Tag: Transcribed AudioThe secret listenersFriday 12 July 2013Before Bletchley Park could break the German war machine’s codes, the enemy’s radio traffic...AudioBrick walls and lost ancestorsFriday 31 May 2013Even the luckiest of family historians will come up against brick walls from time...AudioThe Journey’s End Battalion: The 9th East Surrey and RC Sherriff in the Great WarFriday 3 May 2013Journey’s End is a well-known play about the Great War. The author, RC Sherriff,...AudioWriter of the month: The children of Henry VIIIMonday 29 April 2013John Guy tells the story of the family drama of England’s wealthiest and most...VideoA momentous question: decorating the Victorian homeMonday 22 April 2013The rise of an increasingly affluent Victorian middle class and the availability of mass...AudioWriter of the month: Stalingrad and Berlin – researching the reality of warMonday 25 March 2013Antony Beevor discusses his experience of researching the reality of war. Antony Beevor is...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...AudioTracing battalions or regiments of the British Army during the Great WarFriday 1 February 2013This podcast gives you an introduction to the various records at The National Archives...AudioGeography, art and the sinking of the Mary RoseFriday 4 January 2013King Henry VIII watched as the Mary Rose, pride of his Navy, suddenly capsized...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... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 10 »