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. 45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard Grayson](/media/11750/dublins-great-wars.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132399939992030000)
Ep. 45 – Dublin’s Great Wars: Parallel Stories 1912-1923 – Prof. Richard...
Professor Richard Grayson, Goldsmith’s London, talks about his forthcoming book on Dublin between...
Read More![Ep. 44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in World War One – John Lee](/media/10012/ep-44-dba34086c4ee7f2d24fc3677682cbb68.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248875200000)
Ep. 44 – The Yanks are Coming! The AEF in World War One – John Lee
John Lee talks about the American Expeditionary Force and how the adapted to combat conditions on...
Read More![Ep. 43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay](/media/10013/ep-43-2a450996e6f747ec80d032e9c84916aa-541x800dm_edit_ztuz4n.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248879270000)
Ep. 43 – The Half Shilling Curate – Sarah Reay
Sarah Reay talks about her latest book The Half Shilling Curate which details her Grandfather Her...
Read More![Ep. 42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrington](/media/10014/ep-42-51qkzupn-zl_sx332_bo1204203200_.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248881770000)
Ep. 42 – What did you do in the Great War, Grandfather? – Charles Barrin...
Charles Barrington talks about his new book (published by Helion and Co.) What did you do in the...
Read More![Ep. 41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart](/media/10015/ep-41-519sfuhwr-l_sx332_bo1204203200_.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248883970000)
Ep. 41 – The Canadians on the Somme – Dr William Stewart
Dr William Stewart talks about his latest book, published by Helion and Co, that examines the Can...
Read More![Ep. 40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair](/media/10016/ep-40-9781908336194.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248885670000)
Ep. 40 – Marjorie’s War – Charles Fair
Charles Fairs talks about a collection of letters and diaries written by his grandparents and the...
Read More![Ep. 39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter](/media/11751/screenshot-2020-07-23-at-161608.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132399945782930000)
Ep. 39 – The 8th Lincolns at Loos – Nigel Atter
Nigel Atter talks about the role and experience of his grandfather’s battalion, the 8th Lincolns...
Read More![Ep. 38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France – Dr Vivien Newman](/media/10017/ep-38-14830.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248887870000)
Ep. 38 – Spying for the Kaiser – Regina Diana and espionage in France –...
Dr Vivien Newman talks about her new book (with David Alexander Scott Semeraro) on female agent R...
Read More![Ep. 37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji](/media/10018/ep-37faces-from-the-front.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248941300000)
Ep. 37 – Dr Harold Gillies and plastic surgery during WW1 – Dr Andrew Bamji
Dr Andrew Bamji talks about New Zealand surgeon Dr Harold Gillies and his pioneering work in plas...
Read More![Ep. 36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones](/media/10019/ep-36-images.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295248945200000)
Ep. 36 – A subaltern on the Western Front – John Rigby-Jones
John Rigby Jones talks about his new book on the experience and service of his teenage grandfathe...
Read More![Ep. 35 – The Doughboys, 1917-1918 – Michael St Maur Sheil](/media/32123/screenshot-2022-12-01-at-123059.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=133143714617370000)
Ep. 35 – The Doughboys, 1917-1918 – Michael St Maur Sheil
Photographer and historian Michael St Maur Sheil talks on the role of the Doughboys and US forces...
Read More![Ep. 34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden](/media/10021/ep-34-9781911096351.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=240&height=360&rnd=132295249071570000)
Ep. 34 – Shellshock in World War 1 – Dr Stefanie Linden
Psychiatrist and medical historian Dr Stefanie Linden discusses her new book on the diagnosis and...
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