All posts Audio‘Over the top: a foul a blurry foul’ – the first football charge of the First World WarFriday 2 October 2015Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the...Audio1939 National Registration NightTuesday 29 September 2015In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, the British government introduced...AudioKew lives – reconstructing the pastFriday 25 September 2015Emily Ward-Willis explains how to research the local history of an area, using the...AudioWriter of the month: Peter Doggett – Electric shock: From the gramophone to the iPhoneThursday 17 September 2015Peter Doggett argues that from the birth of recording in the 19th century to...AudioBig Ideas: On pilgrimage in EnglandFriday 11 September 2015The 1930s saw a resurgence of interest in local knowledge and traditions, and intense...AudioBig Ideas: Innovation in the Air ForceFriday 4 September 2015Ross Mahoney’s talk is based on sources ranging from operational records held by The...AudioWar Girls – poetry and prose by women in the First World WarFriday 21 August 2015Ruth Sillers talks about, and performs extracts, from her audio book compilation, War Girls....AudioSecurity Service file release August 2015Friday 21 August 2015Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of ‘The Defence of...AudioCatalogue Day 2014: Royal Marines 350Thursday 20 August 2015Janet Dempsey gives an update on capturing data in Royal Marines’ records during the...AudioWaterloo men: the records of Wellington’s Waterloo armyFriday 14 August 2015By taking two men who fought at Waterloo and exploring how different records bring...AudioDunkirk: from disaster to deliveranceThursday 6 August 2015Drawing on fresh new interviews with Dunkirk veterans – soldiers and sailors – plus...AudioWriter of the month: Jenny UglowFriday 17 July 2015Author, critic, and historian, Jenny Uglow, talks about her book, In These Times: Living... « 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 … 91 »