Category: International 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...AudioBig Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and PalestineFriday 10 July 2015Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her...AudioPortillo’s State SecretsFriday 29 May 2015Researcher Tommy Norton introduces some of the 30 documents featured in the BBC 2...AudioWriter of the month: Helen Castor on Joan of ArcThursday 21 May 2015Helen Castor in conversation, discussing her new book, Joan of Arc: A history. Find...AudioOne in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World WarWednesday 13 May 2015One hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in...AudioIndia in the First World WarThursday 12 March 2015The National Archives’ principal military specialist William Spencer is joined by Brigadier Brian McCall,...AudioLines on the map: records of international boundariesFriday 30 January 2015The National Archives holds one of the largest and most important accumulations of maps...AudioWriter of the month: The Spanish ambassador’s suitcaseFriday 23 January 2015Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson discuss their new book, The Spanish ambassador’s suitcase. Matthew...AudioMaps: their untold storiesFriday 17 October 2014Drawn from seven centuries of maps of places around the globe held in The...Archives and archivistsFrom British bobby to Hong Kong copperFriday 3 October 2014This year marks the 170th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police....AudioWar and Peace conference: Closing remarks: the First World War and intelligenceFriday 15 August 2014Closing remarks by Gill Bennett, former Chief Historian, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-2005. This... 1 2 3 … 7 »
