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Popular history series where the past connects with the present.

Making History: 30/04/2013

30/04/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Making History, 30/04/2013

Tom Holland is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research.

Tom Holland is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research and the many and varied ways that allow us to connect with the past.

Tom Holland is joined in the Making History studio by Dr Alison Carrol, Lecturer in European History at Brunel University, and the author of "Berlin at War" Roger Moorhouse.

Professor Matthew Cobb joins the discussion to talk about whether or not the Liberation of Paris in 1944 has become forgotten - or at least misunderstood.

Helen Castor meets up with Dr Jonathan Conlin from the University of Southampton, who has written a new Tale of Two Cities - one which highlights the many shared histories of London and Paris.

Finally the author of "Fire and Steam", railway writer Christian Wolmar, heads for Balcombe in Sussex where the great grandfather of Making History listener John Ireland worked on the London to Brighton Railway shortly after its opening in 1841. He finds out that the HS2 of its day was fought over by local landowners who saw the benefits and not the environmental damage of the railway.

Contact the programme: making.history@bbc.co.uk


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