History News
Early Alistair Cooke episodes found on B-side of old opera recordings
Head of Department, Professor Tim Lockley MBE, features in a Times article about the discovery of three complete and two partial copies of Alistair Cooke’s famous ‘Letter from America’ series, dating from the late 1940s and the early 1950s, which were missing from the BBC archives.
Read the article in full here.
Prof Lockley has also been interviewed by Vic Minnett of BBC CWR for their feature ‘Vicapedia’ discussing why cricketers wear white jumpers.
Listen again on BBC Sounds from 2:40.
Professor Roberta Bivins interview
Listen to expert Professor Roberta Bivins discussing the NHS in an interview for National Public radio in the US.
Professor Christoph Mick appears on the BBC's Who do you think you are?
Professor Christoph Mick appears in an episode of the BBC's Who do you think you are? with personality Sue Perkins.
Historian of science James Poskett discusses his latest book, Horizons, with Dan Snow (@TheHistoryGuy) on the @HistoryHit podcast
https://shows.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/episodes/great-scientists-weve-forgotten-to-remember
Song-Chuan Chen to Broadcast on BBC Radio 4
Dr Song-Chuan Chen will appear on BBC Radio 4 - In our Time, The May Fourth Movement on Thursday 9 December, 9am to talk about Chinese history.
Audio interview by Dr Stefan Bauer on "The Invention of Papal History"
Listen to Dr Stefan Bauer's audio interview on the "Invention of Papal History" at:
Professor Tim Lockley talks to Sky news about the recent unrest in the USA
Interview with Sky news can be seen five minutes into the recording at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbfzxwqgqd0onc8/REC-1124-200530.mp4?dl=0
AHRC-BBC New Thinking podcast about Religion and Ordinary Lives featuring Dr Naomi Pullin
Dr Naomi Pullin, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wawick was involved in a recording for the AHRC-BBC New Thinking podcast about ‘Religion and Ordinary Lives’. This event will be broadcast live via BBC Sounds on BBC Radio 3 on Tuesday 7 April 2020 at 10pm. Further details about the programme can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h1sw