Podcast

This episode is about the work of Legasee Educational Trust, which Daniella finds out about from Martin Bisiker, who set up this educational charity. Martin discuss the types of materials available on the Legasee Educational Trust website, the stories of veterans, giving examples from Hampshire, and some of the exciting projects that Legasee Educational Trust has been involved in.

This episode is about the work of Legasee Educational Trust, which Daniella finds out about from Martin Bisiker, who set up this educational charity. Martin discuss the types of materials available on the Legasee Educational Trust website, the stories of veterans, giving examples from Hampshire, and some of the exciting projects that Legasee Educational Trust has been involved in.

In this episode Daniella was joined by Dr Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Modern European and Global Hispanic History at the University of Winchester and lead researcher of the AHRC-funded international research network project ‘The Hispanic Anglosphere: Transnational networks and global communities (18th–20th centuries)’.

In this episode Daniella is joined by Dr Paul Dryburgh, an archivist and historian who is Principal Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives.

This episode focuses on the D-Day Story Museum in Portsmouth, during which Daniella was joined by curator Andrew Whitmarsh. In the episode, Andrew discusses D-Day and how the museum commemorates this event from the Second World War. The episode focuses on the collections of the museum and the local history element of the museum, showing the role of Hampshire in D-Day.

For this episode Daniella was joined by Khatra Roles and Toki Ogunkolati, both performers who are part of the Sarah Siddons Fan Club performance group. Khatra and Toki discuss with Daniella about how they became involved in performing in Southampton and various stories they performed over time, highlighting diverse histories in Southampton and Hampshire. The importance of representation and sharing the narratives of people of colour is a key part of this episode, and brings their voices to the fore.

In this episode, Daniella learns all about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) from Will Reid, the Public Engagement Coordinator for the South Region of England at the CWGC. During the episode, Will provides an overview of why the work of the CWGC is important, giving insight into why individuals are commemorated in Britain and what key sites in Hampshire are.

In this episode, Daniella learns all about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) from Will Reid, the Public Engagement Coordinator for the South Region of England at the CWGC. During the episode, Will provides an overview of why the work of the CWGC is important, giving insight into why individuals are commemorated in Britain and what key sites in Hampshire are.

This episode focuses on researching suffragettes and women’s history in archives and, to explore this, Daniella is joined by Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives. Mari discusses the stories of women in her recent book Necessary Women, co-written with Dr Elizabeth Hallam Smith, and the major changes that women experienced during the twentieth century.