The Western Front Association's podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' with Dr Tom Thorpe are an eclectic mix of relaxed discussions with all kinds of contributors: experts in their particular fields, authors, historians, performers, speakers, researches, museum archivists and curators which sometimes shine a light into areas of the first world war which are overlooked.
Ep.255 – Association Football on the Home Front – Dr Alexander Jackson
Dr Alexander Jackson, a curator at the National Football Museum, talks about his recent book Foot...
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Ep.254 – 1919 Peace Day Mugs & Medals – Giles Penman
Historical researcher Giles Penman, studying at the University of Warwick, talks about his resear...
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Ep.253 – The Kaiser during the Great War – Prof Matt Fitzpatrick
Historian Professor Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sci...
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Ep.252 – Frank Prewett and the Great War – Prof Joy Porter
Historian and author Professor Joy Porter, Professor of Indigenous & Environmental History an...
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Ep.251 – Debating America’s response to the Great War – Dr Neil Lanctot
Historian Dr Neil Lanctot talks about his recent book The Approaching Storm which explores the do...
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Ep.250. p1 – Sir Henry Rawlinson – Prof. Robin Prior
Historian and author Professor Robin Prior, visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaid...
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Ep.250.pt2 – The Western Front – Prof Nick Lloyd
Dr Nick Lloyd, Professor of Modern Warfare at King’s College London, talks about his recent book...
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Ep.249 – The Illustrated Chronicle during the First World War – Peter Welsh
Historian Peter Welsh talks about his research into the daily Northumbrian newspaper, the Illustr...
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Ep.248 – 2nd line Territorial Force Divisions in the First World War –...
Author and historian Dr Bill Mitchinson talks about his latest book ‘Of No Earthly Use’ that expl...
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Ep. 247 – The Punjab Record Project – Dr Gavin Rand
Historian Dr Gavin Rand, Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich talks about the recen...
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Ep.246 – Centre for Experimental Military Archaeology and the Great War...
Archaeologist, historian and author Andy Robertshaw talks about his work with the Centre for Expe...
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Ep.245 – Brian Feeney – Antrim and the Irish Revolution, 1912 – 23
Journalist and historian, Dr Brian Feeney talks about his recent book exploring the impact of the...
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