Hampshire’s Heritage Revealed

Season 3: Episode 10 - Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Hampshire

In this final episode of Season 3, Daniella was joined by Professor Jennie Batchelor, Head of English and Related Literature at the University of York. Jennie discussed the multidisciplinary approach that can be taken to study women writers during the eighteenth century and how this can broaden understandings of their novels, the sources available to explore their lives further, and the research challenges that arise.

Season 3: Episode 9 - Legasee Educational Trust and Military History in Hampshire

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.

Season 3: Episode 8 - Discovering the Hispanic-Anglosphere in Hampshire

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)’. Graciela discusses in this episode the figure of William Henry Hudson, who was the wildlife activist considered to be the world’s first literary environmentalist, and the links between Hampshire and the global Hispanic World.

Series 3: Episode 7 - Researching Local History at the National Archives: Pre-modern Records

In this episode, Daniella is joined by Dr Paul Dryburgh, an archivist and historian who is Principal Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives. Paul discusses the various pre-modern record series available to research local and family history at The National Archives and the types of resources that support research into these areas.

Series 3: Episode 6 - D-Day Story Museum

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.

Series 3: Episode 5 - Performance and celebrating diverse histories in Southampton

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.

Series 3: Episode 4 - Researching Family History

In this episode Daniella is joined by Joe Saunders, who is an Associate of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) and hosts the Really Useful Podcast for the Family History Federation. Joe tells us all about how he became interested in family history, the sources available to undertake family history research, and shares his top tips for how to do family history.

Season 3: Episode 3 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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. 

Series 3: Episode 2 - Women's History during the 20th Century

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.

Series 3: Episode 1 – VCH and Researching Hampshire

In this episode, Daniella is joined by Dr Gabrielle Storey, who is currently working as part of the Victoria County History (VCH) Hampshire team. Gabrielle is writing parish histories of Ellisfield and North Waltham and discusses her work for VCH, giving insights into the histories of these two places and the records available to carry out this research.