The Door History Podcast

The Door History Podcast


Latest Episodes

A Respectable Living in South London
May 30, 2022

Local historian Tracey Gregory is in conversation with Lena Augustinson and Naomi Clifford about the options open to women earning their own living in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in south L

Annie McCall, Maternity Trailblazer
February 20, 2020

The remarkable pioneering work of Dr Annie McCall, featuring Professor Susan Bewley.

Annie McCall – Maternity Trailblazer
February 20, 2020

The remarkable pioneering work of Dr Annie McCall, featuring Professor Susan Bewley.

The Daredevil Divas of Flight & Emma Cons, Pioneering Social Reformer
December 03, 2019

Naomi Clifford talks to Sharon Wright about Letitia Sage, one of the women in her book Balloonomania Belles; and at Morley College, she and librarian Elaine Andrews discuss the impact of the pioneering social reformer and champion of adult education Em...

The Daredevil Divas of Flight & Emma Cons, Pioneering Social Reformer
November 28, 2019

Naomi Clifford talks to Sharon Wright about Letitia Sage, one of the women in her book Balloonomania Belles; and at Morley College, she and librarian Elaine Andrews discuss the impact of the pioneering social reformer and champion of adult education Em...

The Businesswomen of 18th-Century London
October 28, 2019

Naomi Clifford and London guide Jonnie Fielding visit an outdoor exhibition on the 18th-century women freemen of the City of London.

The Businesswomen of 18th-Century London
October 28, 2019

Naomi Clifford and London guide Jonnie Fielding visit an outdoor exhibition on the 18th-century women freemen of the City of London.

Maria Branwell, Mother of the Brontës & A Poem by Sarah Fyge Egerton, 17th-Century Feminist
October 16, 2019

Roli Okorodudu reads The Emulation, a poem by 17th-century poet Sarah Fyge Egerton about the oppression of women by men, and Naomi Clifford interviews Sharon Wright about the life of Maria Branwell, the mother of the Brontë sisters,

Why Lie? The Antics of Teenagers Elizabeth Canning and Princess Caraboo
October 15, 2019

Why do some teenage girls tell untruths?

A Stitch in Time: Women, Needlework and Art & Nellie Roberts, Orchid Painter
October 15, 2019

Naomi Clifford talks to Diane Goldie about making wearable art, and looks back at the work of two women who used stitchery to make art. Plus, a visit to an exhibition of Nellie Roberts watercolours o