Category: Featured AudioBlack Power and the stateMonday 4 December 2017The late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the flourishing of Black Power, a movement...AudioSecurity Service file release November 2017Tuesday 28 November 2017Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of ‘The Defence of...Audio‘Corner of a Foreign Field’: a play about the burial of Indian Muslim troops at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017It is October 1914 and Maulana Sadr Ud-Din is battling with General Barrow, the...Audio‘Step Child’: a play about the surveillance of First World War Indian dissentersWednesday 1 November 2017The British Government promises that all British subjects are equal before the law. But...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...Audio‘The Radicalisation of Vir Singh’: a play about the challenges of serving as an Indian soldier in the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Arjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the...Audio‘Smile’: a play about Indian soldiers at the Brighton Pavilion Hospital during the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Three Indian soldiers recover at the iconic Brighton Pavilion hospital. Every detail is provided...AudioMapping Women’s SuffrageTuesday 24 October 2017The women’s suffrage campaign in Britain was a particularly long and difficult struggle. It...AudioUnfolding the court case that banned a 1920s lesbian novelMonday 11 September 2017In 1928 Radclyffe Hall wrote ‘The Well of Loneliness’, a novel that featured female characters...AudioThe Sexual Offences Act 1967. Part 2: Wolfenden’s silent womenTuesday 29 August 2017On 27 July 2017, The National Archives held a day of talks to mark the...AudioThe Sexual Offences Act 1967. Part 1: The lives of men from 1953 to the 1967 ActTuesday 29 August 2017On 27 July 2017, The National Archives held a day of talks to mark the...AudioTudor trials: Confessions from the Star ChamberTuesday 15 August 2017Medieval records specialist Euan Roger gives us a taste of the kinds of disputes... « 1 2 3 4 … 26 »