History

Arts & Ideas. Images of Persia. Audio, 45 minutes
Poetry by Hafez, Nowruz (New Year) and the Haft Sin table, the Mongol invasion, music
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Rare portrait of 17th Century heiress is restored
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Suffolk
Posted
11 March
Shakespeare stage theatre sets sights on reopening
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Norfolk
Posted
11 March
Century-old RNLI anniversary brochure resurfaces
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Somerset
Posted
9 March
Permission given for statue of famous Lincoln dog
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Lincolnshire
Posted
9 March
Portraits of Punjabi community added to gallery
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Wolverhampton
Posted
9 March
Dig to explore 'mysterious features' at Sutton Hoo
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Suffolk
Posted
8 March
Secrets of the past uncovered at Victorian market
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London
Posted
7 March
Culloden battlefield broadsword to be auctioned
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Highlands & Islands
Posted
6 March
Photographic treasures found hidden in Texas desk
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Coventry & Warwickshire
Posted
6 March
Witness History. The Carnation Revolution in Portugal. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1974, a 41-year regime was overthrown in a day
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Ancient treasures found on A66 dig
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Cumbria
Posted
4 March
Street artists give passers-by glimpse of past
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
4 March
Unearthed WW2 bunker set to be open to the public
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Guernsey
Posted
4 March
RNLI celebrates 200 years of 'saving lives at sea'
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London
Posted
4 March
Discovering the Music of Antiquity. Video, 56 minutes
Musical historians embark on a mission to realise the potential of an ancient music score.
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BBC Four
Available for over a year
Pupils take trip down memory lane to make films. Video, 00:02:09
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London
Posted
3 March
'When to be poor, pretty and petulant was a crime'
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
3 March
A Point of View. The Death and Life of Modern Martyrs. Audio, 9 minutes
Sarah Dunant on Alexei Navalny and the creation of a modern martyr.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
'Extremely rare' gold ring linked to woman
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Norfolk
Posted
29 February
Grade II listing for lake inspired by Peter Pan
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Suffolk
Posted
29 February
'No evidence to suggest' missing medals were stolen
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Essex
Posted
28 February
Opposition grows to cottage hospital demolition
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Northampton
Posted
28 February
Old shipwreck begins to break up on Orkney beach
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
27 February