Tagged with: History
Posts (58)
-
Home Front: The Changing Role of Women in WW1
Maggie Andrews
Professor, Consultant Historian
To mark International Women’s Day, we asked Professor Maggie Andrews, consultant historian to Radio 4’s Home Front to explore the changing role of women in WW1.
-
Home Front: The Changing Role of Women in WW1
Maggie Andrews
Professor, Consultant Historian
As part of International Women's Day, BBC Radio 4's Home Front looks at the changing role of women in WW1.
-
Remembering Churchill’s Funeral
David Cannadine
Historian
David Cannadine, presenter of ‘Churchill’s Other Lives’ remembers Churchill’s funeral 50 years ago.
-
A History of the N-Word
Radio 4
Historically, the N-word – one of the most hated and hateful in the English language – has been associated with the USA. Archive Hour producer Colin Grant explores the legacy of this controversial and hateful word.
-
In Our Time: The Talmud
Melvyn Bragg
The Talmud, of which I had the merest knowledge, proved to be a revelation in many ways.
-
In Our Time - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Melvyn Bragg
In Thursday's programme Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
-
In Our Time - The Sino-Japanese War
Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg's discusses the Sino-Japanese War on Radio 4's In Our Time.
-
Radio 4’s plans for World War One programmes this summer
Gwyneth Williams
Gwyneth Williams outlines Radio 4’s plans for World War One programmes this summer. We'll have Home Front, an ambitious drama with more than 500 episodes, and factual programmes that will help listeners feel something new and insightful about the period leading up to war.
-
In Our Time: Early Chinese History
Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss sources of Early Chinese History.
