Category: Social history 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...VideoCO 1069 – Australasia through a lensTuesday 22 January 2013A look at the work of Charles Percy Pickering and John William Lindt, two...VideoCO 1069: The Colonial Office Library Photographic CollectionWednesday 16 January 2013Stephen Cable introduces CO 1069: The Colonial Office Library Photographic Collection....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...AudioAn introduction to the fourth tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesThursday 29 November 2012The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer...AudioAdlestrop: railways, poetry and the myths of 1914Friday 23 November 2012Adlestrop by Edward Thomas is one of the nation’s favourite poems. Written in the...AudioTracing marriages; legal requirements and actual practice, 1700-1836Friday 2 November 2012Based upon studies of thousands of couples, this podcast explains how, when and where... « 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 31 »