British History in the Long 18th Century22 June 2011Bob Harris (Worcester College, Oxford)Scottish townscapes and ‘improvement’ in the age of enlightenment c. 1720-1820 Did the enlightenment reach provincial Scottish towns in the Georgian period? What, if any,...
Voluntary Action HistoryTwo Tier Philanthropy: the Philanthropists who funded the Bishop of London’s Fund and the work that the Fund financed, 1863 to 1914Sarah Flew (The Open University)10 October 2011 Sarah Flew looks at nineteenth century philanthropy from...
History of LibrariesThe Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland – Five years on: a reviewPeter Hoare (Nottingham)11 October 2011Peter Hoare was not there at the very beginning but not long after – in fact he became editor very soon after Robin Alston had...
Sport and Leisure History9 May 2011Dr David Dee (De Montfort University)The British Union of Fascists and the ‘Sporting Jew’, 1935-1939 In the 1930s the British Union of Fascists (BUF) published two newspapers which promoted their anti-Semitic agenda. The first was...
Metropolitan History The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London’s fabricPeter Guillery and Philip Temple (Survey of London, English Heritage)12 October 2011 Peter Guillery starts by telling his listeners what the survey of London...
Franco-British History15 December 2011Jeudi 15 décembre à 18h : Rémy Duthille (Bordeaux 3), « Patriotisme et bienveillance universelle chez les radicaux britanniques, 1776-1789 » Today on History SPOT a new podcast has been uploaded from the Franco-British history...
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