The National Archives Podcast Series
The National Archives Podcast Series will remain live, but will not be updated with new content. For new podcasts from us head over to On the Record at The National Archives.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 544
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2022
Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 - 1914
Well-known military historian Professor Richard Holmes examines Indian soldiering in peace and war. He addresses the experience of ordinary soldiers, why they joined up, how they got to India and wh…
00:56:25 |
Mon 17 Jul 2006
Inventions in 18th century Britain
Maxine Berg, Professor of History at the Eighteenth Century Centre, University of Warwick, explores the inventions and the making and buying of goods in 18th century Britain.
00:48:24 |
Fri 28 Apr 2006
A bag of secrets
Dr. Tracey Sowerby of Pembroke College, Oxford, introduces listeners to the records of Tudor government held at The National Archives. She examines records of Parliament, delves into the murky treaso…
00:40:46 |
Mon 02 Jan 2006
The problem of the poor: faith, science and poverty in 19th century Britain
Dr. John Shaw discusses Victorian attitudes to the poor and how they developed over the 19th century. As the Church tried to decide whether charity was the solution or part of the problem, Victorian …
00:43:25 |
Sun 01 Jan 2006
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