Ryan Clarke provides a brief overview of the history of Zimbabwe and then discusses his own experience of research while out there. He was very far away but yet everything felt so familiar.
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History Through Statues: Thomas Paine...
Steven Bishop tells us how the first thirteen states of America formed, and how East Anglia had a role to play in their creation.
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Witchcraft in East Anglia
Sam Woodward tells us about Witchcraft in East Anglia in the 17th century. East Anglia had the worst episode of witch trials and persecution in England between 1645-7. In this talk, we will look at the involvement of two men, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, who used the tumultuous years of the ...
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Modernising the Railways: 1963-1997
In the early 1960s, British Railways had a serious image problem: cars were making the railway look increasingly old fashioned and out of date and the general public (along with many politicians) thought that railways were grubby, unfashionable, slow and expensive. The railway needed a radical im...