Posts by Professor Peter Hennessy AudioWriter of the month: Writing a history of one’s own timesTuesday 6 August 2013Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of...AudioThe pleasures and pains of contemporary historyThursday 4 July 2013Peter Hennessy discusses the pleasures and pains of writing history in one’s own times....AudioThe Silken Paper Trail: openness and the national collective memoryMonday 9 July 2012Distinguished historians Professor the Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield and Professor Lisa Jardine CBE explore...AudioCatch-up history and the Cold WarFriday 3 September 2010Professor Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London University, and...AudioFilling the gapsThursday 18 December 2008Professor Peter Hennessy presents records officers and information managers as ‘unsung heroes’ in providing...