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Ep150 – War without End – Prof. Sir Hew Strachan
00:00|Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Patron of The Western Front Association and Professor at University of St Andrews, talks about the social, political and economic consequences of the Great War for the major combatants immediately after the Armistice.
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Ep149 – The Amritsar Massacre – Vanessa Holburn
00:00|Journalist and writer Vanessa Holburn talks about her recent book on the 1919 Amritsar Massacre. This is published by Pen & Sword.Ep148 – The First and the Last of the Sheffield City Bn – John Cornwell
00:00|John Cornwell talks about his book on the first recruit and last survivor of the 12th Battalion, Yorks and Lancs Regiment (Sheffield City Battalion). This is published by Pen & Sword.Ep147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair
00:00|Charles Fair talks about his research into Officer Cadet Battalions during the Great War.Ep146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White
00:00|Kathryn White, a PhD history student at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, talks about her doctoral research into religion and the YMCA in WW1.Ep145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine
00:00|Alan Gow and Robert Jardine about their book (written with Richard Hannah) on the lives and war serviceof the men who commemorated on the Bo’ness War Memorial, West Lothian.Ep144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T
00:00|Tony T, Oral Historian and Producer from Sweet Patootee productions, talks about a historical documentary he made with colleagues interviewing former black veterans who served in the British West Indies Regiment during the Great War and who witnessed their Regiment’s involvement in the mutiny at Taranto, Italy, in December 1918 (Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mutiny-Rianna-Scipio/dp/B07K1JHJTW).