Category: Featured Archives and archivistsArchaeology and espionage: The secret political life of Professor Vere Gordon ChildeThursday 30 June 2016Dr Katie Meheux, UCL Institute of Archaeology, discusses Professor Vere Gordon Childe (1892-1957). Childe...VideoPacifists besieged in a London church, First World WarThursday 30 June 2016This footage shows a meeting of pacifists in a London church, which is interrupted...AudioWriter of the Month: Richard Barnett on Crucial InterventionsThursday 23 June 2016In this talk medical historian Richard Barnett explores surgery during the 19th century, from the application of antisepsis...AudioAmiable Warriors: A History of the Campaign for Homosexual EqualityTuesday 14 June 2016The Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) is the oldest surviving LGBT organisation in the...AudioBig Ideas: The Future of the PastWednesday 8 June 2016This presentation discusses the role that the material and intellectual heritage of a community...AudioStalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy BurgessThursday 2 June 2016Guy Burgess was a brilliant young Englishman who rose through the ranks of MI5...AudioShell-Shocked Britain: Understanding the lasting trauma of the First World WarWednesday 25 May 2016Millions of soldiers were scarred by their experiences in the First World War trenches,...AudioHeidi Thomas: Researching Call the MidwifeWednesday 18 May 2016Screenwriter Heidi Thomas shares the process of transforming Jennifer Worth’s memoirs into the BBC period...Archives and archivistsMateriality matters: new approaches to medieval wax seal studiesMonday 7 March 2016Wax seals have been widely studied in terms of how they look, what they...FeaturedMagna Carta – what’s so ‘great’ about the charter?Wednesday 30 December 2015We apologise for the variable sound quality of this podcast. 2015 is the 800th anniversary...AudioUsing the 1939 Register: Recording the UK population before the warTuesday 22 December 2015The preparations had been made well in advance. Now Britain was at war, and...AudioFor king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western FrontTuesday 15 December 2015Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from... « 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 26 »