Social history
AntiSocial. What is “the patriarchy”? Audio, 6 minutes
Where does the term “patriarchy” come from and what does it mean?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. The stories behind our names. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael talks to Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by names
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted11 July 2023
The Hidden History of the Attic. Audio, 28 minutes
Rachel Hurdley discovers a part of the home full of memory, mystery and possession.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 March 2023
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- Posted24 March 2023
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- Posted7 March 2023
The Radio 3 Documentary. Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados. Audio, 45 minutes
Peter Brathwaite discovers the music of his black enslaved & white slave-owning ancestors
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted22 January 2023
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- Posted10 January 2023
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- Posted9 January 2023
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- Posted26 December 2022
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- Posted4 December 2022
The People’s Piazza: A History of Covent Garden. Video, 89 minutes
David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of London’s Covent Garden Piazza.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
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- Posted9 November 2022
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- Posted25 September 2022
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- Posted31 August 2022
Arts & Ideas. 1922: Allotments. Audio, 15 minutes
John Gallagher investigates the Allotments Act of 1922
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Suburbia. Better out than in. Audio, 28 minutes
Ian Hislop explores the culture that emerges from, and describes, Suburbia.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Inheritors of Partition. Audio, 42 minutes
The legacy of the division of the Indian subcontinent in Britain today
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted31 July 2022
