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. 140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws](/media/10399/ep-140-cover_opopopopo.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132298621331730000)
Ep. 140 – Who Killed Kitchener? – David Laws
Former cabinet minister and MP, David Laws talks about Kitchener: his sad youth growing up in Ire...
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Ep. 139 – Bilsdale in the Great War – Susan Laffey
Sue Laffey talks about the research she and Ida Atkinson did into the community of Bilsdale, Nort...
Read More![Ep. 138 – The Indian Labour Corps in the First World War – Pratap Chhetri](/media/32117/indian-labour-corps-in-ww1-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143675125070000)
Ep. 138 – The Indian Labour Corps in the First World War – Pratap Chhetri
Pratrap Chhetri’s research and interest goes beyond the statistics to take in tribal culture, mem...
Read More![Ep. 137 – The letters of Douglas Haig and Hugo De Pree – Prof. Gary Sheffield](/media/10402/ep-137-18491.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132298621342670000)
Ep. 137 – The letters of Douglas Haig and Hugo De Pree – Prof. Gary Shef...
Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, talks abou...
Read More![Ep. 136 – Food in the Trenches – Dr Rachel Duffett](/media/10403/ep-136-41v0fpohdll_sx310_bo1204203200_.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132298621344570000)
Ep. 136 – Food in the Trenches – Dr Rachel Duffett
Dr Rachel Duffett, Research Officer, Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, talks ab...
Read More![Ep. 135 – North East Coastal Communities during the Great War – Dr Michael Reeve](/media/11738/remember-scarborough.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132399863097770000)
Ep. 135 – North East Coastal Communities during the Great War – Dr Micha...
Dr Michael Reeve, Academic Skills Tutor and History Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, talks a...
Read More![Ep. 134 – Bairnsfather’s Better ‘ole' cartoon – Dr Helen Brooks & Dr Pip Gregory](/media/32118/bainsfarther-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143691263700000)
Ep. 134 – Bairnsfather’s Better ‘ole' cartoon – Dr Helen Brooks & Dr Pip...
On this week’s Dispatches podcast, Dr Helen Brooks, Reader in Theatre and Cultural History, Schoo...
Read More![Ep. 133 – African American Servicemen during WW1 – Dr Amanda Nagel](/media/32119/african-american-servicemen-during-ww1-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143698030570000)
Ep. 133 – African American Servicemen during WW1 – Dr Amanda Nagel
Amanda Nagel PhD, Assistant Professor of Military History at the School of Advanced Military Stud...
Read More![Ep. 132 – A Lord Lieutenant at War – Dr Richard Batten](/media/10407/ep-132-9780901853615_41.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132298621361900000)
Ep. 132 – A Lord Lieutenant at War – Dr Richard Batten
Dr Richard Batten, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, talks about a collection...
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Ep. 131 – The 51st Highland Division – Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell about his book on the 51st Highland Division during the Great War that has been re...
Read More![Ep. 130 – Sex on the Western Front – Dr Bruce Cherry](/media/32120/ww1-virgins-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143703311700000)
Ep. 130 – Sex on the Western Front – Dr Bruce Cherry
Dr Bruce Cherry talks about his book on the sex life of the Tommy on the Western Front, They Didn...
Read More![Ep. 129 – Sabaton’s Great War Album – Pär Sundström](/media/10130/ep-129-220px-sabaton_-_the_great_war.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132297024534500000)
Ep. 129 – Sabaton’s Great War Album – Pär Sundström
Pär Sundström, bass player in the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, talks about their new album,...
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