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Dr David Musgrove, FSA
I’m Dave, and I’m broadly in charge of all the content we produce across the HistoryExtra portfolio, so that’s the print magazine, the website, podcasts, video output, apps and live events. Obviously I don’t make all of it - that would be ridiculous. However, I do write the occasional article, as well as regularly conducting podcast interviews and making podcast series, and producing videos every now and again. I tend to front quite a lot of our live events as well. As a sideline, I have a particular interest in the Bayeux Tapestry. I’ve co-written a book about it, with Professor Michael Lewis (The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry). With the loan of the tapestry to the UK in 2026, I spend quite a lot of time commenting in the media on tapestry matters and doing public talks about it too. I’m also quite an enthusiast about the history of toilets and Victorian long-distance wheelbarrow pedestrianism, and have been known to discuss those matters on national media. I have a doctorate in medieval archaeology. That was an investigation into monastic drainage and land reclamation in the Somerset Levels (along with a side hustle in prehistoric beaver habitats in France). I’ve worked for HistoryExtra in various roles and guises for over 20 years and in that time, I have also written a couple of popular history books.
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Episode 1“The life of a dozen men”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Video podcastLife of the Week: Harold Godwinson (Harold II). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The dangers of medieval travel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon bone chests. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Why did medieval Europe become Christian?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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New Zealand: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Cornwall: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The myth and memory of Waterloo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The fall and rise of Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Amazing archaeological discoveries that trounce Indiana Jones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Mountaineering on Everest: everything you want to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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William the Conqueror’s invasion plans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Did Black Death trigger the rise of Europe?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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How women were excluded from sport – and fought back. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Boudica’s rebellion: a blood-soaked blow to the Roman empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Video podcastZack White on discipline in Wellington's armies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Disciplining the “scum of the Earth”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Medieval peasants: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Wild places & wild people: a short history of common land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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A journey along the Iron Curtain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The floating hell of prison hulks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Mongols vs Mamluks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Debtors’ prisons: Dickensian horrors or economic successes?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Dark Age bullies & forgotten kingdoms: busting early medieval myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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