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. 21 – Jutland and the Meaning of Victory – Prof Andrew Lambert
This recording is of a talk given by Professor Andrew Lambert, King’s College London, to the Ant...
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Ep. 20 – Sniping in the Great War – Martin Pegler
Martin Pegler, former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries, discusses sniping and fi...
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Ep. 19 – Animals in the Great War – Lucinda Moore
Lucinda Moore, a picture researcher at the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses her new book Ani...
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Ep. 18 – Passchendaele – Dr Nick Lloyd
Dr Nick Lloyd, from King’s College London, discusses the Battle of Third Ypres and his new book P...
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Ep. 17 – Psychological survival in the trenches – Dr Peter Hodgkinson
Clinical psychologist Dr Peter Hodgkinson discusses his latest book Glum Heroes (published by Hel...
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Ep. 16 – The Myths of the Irish at Messines – Dr Tim Bowman
Dr Tim Bowman, University of Kent, gives a guest lecture at the Public Record Office of Northern...
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Ep. 15 – 'The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders' with Piet...
Piet Chielens, the Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, gives a guest lecture a...
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Ep. 14 – General Fox Conner and the American Expeditionary Force in WW1...
Steven Rabalais talks about his biography of General Fox Conner (published by Casemate) who was t...
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Ep. 13 – The Great War tea stall at Peterborough East Station
Beverly Jones, from Peterborough Archives Service, talks about the research into two visitors’ bo...
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Ep. 12 – The Diary of a Belgian Priest – 1917 with the British in Ypres...
Dominiek Dendooven, from the In Flanders Fields museum, discusses the recently published 1917 dia...
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Ep. 11 – Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists in the Great War – Luci Gos...
Luci Gosling, from the Mary Evans Picture Library, discusses a talk she gave to the Western Front...
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Ep. 10 – Battlefield tourism on the Western Front – Dr Stephen Miles
Dr Stephen Miles discusses battlefield tourism on the Western Front based on his new book The Wes...
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