The Western Front Association's podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' with Dr Tom Thorpe are an eclectic mix of relaxed discussions with all kinds of contributors: experts in their particular fields, authors, historians, performers, speakers, researches, museum archivists and curators which sometimes shine a light into areas of the first world war which are overlooked.
Ep.277 – The Friendly Invasion of Lewes in 1914 – Jonathan Vernon
Jonathan Vernon, Digital Editor for The Western Front Association, talks about his research into...
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Ep. 276a – Walking the Western Front Way – Sir Anthony Seldon
Author, historian and educationalist, Sir Anthony Seldon talks about his new book The Path of Pea...
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Ep. 276 – The Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson – Ronan McGreevy
Author, historian, Irish Times reporter and videographer, Ronan McGreevy, talks about his recent...
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Ep. 275 – Managing boredom in Salonika amongst British troops – Jake Gasson
Jake Gasson, a doctoral candidate at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, talks about his rese...
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Ep.274 – Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War – Dr Robb Robinson
Dr Robb Robinson, Honorary Research Fellow at the Blaydes Maritime Centre at the University of Hu...
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Ep. 273 – The German Army in October 1918 – Katherine Quinlan-Flatter
Historian and journalist Katherine Quinlan-Flatter talks about the German Army during the weeks o...
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Ep.272 - The Political and Social History of Ireland in the First World...
Dr Niamh Gallagher, University Associate Professor in Modern British and Irish History at the Fac...
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Ep.271 – Children and childhood in WW1 – Dr Viv Newman
Author and historian Dr Viv Newman about her research into children and childhood during the Grea...
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Ep.270 – Gas Warfare during the First World War – Rocky Salmon
WFA European Officer Rocky Salmon talks about gas warfare during the Great War....
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Ep.269 – The Netherlands during WW1 – Pauline Onderwater
PhD student Pauline Onderwater talks about her doctoral research into the Netherlands during the...
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Ep.268 – Richard Aldington and the Great War – Dr Viv Whelpton
Dr Viv Whelpton talks about the life and service of Great War poet Richard Aldington. Aldington (...
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Ep 267 – Morale in the BEF on the Western Front, 1917-8 – Dr Alex Mayhew
Dr Alex Mayhew, a historian of the cultural, military, and social history of war and also a Fello...
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