In part 7 of this series John Snow talks about his collaboration with the Reverend Henry Whitehead.

Part 4 of the Bazalgette series takes a look at the opposition Bazalgette faced in getting started with the project and the great stink.

This is the fourth of a four-part course on moral leadership. Being courageous requires that you discern and assess what needs to be done and have the fortitude to be able to deal with the consequences based on the foundation of those...

In part 4 of this series Mary describes her travel to and arrival in the Crimea.

A WW1 soldier describes the Christmas Truce 1914, he explains it was more an opportunity for burying their dead than playing football.

Ambroise Pare explains how he found an alternative way to treat wounds.

Samuel Pepys gives an eye witness account of the Great Plague in London in 1665.

Part 5 of this series sees John Snow's continuing investigation into the cause of Cholera.

A description of the flamboyant cavalier Prince Rupert who was not only commander of the King's cavalry but also his nephew

A description of the Lewis gunner, the first machine gunner who could pick up his gun and take it with him even though it weighed over twelve kilos.

An introduction to Ambroise Pare, his early career and his experience of treating wounds with boiling oil.

Part 3 of this series sees Mary explaining her decision to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimea.

An introduction to the new poor laws introduced in 1834 together with an overview of the conditions in a workhouse.

A gong farmer explains how they collect poo from the garderobes in the castle and what they do with it all

Thomas Cromwell describes the beginning of the dissolution of the monasteries

A description of a trench; the traversing, loop holes and the use of trench periscopes to view the enemy. Part 2 of a 7 part series

A WW1 nurse talks about her first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available

Emmeline Pankhurst describes a visit to the Manchester Workhouse and the effect it had upon her

In part 6 of this series, John Snow describes how he presented his findings to authorities and persuaded them to remove the handle from the water pump in Broad Street.

A Norman sailor describes the lead up to the invasion from the Norman perspective; the ships, the supplies and the crossing to England

In this short video, Galen talks about the discoveries of Herophilus and Erasistratus

This video describes some of the staff who work within the castle such as the house steward and the chamberlain and the duties they carry out

Henry VIII describes his split with Rome and his view on the Reformation

A munitionette describes how they worked, the explosives they came into contact with and the reason their skin turned yellow. Part 1 in a 4 part series