The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast

The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast


Latest Episodes

Aaron Manning
September 08, 2014

BPMA has teamed up with Warwick Castle's to reveal for the first time the hidden trauma of how war tore apart the family of the Earl of Warwick through the intimate postcards and letters exchanged

Christ Taft
August 11, 2014

Head of Collections Chris Taft talks about the role of the Post Office in the First World War both on the front and the home front.

Kathleen McIlvenna
July 07, 2014

Kathleen McIlvenna looks at the changing attitudes and procedures seen in the Home Front Post Office during the First World War as its workers adapted to change and continued to do their duty.

Helen Dafter
April 29, 2014

Talk on how the First World War changed Post Office attitudes towards the employment of disabled people.

Helen Kearney
March 25, 2014

How the city was divided into districts, introducing the postcode system as we know it today.

Duncan Campbell-Smith
March 04, 2014

Talk with Royal Mail's official historian, exploring the company's long history.

Julian Stray
October 03, 2013

The history of horse-drawn mails, from the Romans to the post-war period.

Emma Harper
July 24, 2013

Emma Harper explores how changes in the British postal system helped to develop a culture of letter writing in 19th and 20th Century Britain.

David Bramwell
May 31, 2013

David Bramwell looks at the history of postal mischief and its key players, including Victorian prankster Reginald Bray and musician Genesis P.Orridge.

Oliver Carter-Wakefield
April 19, 2013

Oliver Carter-Wakefield explores disease and occupational illness amongst Post Office staff during the latter half of the 19th Century