All posts On the RecordOn the Record: Trials (trailer)Tuesday 6 April 2021In our latest three-part podcast series, we are exploring stories from our collection which...On the RecordPublic Health Crises – Exploring Britain’s Medical HistoryThursday 18 February 2021Over the last 600 years, Britain has faced its fair share of public health...VideoPromoting the 1951 censusTuesday 16 February 2021This is a duplicate of the newsreel item found in Pathe Gazettes issue 51/20...On the RecordOn the Record: Public Health Crises – Exploring Britain’s Medical History (trailer)Monday 15 February 2021Over the centuries, Britain has faced its fair share of public health crises and...AudioAnnual Digital Lecture 2020: The death of anonymity in the age of identityTuesday 2 February 2021The global datafication of economy, society and politics has rendered humans into constellations of...AudioCholera! Public health in mid-19th century BritainTuesday 2 February 2021The 1848-1849 cholera epidemic in England and Wales was described by a government report...AudioThe rise and fall of Thomas CromwellFriday 18 December 2020Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of...AudioWho dares wins: Britain 1979-1982Wednesday 16 December 2020In this talk to mark the latest volume of his epic history of post-war...On the RecordVictorian cats, medieval hospitals & frontline nursesThursday 26 November 2020Illustrator Louis Wain changed the way we think about cats and dedicated his life...AudioRebecca Gowers and The Scoundrel Harry LarkynsWednesday 25 November 2020Rebecca Gowers uncovered a fascinating story within her family tree – that of Harry...On the RecordSmugglers, spies & dragon slayersThursday 12 November 2020A British spy named Pearl jumps from a plane under cover of night. A...Video‘A huge pack of witches’: A witch scare in 17th-century LancashireWednesday 11 November 2020In November 1633, a little boy telling tall tales about witches in his local... « 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 90 »