Vanessa Collingridge and the team answer listener’s historical queries and celebrate the way in which we all ‘make’ history.
Programme 1
03 April 2007
Happisburgh Man
Vanessa Collingridge visited the North Norfolk coast to find out how a chance find of a hand axe by local beachcomber Mike Chambers could completely change our understanding of when the first Britons roamed our lands.
The finds at Happisburgh and Pakefield in Suffolk have been extensively reported in “â€
Useful organisations for further information include:
and Archaeology ServiceÌý
See also HOMO BRITANNICUS: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain by Chris Stringer, Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books) 2006 ISBN 9780713997958
Cro-Magnon Man
Vanessa Collingridge talks to Professor Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum about evidence for the origins of Cro-Magnon man.
(Pdf courtesy of Professor Chris Stringer and Natural History Museum)
York Pogrom of 1190
Nick Baker reports on a horrific incident in the early history of Jewish people in Britain
Vanessa Collingridge spoke with author and lawyer Anthony Julius who is presently working on a history of English anti-Semitism for the Oxford University Press.
Vanessa has presentedÌýscience and current affairs programmes for ±«Óãtv, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for ±«Óãtv Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.Ìý
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Vanessa has presentedÌýscience and current affairs programmes for ±«Óãtv, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for ±«Óãtv Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.Ìý