Category: Social history AudioLocating London’s wartime past: www.bombsight.orgFriday 9 August 2013Bomb Sight uses geography to link together The National Archives’ Second World War Bomb...AudioCars and democracy: British trusteeship of Volkswagen 1945 to 1949Friday 2 August 2013This talk gives an overview of British policy and the decisions relating to the...AudioNo (inter)sex please, we’re OlympiansThursday 18 July 2013The treatment of Caster Semenya, the South African athlete whose victory in the 800m...AudioThe secret listenersFriday 12 July 2013Before Bletchley Park could break the German war machine’s codes, the enemy’s radio traffic...AudioJoin up and see the world! British military recruitment after national serviceFriday 28 June 2013In the First and Second World Wars, men had come forward to join the...AudioWriter of the month: In conversation with Dominic SandbrookMonday 24 June 2013A session in conversation with Dominic Sandbrook, talking about his recent book, ‘Seasons in...AudioWriter of the month: An A-Z of interesting things about Elizabethan EnglandTuesday 28 May 2013Ian Mortimer started his career as a poet, then qualified as an archivist and...AudioHillsborough: the tangled webFriday 26 April 2013As a member of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, Christine Gifford led the Panel on...AudioAn introduction to the fifth tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesThursday 25 April 2013The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer...VideoA momentous question: decorating the Victorian homeMonday 22 April 2013The rise of an increasingly affluent Victorian middle class and the availability of mass...AudioHearth Tax: an introductionFriday 12 April 2013The hearth tax was levied on householders in England and Wales between 1662 and...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... « 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 31 »