Category: Social history 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...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...AudioSailors, storms and science: how Royal Navy logbooks help us understand climate changeFriday 10 September 2010Dr Dennis Wheeler, from the University of Sunderland, discusses the use of historical Royal...AudioAlcohol Consumption in Historical PerspectiveFriday 20 August 2010Dr Phil Withington is an expert on the role of intoxicants in the early... « 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 31 »