Category: Social history audio AudioThe Sexual Offences Act 1967. Part 2: Wolfenden’s silent womenTuesday 29 August 2017On 27 July 2017, The National Archives held a day of talks to mark the...AudioThe Sexual Offences Act 1967. Part 1: The lives of men from 1953 to the 1967 ActTuesday 29 August 2017On 27 July 2017, The National Archives held a day of talks to mark the...AudioSexuality under scrutiny in 1930s SohoTuesday 18 July 2017In 1934, homosexual acts between men – in public and in private – were...AudioOscar Wilde’s trial and imprisonment – a short playFriday 14 July 2017This short play explores the trial and imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. In 1895 the...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryTuesday 4 July 2017In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about...Audio‘A Bit of a Scratch’, a radio drama about the battle against Venereal Disease during the First World WarFriday 16 June 2017‘A Bit of a Scratch’ explores the first recorded prosecution under the Venereal Diseases...AudioMedieval treason and magicThursday 15 June 2017In this podcast, two of our records specialists tell us about treason and necromancy in The National...AudioBlack British politics and the Anti-Apartheid struggleMonday 24 April 2017In 1948, from the introduction of apartheid in South Africa, racial discrimination galvanized the...AudioBureau-cats: A short history of Whitehall’s official felinesWednesday 29 March 2017Public interest in the cats of Whitehall began long before Larry, Palmerston and Gladstone graced...AudioTracy Borman on ‘The Private Lives of the Tudors’Monday 6 March 2017Tracy Borman reveals how the Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of...AudioTalks from the National LGBT History Festival: E-J Scott on collecting for the Museum of TransologyMonday 20 February 2017On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for...AudioTalks from the National LGBT History Festival: Emma Vickers on trans veterans of the British Armed ForcesMonday 20 February 2017On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for... « 1 2 3 4 … 19 »