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Branch Podcast: Good Evening Sweetheart
Glasgow & West Scotland Branch Podcast
Just before the talk was due to start in Hillhead Library a young librarian rushed in waving a sheet of paper, looking very excited - the Secretary wondered if we were double booked and about to be asked to leave. But no! She announced that the speakers, Peter and Sue Mowforth, had...
Branch Podcast: Good Evening Sweetheart
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Recorded Webinar: Mass-Observing Modern Britain
Article
Mass-Observation is probably the most consistently useful source for the study of mid and late 20th social lives Britain. It was established in 1937 with the aim of investigating ordinary life and developing an 'anthropology of ourselves.' It used a range of different methods to collect information, from recording overheard...
Recorded Webinar: Mass-Observing Modern Britain
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Magna Carta today
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Justin Fisher discusses why Magna Carta is still significant today.
Magna Carta today
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The Suffragette Movement
HA podcasted history
Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women acheiving the vote in the early 20th century.
The Suffragette Movement
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Votes for Women
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign for women’s suffrage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This includes videos looking at why the suffrage campaign started in the 1860s; introductions to the main suffrage organisations, their leaders and...
Votes for Women
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Reforming Parliament
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaign and steps taken in the nineteenth century to reform Parliament. This playlist starts by asking what was wrong with Parliament before the Great Reform Act, before going on to look at the...
Reforming Parliament
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Abolition of Slavery
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students examine the campaigns to abolish both the slave trade and slavery itself, including a number of actor readings of pamphlets and speeches that help illustrate key arguments made by abolitionists and defenders of slavery. The...
Abolition of Slavery
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Peterloo
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore the Peterloo Massacre, looking at its origins, outcome and longer term historical significance. The playlist also contains 18 dramatised primary sources drawn from The National Archives and the Parliamentary Archives. These are designed to...
Peterloo
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The Challenger Expedition
The History of the Royal Society
In this podcast Dr Jordan Goodman looks at the Challenger Expedition and its' scientific significance. The Challenger expedition of 1872 to 1876 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger.
The Challenger Expedition
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The evolution of surgery
Podcast
In this podcast, Michael Crumplin explores the development of military surgery during the Napoleonic Wars. He provides a brief context of the evolution of surgery and outlines the changes in training, surgical knowledge, militarisation, apparatus and patient experience.
The evolution of surgery
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The Development of the British Army
Podcast
In this podcast, Professor Bruce Collins looks at the development of the British army during the French Wars and the nineteenth century.
The Development of the British Army
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Britain in the Age of Revolutions
Video podcast series by History Hub, Royal Holloway, University of London
In this series of videos, produced by Royal Holloway, University of London, staff and students explore British responses to the American and French Revolutions. This playlist includes videos looking at the origins of the American Revolution; specific questions like ‘Why didn’t French-Canadians join the revolution?; and actor readings of key...
Britain in the Age of Revolutions
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The development of the British Navy
Podcast
In this podcast, Professor Bruce Collins of Sheffield Hallam University explores the development of the British navy during the French Wars and the 19th century. Professor Collins outlines the place of the navy in Britain’s psyche at the beginning of the French Wars and the importance of coastal transport, as well...
The development of the British Navy
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The British Armenian community
Podcast
In this podcast Ara Iskanderian looks at the history of the British Armenian community and how it developed over the 19th and 20th centuries.
The British Armenian community
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Britain's Sikh Communities
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Emerita Eleanor Nesbitt of the of the University of Warwick discusses the history of Britain's Sikh communities.
Britain's Sikh Communities
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Britain's Hindu Communities
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Emerita Eleanor Nesbitt of the University of Warwick discusses the history of Britain's Hindu communities.
Britain's Hindu Communities
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The Legacy of Chartism
Podcast
In this podcast Professor Penelope Corfield looks at the legacy of the Chartist Movement, links to later political movements and discusses what the fate of the Chartist Movement can tell us about the difficulties in organising sustained protests and campaigning from outside the political system.
The Legacy of Chartism
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The Legacy of Joseph Banks
The History of the Royal Society
In this podcast Dr Jordan Goodman discusses the legacy of Joseph Banks. In 1778, Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was elected President of the Royal Society, a post he held until his death.
The Legacy of Joseph Banks
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The Irish Famine
19th Century Irish History
In this podcast Professor Peter Gray examines the impact and significance of the Irish Famine and looks at why it was so devastating.
The Irish Famine
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The Chartists
The History of Democracy in Britain
In this podcast Professor Eric Evans examines the development of the Chartist movement and its legacy.
The Chartists
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Early British Radicals
The History of Democracy in Britain
In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the early British radicals from Thomas Paine and Mary Wollenstoncraft to the Peterloo Massacre and the Reform Crisis.
Early British Radicals
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Darwin and the Origin of Species
The History of Science
In this podcast Professor Jim Secord and Dr Alison Pearn of the Darwin Correspondence Project look at how Darwin developed his theory of evolution by natural selection and the significance of his publication: The Origin of Species.
Darwin and the Origin of Species
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The Parliament Act of 1911
The History of Democracy in Britain
In this podcast Dr Rosie Kennedy of Goldsmiths College, University of London discusses the origins and significance of the Parliament Act of 1911, the historic confrontation between the House of Lords and the House of Commons and the emergence of a more democratic political system.
The Parliament Act of 1911
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The British Muslim Community
Podcast
In this podcast Dr Sophie Gilliat-Ray of Cardiff University looks at the growth and development of the British Muslim Community.
The British Muslim Community
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The British Humanist Association
Podcast
In this podcast Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association looks at the origins and history the British Humanist Association.
The British Humanist Association
