Category: Law and order audio AudioSuing and being sued – finding people in legal disputesFriday 17 June 2011This talk covers the period from the mid-17th century to the present day and...AudioThe Metropolitan Police: an introduction to records of service 1829-1958Friday 10 June 2011Chris Heather provides a basic outline of the surviving records of service for Metropolitan...AudioFrom crime to punishment: criminal records of our ancestors from the 18th and 19th centuriesThursday 21 April 2011The second half of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries...AudioEscape and evasion in Occupied EuropeFriday 8 April 2011Most of the British servicemen taken prisoner by the Axis powers during the Second...AudioSecurity Service file release April 2011Monday 4 April 2011Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 26th Security Service records release, which contains 180 files,...AudioIn the High Court of JusticeFriday 4 March 2011‘In the High Court of Justice’ examines the records of the Chancery Division of...AudioConstance Emily Kent: nightdresses, breast flannels and child murderFriday 11 February 2011In the summer of 1860, in a well-to-do country house in sleepy Road Hill,...AudioMadame Rachel of Bond StreetFriday 10 December 2010Author Helen Rappaport discusses the subject of her newest book, Beautiful For Ever: Madame...AudioCharles Dickens, Warren’s Blacking and the Chancery CourtFriday 1 October 2010At the age of 12, the delicate and genteelly brought up Charles Dickens was...AudioIdentity and identity theftFriday 2 July 2010Steve Hindle of the University of Warwick shows how contemporary issues relating to international...AudioTransportation to AustraliaMonday 30 November 2009Over 162,000 British and Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1787 and 1868....AudioThe Metropolitan Police: its creation and records of serviceFriday 20 November 2009London’s Metropolitan Police service was formed in 1829. This talk provides an overview of... « 1 2 3 4 5 »
