All posts AudioThree generations of master marinersFriday 5 July 2013In this talk Len Holder explores the maritime roots of his family. He starts...AudioDNA, family history and the population of the British IslesThursday 4 July 2013Drs Swann and Gleeson cover aspects of DNA testing for family history researchers, with...AudioThe pleasures and pains of contemporary historyThursday 4 July 2013Peter Hennessy discusses the pleasures and pains of writing history in one’s own times....AudioJoin up and see the world! British military recruitment after national serviceFriday 28 June 2013In the First and Second World Wars, men had come forward to join the...AudioWriter of the month: In conversation with Dominic SandbrookMonday 24 June 2013A session in conversation with Dominic Sandbrook, talking about his recent book, ‘Seasons in...AudioDesign online: extending access to the BT Design RegisterMonday 17 June 2013This talk focuses on recent research linked to widening online access the Board of...AudioThe subversion of Cheddi Jagan: the Cold War in British Guiana, 1953-64Friday 7 June 2013The talk explores the role of ethnic (Indian, African, Portuguese), ideological and religious factors...AudioBrick walls and lost ancestorsFriday 31 May 2013Even the luckiest of family historians will come up against brick walls from time...AudioWriter of the month: An A-Z of interesting things about Elizabethan EnglandTuesday 28 May 2013Ian Mortimer started his career as a poet, then qualified as an archivist and...AudioWilliam Wallace’s rising and execution, and Edward I’s conquest of ScotlandFriday 24 May 2013The period of crisis in Scotland following the death of Alexander III, and leading...AudioForeign Office and Cabinet Office file release: May 2013Wednesday 22 May 2013Gill Bennett, formerly Chief Historian at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, introduces highlights of...AudioAustralia in War and Peace, 1914-19Friday 10 May 2013The ‘Australia in War and Peace, 1914-19’ research project is a major collaborative research... « 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 … 91 »