The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes overlooked
Ep. 152 – Defence of Trinity College during the Easter Rising – Dr Rory...
Dr Rory Sweetman, of the Centre for Scottish and Irish Studies at the University of Otago, New Ze...
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Ep. 151 – Desertion in the UK during WW1 – Andrea Hetherington
Andrea Hetherington talks about her research into soldiers who deserted in Britain during the Gre...
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Ep. 150 – War Without End – Prof. Sir Hew Strachan
Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Patron of The Western Front Association and Professor at University o...
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Ep. 149 – The Amritsar Massacre – Vanessa Holburn
Journalist and writer Vanessa Holburn talks about her recent book on the 1919 Amritsar Massacre....
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Ep. 148 – The First and the Last of the Sheffield City Bn – John Cornwell
John Cornwell talks about his book on the first recruit and last survivor of the 12th Battalion,...
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Ep. 147 – Officer Cadet Battalions – Charles Fair
Charles Fair talks about his research into Officer Cadet Battalions during the Great War. The evo...
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Ep. 146 – The YMCA during WW1 – Kathryn White
Kathryn White, a PhD history student at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, talks about her d...
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Ep. 145 – Stories from the Bo’ness War Memorial – Alan Gow & Robert Jardine
Alan Gow and Robert Jardine about their book (written with Richard Hannah) on the lives and war s...
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Ep. 144 – British West Indies Regiment and the Taranto 1918 Mutiny – Tony T
Tony T, Oral Historian and Producer from Sweet Patootee productions, talks about a historical doc...
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Ep. 143 – Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos of the FWW – Dr Ann-M...
Dr Anne-Marie Foster, Lecturer, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen...
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Ep. 142 – The Battle of the Somme Film – Dr Toby Haggith
Dr Toby Haggith, Senior Curator, Department of Second World War and Mid-20th Century Conflict, Im...
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Ep. 141 – The Heugh Battery in the Great War – Diane Stephens
Diane Stephens, Manager of the Heugh Battery Museum about the battery and its role in the First W...
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