Social history

What was behind the garrotting panics of London?
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London
Posted
20 April 2024
Illuminated. Fragments - The London Nail Bombings. Audio, 29 minutes
The London nail bombings of 1999 viewed through some of the striking images of the events.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
London's 391 years of going bananas for bananas
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London
Posted
10 April 2024
Headstocks consultation fails to reassure campaigner
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Nottingham
Posted
8 April 2024
Rwanda Thirty Years On. Audio, 28 minutes
Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Heritage museum fears closure over loss of premises
Attribution
Nottingham
Posted
28 March 2024
Centuries-old jumper revealed at National Archives
Attribution
London
Posted
2 March 2024
Hanged woman's case denied pardon bid
Attribution
London
Posted
28 February 2024
Celebrating Cockney culture could 'fight prejudice'
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London
Posted
28 February 2024
Auctioned postcards 'offer snapshot of bygone era'
Attribution
Cumbria
Posted
8 February 2024
How WW2 captives found a glint of light to live
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London
Posted
3 February 2024
Centuries of public records made available online
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
2 February 2024
Bus depot campaigners apply for listed status
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Northampton
Posted
25 January 2024
Fishing industry play inspired by 1960s radio show
Attribution
Norfolk
Posted
21 January 2024
The gaiety and grimness of The Great Frost
Attribution
London
Posted
17 January 2024
The Ely Estate. Audio, 28 minutes
The perception and the reality of life in Ely, a big housing estate on the edge of Cardiff
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
How chocolate became the winter beverage of choice
Attribution
London
Posted
11 December 2023
Lost pubs remembered in newly released photos
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Tees
Posted
10 December 2023
Archive on 4. Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes. Audio, 57 minutes
Sue Perkins explores how Doctor Who has reflected our social history on and off screen.
Attribution
BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Black women 'most likely to die in medieval plague'
Attribution
London
Posted
21 November 2023
Henge monument and Roman kilns found at housing dig
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Nottingham
Posted
15 November 2023
Portrait of historical figure returns to island
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
10 November 2023