Category: Social history audio Audio1611-2011: The 400th anniversary of the King James BibleFriday 1 July 2011Pauline Croft examines the context of the translation of the King James Bible and...AudioThe last thing we need is a sequel: postwar cinema at The National ArchivesFriday 24 June 2011The National Archives’ exploration of the British government’s uneasy relationship with the film industry...AudioBehind the scenes: two centuries of census-takingFriday 3 June 2011The census has been described as a ‘snapshot in time’, recording the nation as...AudioRevolting to humanity: histories of mental healthFriday 20 May 2011The 19th century ushered in a new way of seeing mental health. For the...AudioThe Second World War and Roche’s expansion to the West: a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the United KingdomMonday 9 May 2011Roche was founded in 1896 as one of the very first industrial companies solely...AudioThe Festival of BritainWednesday 13 April 2011The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide...AudioHeralds and heraldry at The National ArchivesFriday 25 March 2011The National Archives holds possibly the greatest collection of untapped source material for heralds...AudioUFO file release March 2011Thursday 3 March 2011Dr David Clarke, author of ‘The UFO Files’ and senior lecturer in Journalism at...AudioBroadmoor revealed: The Victorian asylumFriday 25 February 2011Broadmoor Hospital opened in 1863 and has always admitted patients who would otherwise have...AudioFictional obscenities: lesbianism and censorship in the early 20th centuryMonday 7 February 2011How was the concept of obscenity governed in the absence of specific statutes that...AudioDamaged, disturbed and dismembered: disability and war in the 20th centuryMonday 24 January 2011Wars in the 20th century have been responsible for the deaths of millions of...AudioTitanic: the official storyWednesday 19 January 2011This talk marks the ninty-eighth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Using documents... « 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 19 »