Category: Featured AudioSecurity Service file release February 2012Friday 17 February 2012Professor Christopher Andrew, official historian of MI5, introduces highlights from the 28th Security Service...AudioThe last slave market: Dr John Kirk and the struggle to end the African slave tradeWednesday 15 February 2012In the mid-19th century, the Zanzibar slave market was notorious as the last place...AudioChallenges facing The National Archives and the archives sector – Part 2Tuesday 7 February 2012Podcast of a second interview between Dr Andrew Foster from the Historical Association and...AudioNineteenth century merchant seafarers and their recordsWednesday 1 February 2012Specialist knowledge of merchant seafaring is a boon when identifying men and women and...AudioResearching Mr Briggs’ Hat: an account of Britain’s first railway murderFriday 27 January 2012The 1864 murder of Thomas Briggs in his first-class railway carriage is investigated through...AudioEnglish burial and cemetery records online and on filmMonday 24 October 2011This talk gives an overview of online sources for English burial and cemetery records,...Audio20th century Treasury recordsFriday 21 October 2011Some researchers might feel apprehensive about the prospect of investigating 20th century Treasury records,...AudioNo place for ladies: the untold story of women in the Crimean WarFriday 21 October 2011Florence Nightingale was not the only woman in the Crimea – a misnomer in...AudioThe Hong Kong colonial cemeteryMonday 10 October 2011The National Archives provides a treasure trove of material for discovering more about our...AudioNineteenth century soldiers: getting the most from online resourcesMonday 25 July 2011This talk aims to explain the intricacies of soldiers’ service records online, in record...AudioThe battle of Towton – a 550-year retrospectiveFriday 15 July 2011This talk introduces the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses, described as...VideoEdwardian Folkestone at workWednesday 29 June 2011The film opens with well to do Edwardians in a well off street. We... « 1 … 23 24 25 26 »