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Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, GERRY RUBIN, Emeritus Professor of Law, UNIVERSITY OF KENT, considers the Defence of the Realm regulations, and other emergency legislation enacted during the First World War. IMAGE | British First World War poster regarding the killing of war pigeons being an offence under Regulation 21A of the Defence of the Realm Act - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shooting_Homing_Pigeons.png ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DR

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, DR STUART HALLIFAX explores the role of local government in Essex, whose coastline made it vulnerable to German invasion. IMAGE | Men of Essex First World War Recruitment Poster - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Men_of_Essex_recruitment_poster_WWI.jpg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, DR EDWARD MADIGAN, Lecturer in Public History, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, reflects on how the First World War was seen by many at the time as a profoundly moral war, and considers the role the churches played in creating that perception. IMAGE | The Great Sacrifice, James Clark - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Clark_-_The_Great_Sacrifice.jpg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series

Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home. The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. In this podcast, we hear from a munitionette. MRS ADELA HALL had come to London to help with the war effort. By early 1916, she had started work at Perivale National Filling Factory in the London Borough of Lewisham. She later recalled what it was like to work there. SOURCE | Imperial War Museum. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Narrator - Nicholas Rowe | Reader - Sophia El-Sa

Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home. The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. In this podcast, a father writes to his son as he leaves for the Front. PRIVATE TED AMBROSE was the first son of a working class family in the small village of Wallington in Hertfordshire. He enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915, and was just 18 when he left for the front the following February. His father wrote to him before he sailed for France, SOURCE | Herts at War Collection. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, ME

Welcome to THE STORY OF THE SOMME podcast series, which tells the story of the Somme Offensive in the words of those fighting on the Western Front and their families back home. The series was commissioned by the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and developed in partnership with the FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY BATTLEFIELD TOURS PROGRAMME and CHROMERADIO. It was first released to accompany the SOMME100 VIGIL at Westminster Abbey, held through the night of 30 June/1 July 2016 to mark the centenary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme. In this podcast, the narrator, played by NICHOLAS ROWE, sets the scene. IMAGE | Troops 'going over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme, Ivor Castle - Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Going_over_the_top_01.jpg#/media/File:Going_over_the_top_01.jpg PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | The Last Post played by LSgt Stuart Laing, Welsh Guards on a F

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. In August 2018, students from across the United Kingdom joined students from France, the United States, Canada and Australia on the Western Front to commemorate the Battle of Amiens. The following podcasts, recorded during that battlefield tour, tell the story of the Battle of Amiens in the wider context of the First World War and the road to armistice. In this podcast, we join PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN on the first day of the battlefield tour for his morning briefing to the students before they visited the Somme battlefields to explore how lessons learned during the Battle of the Somme would influence the Battle of Amiens in 1918. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE - A GENERAL REFLECTS is a docudrama based on the diaries of GENERAL LORD RAWLINSON, commander of the British Fourth Army at the Battle of Amiens, performed by NICHOLAS ROWE. With thanks to the CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. MUSIC | Land of Promise (Terry Devine-King) - Tipperary & In Remembrance (Patrick Hawes) licensed courtesy of audionetwork, PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp | Script Consultant - Professor Sir Hew Strachan.

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, Sir HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explains why he organised a conference on the British Home Front. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, CATRIONA PENNELL, Associate Professor of History, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, considers the United Kingdom in 1914. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to JOHN CAWTHORN and the 1926 FOUNDATION for making this podcast series possible, and to the DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT and the SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT for supporting the Conference. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Music performed by the PIPES AND DRUMS of the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS | Series Editor - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, photo-journalist MICHAEL ST MAUR SHEIL talks about his photographic exhibition, FIELDS OF BATTLE, LANDS OF PEACE, and picks out some of the images that have a particular resonance for him. IMAGES (IN ORDER OF REFERENCE) Ploegsteert Wood at dawn http://www.westernfrontphotography.com/main.php?g2_itemId=6027 The London Irish football, Loos https://www.maryevans.com/search.php Shell lying in mud http://www.westernfrontphotography.com/main.php?g2_itemId=6050 Somme - 'Iron' harvest http://www.westernfrontphotography.com/main.php?g2_itemId=2295 Ancre Marshes, Somme http://www.maryevans.com/search.php Battlefield grave memorial, Western Front http://www.maryevans.com/search.php Rabenbuhl Friedhof http://www.westernfrontphotography.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4296

AIR COMMODORE DR FRANS OSINGA, Chair in WAR STUDIES and Head of the Military Operational Art and Science Section, FACULTY OF MILITARY SCIENCES, NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY, on the crucial importance of European air power capability in an era where Russian behaviour has, once again, made the risk of inter-state warfare acute. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

DR CHRISTINA GOULTER, Senior Lecturer and Head of the AIR POWER STUDIES RESEARCH GROUP, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON and Co-Director of the SIR MICHAEL HOWARD CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF WAR, on why the use of air power in the 2011 Libyan Campaign can be considered a success, and the reasons for its not being adopted as a template for intervention in Syria. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. IMAGE | Ministry of Defence | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

PROFESSOR MICHAEL CLARKE, defence analyst and former Director of the ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE (RUSI), on the political limitations of air power, the impact of Brexit, and how quantum computing will radically change the character of war. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Retired French Air Force LT GENERAL BRUNO CLERMONT, Senior Adviser to the Chairman of DASSAULT AVIATION, on French air power capability and European collaboration. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Retired US Air Force Major-General CHARLES DUNLAP, Professor at DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, on 'lawfare', the ways in which the law is being used by both sides to a conflict to accomplish military missions, and the challenges in prospect as autonomous weapons acquire the ability to 'learn'. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Retired US Air Force Colonel GARY BROWN, first senior legal counsel at US Cyber Command, on legal challenges arising from the use of modern air power, including drones, why the development of an international protocol governing the use of offensive cyber activity is a priority, and whether giant robots are the future. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. In THE BATTLE OF AMIENS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SIR HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, considers the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 in the context of the First World War as a whole, and how three commanders - Haig, Rawlinson, and Foch - all of whom had experienced failure as well as success in the earlier years of the War, were to come together at the Battle of Amiens to great effect. MUSIC | Rouse (Steve Sidwell) licensed courtesy of audionetwork | Last Post - LSgt Stuart Laing on a WW1 (1915) bugle. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. In THE BATTLE OF AMIENS AND ITS OUTCOME, SIR HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, explores the lead-up to the Battle of Amiens, how commanders Haig, Rawlinson, and Foch were able to work together to deliver success, and how the Battle of Amiens triggered a series of interlocking victories for the Allies that brought to an end Germany's war in the West. MUSIC | Summon the Cavalry (Paul Clarvis, Mike Lovatt) licensed courtesy of audionetwork | Last Post - LSgt Stuart Laing on a WW1 (1915) bugle. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

PHILIP SABIN, Professor of Strategic Studies in the WAR STUDIES DEPARTMENT, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, on the importance of war gaming in modelling conflict - past, present, and future - and why its use is on the rise today. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.