Category: Audio AudioGenius on trial: key sources relating to Oscar Wilde at The National ArchivesFriday 3 July 2009The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Oscar Wilde was one of the most sensational...AudioResearching the British Empire and CommonwealthFriday 26 June 2009The British Empire existed for four centuries and, at its height, governed one quarter...AudioBurial clubs – the unfriendly societiesThursday 11 June 2009Friendly Societies were popular in the 19th Century, and were regulated by law. Audrey...AudioTitanic Lives: The Crew of RMS TitanicFriday 5 June 2009Much has been written about RMS Titanic, but this has tended to concentrate on...AudioCharles Darwin and the BeagleFriday 29 May 2009An investigation into the real reasons behind the celebrated voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836)...AudioPrison: five hundred years behind barsFriday 22 May 2009Edward Marston looks at the changing nature of imprisonment over the centuries and the...AudioThe Great Escape: you’ve seen the film, now hear the truthFriday 15 May 2009During the night of 24 March 1944, 76 airmen escaped from the Prisoner of...AudioCatching Victorian and Edwardian criminals on paperFriday 8 May 2009The problem of serious habitual criminals and how to keep track of them greatly...AudioEvery journey has two ends: using passenger listsFriday 1 May 2009The National Archives’ Chris Watts reveals the benefits of using both arrival and departure...AudioFrom Mountbatten to Patten: the last proconsuls and the ending of the British EmpireFriday 24 April 2009After the Second World War, the role of governors in Britain’s overseas territories changed....AudioNaturalisation and alien registrationThursday 16 April 2009Using records at The National Archives, this talk examines the various Alien Acts that...AudioFinding company recordsThursday 9 April 2009Historian, Alex Ritchie, looks at the distribution of business records and introduces the finding... « 1 … 43 44 45 46 47 … 54 »