Category: Social history audio AudioMadame Rachel of Bond StreetFriday 10 December 2010Author Helen Rappaport discusses the subject of her newest book, Beautiful For Ever: Madame...AudioHidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947Monday 29 November 2010Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University uncovers the hidden voices of Muslim women...AudioCredit crunch histories: records of bankrupts in The National ArchivesFriday 22 October 2010Bankruptcy proceedings have been taking place in England and Wales for over 400 years....AudioFreedom fighters: sources for black loyalists at The National ArchivesFriday 15 October 2010Abi Husainy reveals the African American contribution to the American revolution, using documents and...AudioThe Kitchen Front: domestic life in the Second World WarFriday 24 September 2010Find out how documents held by The National Archives can reveal a fascinating picture...AudioAlcohol Consumption in Historical PerspectiveFriday 20 August 2010Dr Phil Withington is an expert on the role of intoxicants in the early...AudioUFO file release August 2010Thursday 5 August 2010Dr David Clarke, author of The UFO files and senior lecturer in Journalism at...AudioTourists and booking clerks – information for family historians in the Thomas Cook ArchivesFriday 30 July 2010Paul Smith, company archivist of Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, offers a general account...AudioThe pub and the peopleFriday 16 July 2010Simon Fowler use contemporary accounts to look back at the pub ‘experience’ over the...AudioIdentity and identity theftFriday 2 July 2010Steve Hindle of the University of Warwick shows how contemporary issues relating to international...AudioThe National Archives goes to the moviesMonday 21 June 2010Trace the history of cinema in Britain through the collections of The National Archives....AudioWomen, darts and the pub in the interwar periodFriday 4 June 2010Dart historian Patrick Chaplin offers a surprising insight into the role of women in... « 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 19 »