Category: political history AudioNo vote no censusMonday 5 March 2012The National Archives held a one day conference at Kew on Saturday 1 October...AudioHenry VIII: Dynasty and power in Tudor EnglandFriday 17 February 2012Henry VIII is one of the best-known monarchs in history. By the time Henry...AudioSecurity Service file release February 2012Friday 17 February 2012Professor Christopher Andrew, official historian of MI5, introduces highlights from the 28th Security Service...AudioHenry III Fine RollsFriday 13 January 2012The fine rolls record sums of money offered to the king in return for...AudioSovereign, squire and rebel: Maharajah Duleep Singh and the heirs of a lost kingdomFriday 13 January 2012At the age of five years, Duleep Singh found himself on the golden throne...AudioNew files from 1981Friday 13 January 2012An overview of newly-released government files from 1981 including discussion of the major stories...AudioUntold histories: black Britons during the period of the British slave trade, c1660-1807Monday 12 December 2011What was life like for the ‘average’ black person in England before the 20th...Audio‘A low artful wicked man’: poverty riots and bread, the response of government to the crises of the 1790sFriday 25 November 2011The 1790s was a watershed decade in British history with the continuation of population...Audio20th century Treasury recordsFriday 21 October 2011Some researchers might feel apprehensive about the prospect of investigating 20th century Treasury records,...AudioNo place for ladies: the untold story of women in the Crimean WarFriday 21 October 2011Florence Nightingale was not the only woman in the Crimea – a misnomer in...AudioThe Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years onFriday 9 September 2011This talk covers the circumstances which brought about the construction of the wall, what...AudioSecurity Service file release August 2011Thursday 8 September 2011Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 27th Security Service records release containing 171 files, bringing... « 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 11 »