Podcast Episodes

Are We Forgetting The First World War?

Season 9 Episode 17

Is the First World War slowly fading from public memory, or has our relationship with the Great War simply changed? In this episode, Are We Forgetting The First World War?, we explore how interest in…

Published on 1 day, 3 hours ago

Questions and Answers Episode 43

Season 9 Episode 16

In this episode of The Old Front Line, we explore how individual lives and institutions reveal the human realities of the First World War.

We begin by asking why only three officers were Shot at Dawn …

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Forgotten Memoirs of the Great War Part 2

Season 9 Episode 15

We return to the subject of Forgotten Memoirs of the First World War and discuss The Years of Remembrance by Harold Maybury which was published in 1924. Maybury served in the ranks of the 2/4th Batta…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Questions and Answers Episode 42

Season 9 Episode 14

In this episode, we delve into a lesser-known but essential aspect of First World War life: the use and organisation of latrines on the battlefield. Where did soldiers actually go to the toilet, how …

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

A Tale of Two Veterans

Season 9 Episode 13

In this episode we discuss the importance of oral history and what it tells us about the experience of conflict and the culture of the British military in the Great War, and we contrast two interview…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Questions and Answers Episode 41

Season 9 Episode 12

In this episode, we unpack the meaning and origins of the term Downland, and explore how this distinctive landscape helps us better understand the geography and terrain of the First World War.

We take…

Published on 1 month ago

Caring For The Silent Cities

Season 9 Episode 11

In this special edition, we’re joined by Jon Gedling, Director of Estates for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to discuss the challenges and responsibilities involved in caring for First World…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Questions and Answers Episode 40

Season 9 Episode 10

In this 40th Questions and Answers episode, we explore some of the lesser-known battlefields of the Western Front, uncovering places where traces of the First World War fighting can still be seen tod…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

West of Arras: Behind The Lines

Season 9 Episode 9

We travel to the area Behind the Lines of West of Arras, visiting cemeteries where Casualty Clearing Stations were moved back to in 1918, discuss a small village where WW1 meets WW2, discover some or…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Questions and Answers Episode 39

Season 9 Episode 8

In this episode we ask what is the current size of the 'Zone Rouge' and are there plans to clear it? We then look at the use of morphine to treat pain and was this misused? We then look at when Steel…

Published on 2 months ago