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Public Health Crises: Exploring Britain's Medical History
Episode 15
Over the last 600 years, Britain has faced its fair share of public health crises. In this episode, we are investigating four deadly pandemics and ep…
5 years, 8 months ago
Public Health Crises: Exploring Britain's Medical History
Over the centuries, Britain has faced its fair share of public health crises and recently we have seen an increase in interest in our records about …
5 years, 8 months ago
Victorian Cats, Medieval Hospitals, and Frontline Nurses
Season 4 Episode 14
Illustrator Louis Wain changed the way we think about cats and dedicated his life to improving their welfare. Richard Whittington is the real man beh…
5 years, 11 months ago
Smugglers, Spies and Dragon Slayers
Season 4 Episode 13
A British spy named Pearl jumps from a plane under cover of night. A Thai shopkeeper named Boonpong decides to risk everything for strangers from the…
5 years, 11 months ago
Civil Rights & Public Health
Season 4 Episode 12
In 1921, W.E.B. Du Bois (the African American thinker and NAACP co-founder) sent a letter to Winston Churchill with a rather interesting request. A c…
5 years, 11 months ago
Trailer: Heroic Deeds
In this three-part series we're exploring stories in our collection with the theme of heroic deeds.
As our long-time listeners will know, we like to …
6 years ago
Untold Battle of Britain
Episode 11
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." That iconic Churchill line has framed our remembrance of the Battle of …
6 years, 1 month ago
Trailer: Untold Battle of Britain
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain we have joined forces with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force Museum to share some les…
6 years, 1 month ago
Refugee Stories
Episode 10
Refugee Week is an annual event that celebrates the contributions of refugees to Britain. Many refugee stories have found their way onto our reposito…
6 years, 4 months ago
Trailer: Refugee Stories
To mark Refugee Week we are sharing just a few refugee stories from our vast collection. In a special episode we will also be going beyond the docume…
6 years, 4 months ago