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Volunteers in WW1 with Richard Van Emden
Season 6 Episode 6
In this latest Trench Chat we are joined by author and historian Richard Van Emden to discuss his new book 'Volunteers' about the men who enlisted as…
2 years, 5 months ago
Return of The Old Front Line
Season 6 Episode 5
After moving house, and nearly three hundred miles with the Old Front Line archives and library, we return from a new location, new ideas for the pod…
2 years, 5 months ago
Podcasting About the Great War
Season 6 Episode 4
In this special Trench Chat we bring together four Great War Podcasters: I was so very happy and honoured to be joined by Mike Cunha, Matt Dixon and …
2 years, 6 months ago
Somme Mine Craters with Peter Doyle
Season 6 Episode 3
In this latest Trench Chat we speak to Professor Peter Doyle about his current research on the mine craters of the Somme battlefields. We learn how w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Walking Arras: Hénin Hill
Season 6 Episode 2
On a hill above the village of Hénin, close to Arras, stood a wooden cross remembering soldiers of the 64th Brigade who fell there in 1917. Preserved…
2 years, 7 months ago
Charley's War
Season 6 Episode 1
Charley's War was a comic strip published in the late 1970s and early 1980s telling the story of Charley Bourne, a 16 year old Tommy on the front lin…
2 years, 7 months ago
Season 5 Old Front Line Roundup
Season 5 Episode 25
In this episode we look back over Season 5, discuss some of the subjects we have spoken about during the past few months, explain how the podcast is …
2 years, 8 months ago
Somme: Contalmaison to Bazentin
Season 5 Episode 24
For the final episode of Season 5 we are back on the Somme. At Contalmaison we discover the story of how the history of Great War football weaves thr…
2 years, 8 months ago
Great War Music with Beverley Palin
Season 5 Episode 23
In this special Trench Chat, we meet historian, re-enactor and professional musician Beverley Palin, and discover the story of two original WW1 instr…
2 years, 8 months ago
Verdun In A Day
Season 5 Episode 22
In the latest of our series of Battlefields in a Day, we travel to Eastern France and look at the Battlefields around Verdun. Verdun was the longest …
2 years, 8 months ago