London and the First World War

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As part of events to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, IWM (Imperial War Museums) in partnership with the Centre for Metropolitan History organised a major conference that explored the ways in which London and its inhabitants were affec...

School of Advanced Study, University of London


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    Session 5: Dissent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 61:43


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 5: Dissent Caroline Playne in wartime London Richard Espley (Senate House Library) Recruitment, relief and reform. The impact of the First World War on the Anglican C...

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    Session 6: Air War

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 61:39


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 6: Air War The men who bombed London: British interrogations of captured Zeppelin aircrew Roderick Bailey (Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford) London a...

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    Session 7: Leisure

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 58:39


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 7: Leisure Memory, work, and leisure in London during the First World War Ruth Percy (Ruskin College, Oxford) Chelsea FC and its urban fight against calls to abandon ...

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    Plenary Lecture 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 47:47


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Plenary Lecture 2 London in the First World War: questions of legacy Jerry White (Birkbeck, University of London) As part of events to commemorate the centenary of the First ...

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    Plenary Lecture 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 56:54


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Plenary Lecture 1 London: a wartime metropolis in comparative perspective Adrian Gregory (Pembroke College, Oxford) As part of events to commemorate the centenary of the Firs...

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    Session 1: Daily Life and Institutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 43:28


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 1: Daily Life and Institutions The war on waste: the national salvage campaign and the London boroughs Peter Hounsell (Independent Scholar) Plants, people and the pro...

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    Session 2: Enemy Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 14:34


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 2: Enemy Aliens Martyrdom of a Metropolitan Maecenas: the rise and fall of Sir Edgar Speyer Tony Lentin (Wolfson College, Cambridge) As part of events to commemorat...

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    Session 3: Communications and Transport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 68:54


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 3: Communications and Transport London, public transport, and the First World War Simon Abernethy (Cambridge) The dilemmas of a London railway in wartime: the Metropo...

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    Session 4: Empire View

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 70:03


    Institute of Historical Research London and the First World War Session 4: Empire View Visiting Mother - London through the eyes of Australian visitors Elise Edmonds (State Library NSW Sydney, Australia) Looking for home: New Zealanders i...

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