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Trials: Murder on the High Seas and Trial by Jury
Season 5 Episode 17
In the second episode in our mini-series on trial records, we look at the long and colourful history of trial by jury. First, we hear about the sensa…
5 years, 6 months ago
Trials: Ordeal and Combat
Season 5 Episode 16
In the first installment of a three-part series on our trial records, we're examining the history of trials by ordeal and combat. This episode has wi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Trailer: Trials
Season 5
In our latest three-part podcast series, we are exploring stories from our collection which tell the history of trials, from witch trials and trial b…
5 years, 6 months ago
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, 10 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