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For king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western Front

Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from remote...

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Writer of the month: A history of war in 100 battles

'Battle is not a game to plug into a computer but a piece of living history: messy, bloody and...

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Big Ideas: Freedom of Memory: A new human right?

This presentation introduces the concept of Freedom of Memory, which Elizabeth is currently...

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Security Service file release October 2015: Introduction

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

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Security Service file release October 2015: Discussion

Stephen Twigge head of modern collections at The National Archives in conversation with Professor...

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Barbara Hepworth, her life and work

Barbara Hepworth’s life and work examined through records held by selected archives, including...

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First World War rugby and the first World Cup

When Britain's Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were among the first men to...

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1939 National Registration Night

In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, the British government introduced an Act that would...

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Kew lives – reconstructing the past

Emily Ward-Willis explains how to research the local history of an area, using the Mortlake...

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Big Ideas: On pilgrimage in England

The 1930s saw a resurgence of interest in local knowledge and traditions, and intense debate...

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Big Ideas: Innovation in the Air Force

Ross Mahoney’s talk is based on sources ranging from operational records held by The National...

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Security Service file release August 2015

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

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War Girls – poetry and prose by women in the First World War

Ruth Sillers talks about, and performs extracts, from her audio book compilation, War Girls. The...

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Waterloo men: the records of Wellington's Waterloo army

By taking two men who fought at Waterloo and exploring how different records bring their careers...

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Dunkirk: from disaster to deliverance

Drawing on fresh new interviews with Dunkirk veterans – soldiers and sailors – plus unseen...

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Writer of the month: Jenny Uglow

Jenny Uglow talks about her book, In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon’s Wars,...

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'The Germans are here!' London's first Zeppelin raid

Ten months into the First World War and the feared onslaught on London by Germany's fleet of...

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