Category: Featured 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...AudioThe Journey’s End Battalion: The 9th East Surrey and RC Sherriff in the Great WarFriday 3 May 2013Journey’s End is a well-known play about the Great War. The author, RC Sherriff,...AudioWriter of the month: The children of Henry VIIIMonday 29 April 2013John Guy tells the story of the family drama of England’s wealthiest and most... « 1 … 16 17 18 19 20 … 26 »