul McGann. Established in 1918-19, in the wake of Germany's catastrophic defeat in the First World War and the revolution that followed swiftly on its heels, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, a radical cultural flowering and the most democratic conditions the German people had ever known. The...

Major turning points in Irish history and great shifts in societal attitudes are often associated with progress but can also be mired in violence. Here, historian and creator of the Irish History Podcast, Fin Dwyer looks at pivotal moments in Ireland’s past – separated by time but tied together by one common trait: murder. He...

Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe and Sinead McCoole in conversation with Margaret Ward. The Irish Government launched the Decade of Centenaries in 2012 to celebrate and re-examine the major historical events during the foundation of the Irish State. At the end of the decade this expert panel will discuss the changing nature of women’s representation during...

The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation. Between 1940 and 1943, a small group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and almost completely unknown - humanitarian operation. Under the leadership of the Polish Ambassador, Aleksander Lados, they undertook a systematic programme of forging identity...