Category: Featured AudioNew files from 1982Thursday 27 December 2012Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss highlights from the latest release...AudioBess of HardwickFriday 21 December 2012Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury (c1522-1608), known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’, is one of Elizabethan...AudioThe scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil ServiceMonday 17 December 2012Fifty years ago civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for...AudioTracing Huguenot ancestorsFriday 14 December 2012Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution...AudioThe strange journey of Edward Swarthye, an African in Elizabethan England: from the Spanish Caribbean to rural GloucestershireFriday 7 December 2012In 1597, an African man named ‘Edward Swarthye, alias negro’ appeared before an English...AudioMorbidity and mortality on convict voyages to 19th century AustraliaFriday 30 November 2012Between 1803 and 1853 some 67,000 convicts were transported from England and Ireland to...AudioAn introduction to the fourth tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesThursday 29 November 2012The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer...AudioAdlestrop: railways, poetry and the myths of 1914Friday 23 November 2012Adlestrop by Edward Thomas is one of the nation’s favourite poems. Written in the...AudioMarjorie’s War: four families and the Great WarFriday 16 November 2012This podcast is based on the recently published book which tells the story of...AudioArchives Sector: the Leadership ChallengeFriday 9 November 2012In October 2011, The National Archives took on additional leadership responsibilities for archives in...AudioTracing marriages; legal requirements and actual practice, 1700-1836Friday 2 November 2012Based upon studies of thousands of couples, this podcast explains how, when and where...AudioKeeping it in the family: professional dynasties in 19th century EnglandFriday 26 October 2012The 19th century witnessed a huge expansion in the number of people in Britain... « 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 … 26 »