Category: Social history audio AudioWhat happened before today’s Mutual Credit Unions? An introduction to Friends of Labour Loan Societies 1850s-1930sFriday 1 March 2013Friends of Labour Loan Societies have been overlooked in analyses of mutual self-help organisations...AudioReckless, rash and repentant: Convicts’ petitions for mercy 1819-1858Friday 22 February 2013A look at the pardoning process of the early 19th century, and some stories...AudioUgandan Asians in Britain: Journeys across three continents to find a homeMonday 7 January 2013It is 40 years since Idi Amin arbitrarily decided to expel over 70,000 Asians...AudioBess of HardwickFriday 21 December 2012Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury (c1522-1608), known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’, is one of Elizabethan...AudioThe scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil ServiceMonday 17 December 2012Fifty years ago civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for...AudioTracing Huguenot ancestorsFriday 14 December 2012Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution...AudioThe strange journey of Edward Swarthye, an African in Elizabethan England: from the Spanish Caribbean to rural GloucestershireFriday 7 December 2012In 1597, an African man named ‘Edward Swarthye, alias negro’ appeared before an English...AudioMorbidity and mortality on convict voyages to 19th century AustraliaFriday 30 November 2012Between 1803 and 1853 some 67,000 convicts were transported from England and Ireland to...AudioRemembering Samuel Coleridge Taylor; African British musician and pan-AfricanistFriday 19 October 2012This podcast is an audio-visual presentation on the life of one of Britain’s favourite...AudioPhilip Henslowe, Edward Alleyn and the invention of London theatre in the age of ShakespeareFriday 12 October 2012The actor Edward Alleyn and his father-in-law Philip Henslowe built and expanded several London...AudioAn introduction to the third tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesFriday 28 September 2012The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer...AudioHenry VIII and Anne Boleyn: clothing, courtship and consequencesThursday 20 September 2012This talk covers a range of documents in the collection of The National Archives... « 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 19 »