All posts AudioNaval medical officers’ journals and the history of medicineFriday 17 December 2010The naval medical officers’ journals of ADM 101 provide a coherent view of the...AudioMadame Rachel of Bond StreetFriday 10 December 2010Author Helen Rappaport discusses the subject of her newest book, Beautiful For Ever: Madame...AudioThe Cabinet Papers 1915-1979Friday 3 December 2010Mark Dunton, The National Archives’ contemporary records specialist, explains how anyone with an interest...AudioHidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947Monday 29 November 2010Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University uncovers the hidden voices of Muslim women...AudioRoyal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers’ service documentsMonday 15 November 2010Military records specialist William Spencer talks about WO 97, one of The National Archives’...AudioForgotten tragedy: The loss of HMT LancastriaFriday 5 November 2010On 17 June 1940, HMT Lancastria was sunk by a German bomber while evacuating...AudioCredit crunch histories: records of bankrupts in The National ArchivesFriday 22 October 2010Bankruptcy proceedings have been taking place in England and Wales for over 400 years....AudioFreedom fighters: sources for black loyalists at The National ArchivesFriday 15 October 2010Abi Husainy reveals the African American contribution to the American revolution, using documents and...AudioA history of the Public Record OfficeFriday 8 October 2010Vanessa Carr takes us through a brief history of the Public Record Office, looking...AudioCharles Dickens, Warren’s Blacking and the Chancery CourtFriday 1 October 2010At the age of 12, the delicate and genteelly brought up Charles Dickens was...AudioThe Kitchen Front: domestic life in the Second World WarFriday 24 September 2010Find out how documents held by The National Archives can reveal a fascinating picture...AudioThe first Afghan warFriday 17 September 2010In this talk, journalist and historian Jules Stewart will guide us through the 1838-1842... « 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 … 91 »