Category: International Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarIn 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 WarArjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the...AudioBig Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and PalestineNadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her...AudioPortillo’s State SecretsResearcher Tommy Norton introduces some of the 30 documents featured in the BBC 2...AudioWriter of the month: Helen Castor on Joan of ArcHelen Castor in conversation, discussing her new book, Joan of Arc: A history. Find...AudioOne in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World WarOne hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in...AudioIndia in the First World WarThe National Archives’ principal military specialist William Spencer is joined by Brigadier Brian McCall,...AudioLines on the map: records of international boundariesThe National Archives holds one of the largest and most important accumulations of maps...AudioWriter of the month: The Spanish ambassador’s suitcaseMatthew Parris and Andrew Bryson discuss their new book, The Spanish ambassador’s suitcase. Matthew...AudioMaps: their untold storiesDrawn from seven centuries of maps of places around the globe held in The...Archives and archivistsFrom British bobby to Hong Kong copperThis year marks the 170th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police....AudioWar and Peace conference: Closing remarks: the First World War and intelligenceClosing remarks by Gill Bennett, former Chief Historian, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-2005. This... 1 2 3 … 7 »
