Category: Podcasts On the RecordRefugee storiesMonday 15 June 2020Refugee Week (15-21 June) is an annual event that celebrates the contributions of refugees to Britain. Many refugee stories have found their way onto our reposi...On the RecordOn the Record: Refugee stories (a trailer)Thursday 11 June 2020To mark Refugee Week (15-21 June) we are sharing just a few of the many refugee stories held in our vast collection. In a special episode we will be going beyon...On the RecordSacrifices for loveThursday 21 May 2020 In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England to be with the woman he loved. It’s widely considered to be one of the greatest love stories of the 2...On the RecordLove dividedThursday 7 May 2020 In 1588, Queen Elizabeth received a letter from her friend the Earl of Leicester just a few days before he died. She kept the letter by her bed for the next...On the RecordDisappointed and forbidden loveThursday 23 April 2020A lovestruck medieval clerk writing out romantic lyrics as he daydreams. A gay man in the 1930s who tears up a letter to his lover to hide it from the police. T...On the RecordOn the Record at The National Archives series three: Love (a trailer)Monday 20 April 2020In our latest mini-series we’re re-reading famous love letters preserved in our archives, and reading between the lines of less obviously romantic records to...On the RecordResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965, Britain passed the Race Relations Act, which made it illegal to refuse service on the basis of race. To some, it looked like progress, while some anti-...On the RecordReform: Violence and the struggle for suffrageWednesday 22 January 2020The campaign for women’s suffrage is often characterised by its militant factions and leaders like Emmeline Pankhurst, who used bombs and destruction of prope...On the RecordRevolt: The story of England’s first protestWednesday 15 January 2020In 1990, a march in protest of the government’s poll tax turned violent as police and marchers clashed. The Poll Tax Riots became one of the most infamous pro...On the RecordOn the Record at The National Archives series two: Protest (a trailer)Sunday 12 January 2020What would you do to change the status quo? In our latest three-part series we’re sharing stories of protest. Using the records in our archive, we’v...AudioSummer Lecture Series 2019: Information at War – the Ministry of Information, 1936-1946Wednesday 7 August 2019The Ministry of Information was established by a government which recognised that the understanding and morale of the civilian population in the UK – and else...AudioThe Cold War and UFOsThursday 23 May 2019There is more to the Ministry of Defence UFO files than reports on strange sightings in the sky. They provide insight into the public’s perception of the Cold... 1 2 3 … 44 »
