Category: Law and order 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...AudioThe gunpowder plot: key documents and hidden voicesFriday 6 November 2009The National Archives holds a wide range of documents which tell the story of...AudioInternmentMonday 21 September 2009On the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, some 70,000 Germans and Austrians...AudioForgeries in the archivesFriday 28 August 2009Forgery has always been a major problem to archivists and librarians – from the...AudioPrison: five hundred years behind barsFriday 22 May 2009Edward Marston looks at the changing nature of imprisonment over the centuries and the...AudioCatching Victorian and Edwardian criminals on paperFriday 8 May 2009The problem of serious habitual criminals and how to keep track of them greatly... « 1 2 3 4 5 »