Tag: Britain AudioSelling history: the role of the past at Fortnum and MasonFriday 4 May 2012Founded in the year when Great Britain was created, the history of Fortnum and Mason...AudioHenry VIII: Dynasty and power in Tudor EnglandFriday 17 February 2012Henry VIII is one of the best-known monarchs in history. By the time Henry...AudioUntold histories: black Britons during the period of the British slave trade, c1660-1807Monday 12 December 2011What was life like for the ‘average’ black person in England before the 20th...AudioEnglish burial and cemetery records online and on filmMonday 24 October 2011This talk gives an overview of online sources for English burial and cemetery records,...Audio20th century Treasury recordsFriday 21 October 2011Some researchers might feel apprehensive about the prospect of investigating 20th century Treasury records,...AudioThe 1911 Census: a vision of EnglandFriday 14 October 2011The 1911 census was the 12th national census of the United Kingdom, and in...AudioCatch-up history and the Cold WarFriday 3 September 2010Professor Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London University, and...AudioNew Britons – Immigration to the United KingdomFriday 22 January 2010Mark Peasall looks at immigration into Britain from the 16th to the 20th century...VideoCarve Her Name With PrideThursday 8 October 2009This videocast is part of the War on Film series, created by The National...AudioInternmentMonday 21 September 2009On the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, some 70,000 Germans and Austrians...AudioResearching the British Empire and CommonwealthFriday 26 June 2009The British Empire existed for four centuries and, at its height, governed one quarter...AudioNaturalisation and alien registrationThursday 16 April 2009Using records at The National Archives, this talk examines the various Alien Acts that... 1 2 »