Category: political history AudioDisclosure, documentary release and candour in governmentFriday 9 July 2010Jonathan Sumption OBE QC considers the issue of government secrecy throughout English history in...AudioThe gunpowder plot: key documents and hidden voicesFriday 6 November 2009The National Archives holds a wide range of documents which tell the story of...AudioTwo Crowns, One King: Henry V and the Treaty of TroyesWednesday 7 October 2009The Past Masters team join Henry V in the battle for France. Henry fought...AudioSummer of ’69Friday 17 July 2009A look back at the year in which Neil Armstrong took his ‘giant leap...AudioFrom Mountbatten to Patten: the last proconsuls and the ending of the British EmpireFriday 24 April 2009After the Second World War, the role of governors in Britain’s overseas territories changed....VideoNew files From 1978 – BSL Sign Language VideoTuesday 30 December 2008Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide...AudioCabinet Papers, 1915-1977Thursday 4 December 2008Laura Withey (Project Manager) and Dr. Ed Hampshire (Records Specialist) talk about this exciting...AudioUnfinished business: Britain and the European CommunityFriday 24 October 2008Focusing on Britain’s changing relationship with the European Community between 1945 and 1975, Contemporary...AudioWas Richard II mad?Thursday 3 July 2008Terry Jones, ‘Python’, historian, broadcaster, actor, director and comedian, has called King Richard II...Audio1968: Year of revolutionsThursday 29 May 2008Mark Dunton takes you back in time to a tumultuous year, using key documents...AudioBritain and the challenge of Fascism: saving Europe at a cost (Part 2)Tuesday 8 April 2008In the second part of this two part podcast for A-Level students a chief...AudioBritain and the challenge of Fascism: saving Europe at a cost (Part 1)Tuesday 8 April 2008How did Britons weigh up the decision to go to war in the 1930s... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 »