The Rest Is History: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring the world's biggest history podcast to the Royal Festival Hall for a live show spanning centuries.
Why we picked this
The podcast that made history genuinely popular gets the Royal Festival Hall stage — expect Ancient Rome, Montezuma, Napoleon, and the 1970s in one evening.
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take center stage at the Royal Festival Hall for a live episode of The Rest Is History, the podcast that has become a genuine cultural phenomenon. The show promises to range across their greatest hits — Ancient Rome, Montezuma and the Aztecs, the Napoleonic Wars, Hitler’s rise to power, and the calamities of 1970s Britain.
What makes the podcast work is the chemistry between two historians with very different temperaments and specializations, combined with a refusal to condescend to their audience. The live format amplifies that dynamic, and the Royal Festival Hall is a fitting venue for a show that has made history accessible to millions.
Part of Goalhanger’s “The Rest Is Fest” running September 4-6 at the Southbank Centre. BSL interpreted and speech-to-text transcribed.