The National Archives Podcast Series

Bombs, bulls and civilian bravery

In this podcast The National Archives' Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his...

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'A Bit of a Scratch', a radio drama about the battle against Venereal Disease during the First World War

'A Bit of a Scratch' explores the first recorded prosecution under the Venereal Diseases Act...

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Medieval treason and magic

In this podcast, two of our records specialists tell us about treason and necromancy in The...

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'Dadland': the father who was also an undercover guerrilla agent

Keggie Carew discusses her book 'Dadland', a story about a madcap English childhood, the poignant...

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Black British politics and the anti-apartheid struggle

In 1948, from the introduction of apartheid in South Africa, racial discrimination galvanized the...

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From the Somme to Arras

Andrew Lock discusses the progress made by the British Expeditionary Forces between the battles...

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Bureau-cats: A short history of Whitehall's official felines

Public interest in the cats of Whitehall began long before Larry, Palmerston and Gladstone graced...

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Tracy Borman on 'The Private Lives of the Tudors'

Tracy Borman reveals how the Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants,...

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Talks from the National LGBT History Festival: Hilary McCollum on 'Sapphic Suffragettes'

On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for 'OUTing the Past: the...

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Talks from the National LGBT History Festival: Emma Vickers on trans veterans of the British Armed Forces

On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for 'OUTing the Past: the...

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Talks from the National LGBT History Festival: E-J Scott on collecting for the Museum of Transology

On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for 'OUTing the Past: the...

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Archive Notes: Prosthetics and the First World War

The first episode of a Q&A series in which we talk to researchers about the records and stories...

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The life and death of King John

King John's acts of misgovernment prompted his barons to demand reform, setting the kingdom on...

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Defeating the Zeppelins

For almost two years during the First World War, German airships roamed over the British...

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The Battle of Agincourt

In 1415, King Henry V led an army to victory on the field of Agincourt. In this talk, which...

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Jonathan Dimbleby on 'The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War'

In this talk, broadcaster and acclaimed author Jonathan Dimbleby shows how Britain’s success in...

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Traces through Time: a new tool for finding linked records across our collections

This talk introduces 'Traces through Time', a project by The National Archives which combines...

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Never Forget: The Holocaust and Nazi Persecution

In this talk – held as part of Holocaust Memorial Day - record specialists Ela Kaczmarska and...

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Security Service file release September 2016

Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of 'The Defence of...

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Blindness in Victorian Britain

This talk traces how blind and visually-impaired people in the Victorian era became increasingly...

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