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...
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...
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...
Big Ideas: Freedom of Memory: A new human right?
This presentation introduces the concept of Freedom of Memory, which Elizabeth is currently...
Security Service file release October 2015: Introduction
Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of 'The Defence of...
Security Service file release October 2015: Discussion
Stephen Twigge head of modern collections at The National Archives in conversation with Professor...
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...
'Over the top: a foul a blurry foul' – the first football charge of the First World War
Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the world. It includes, among...
1939 National Registration Night
In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, the British government introduced an Act that would...
Kew lives – reconstructing the past
Emily Ward-Willis explains how to research the local history of an area, using the Mortlake...
Writer of the month: Peter Doggett – Electric shock: From the gramophone to the iPhone
Peter Doggett argues that from the birth of recording in the 19th century to the digital age,...
Big Ideas: On pilgrimage in England
The 1930s saw a resurgence of interest in local knowledge and traditions, and intense debate...
Big Ideas: Innovation in the Air Force
Ross Mahoney’s talk is based on sources ranging from operational records held by The National...
Security Service file release August 2015
Professor Christopher Andrew, formerly official historian of MI5 and author of 'The Defence of...
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...
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...
Dunkirk: from disaster to deliverance
Drawing on fresh new interviews with Dunkirk veterans – soldiers and sailors – plus unseen...
Writer of the month: Jenny Uglow
Jenny Uglow talks about her book, In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon’s Wars,...
Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research...
'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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