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. 89 – Civilian Volunteers during WW1 – Dr Sally White
Dr Sally White talks about her new book Ordinary Heroes on civilian volunteers during the Great War,…
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Ep. 88 – The 10th (Irish) Division – Dr Stephen Sandford
Historian Dr. Stephen Sandford talks about his 2014 book, Neither Unionist Nor Nationalist, about th…
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Ep. 87 – Conscientious Objectors in WW1 – Gerry Barton
Gerry Barton talks about his new book, jointly written with John Babb, on conscientious objectors in…
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Ep. 86 – Dublin’s Great Wars, 1912-23 – Prof. Richard Grayson
Professor Richard Grayson, Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of Londo…
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Ep. 85 – Women of Aktion – female activists in the German 1918 Revolution –…
Professor Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History at the University of Leeds, …
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Ep. 84 – The British Army on the Western Front in 1916 – Dr Spencer Jones
Scholar and author Dr Spencer Jones from the University of Wolverhampton talks about his new book, A…
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Ep. 83 – Wilfred Owen – Dr Kate Kennedy
Scholar and author Dr Kate Kennedy, from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW), based at Wolfson…
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Ep. 82a – Extra Episode – The Capture of the Riqueval Bridge – Jim Tanner
Former Brigadier Jim Tanner, current Chairman of Trustees at the Staffordshire Regimental Museum, ta…
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Ep. 82 – Force Feeding in the First World War – Dr Ian Miller
Medical historian and curator Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about force-feedin…
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Ep. 81 – ‘Haig’s tower of strength’ – General Sir Edward Bulfin – John Powe…
Former Brigadier and author John Powell talks about his biography of General Sir Edward Bulfin, an I…
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Ep. 80 – The Landing in the Dawn – dissecting the Anzac Gallipoli legend – …
Dr James Hurst talks about his latest book (published by Helion & Co.) which reappraises the lan…
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Ep. 79 – Uppingham Public School during the First World War – Tim Halstead…
Historian Tim Halstead talks about his recent book on Uppingham public school during the Great War t…
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