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Mar 6, 2020 • 19min

PEACEMAKING IN PARIS 3 | The United States Enters onto the World Stage - Hew Strachan

Welcome to PEACEMAKING IN PARIS, presented by PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION and introduced by SIMON BENDRY, Director of UCL Institute of Education's First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme. In 1919, the United States and Allied Powers met in Paris to decide the terms of the peace settlements with the defeated Central Powers. A century on, Sir Hew reflects on the Paris Peace Conference and its legacy. In this podcast, he explores the entry of the United States onto the world stage, and the vision of a new world order developed by its President, Woodrow Wilson. ALSO FROM UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION | FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE (soundcloud.com/chromeradio/sets/from-amiens-to-armistice), in which PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN looks at the sequence of Allied victories from the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918 to the Armistice negotiated by Germany on 11 November 1918. MUSIC | LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN (Fugue) from RAVEL, Gaspard de la nuit / Sonatine / Le Tombeau de Couperin performed by VLADO PERLEMUTER on VOX LEGENDS, licensed courtesy of NAXOS - www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp…tem_code=CDX2-5507 IMAGE | WWI Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919; from L-R British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, US President Woodrow Wilson; by Edward N Jackson, US Army Signal Corps; Wikimedia Commons. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Nov 29, 2019 • 21min

Chrome360 | Letter from Belfast | Glenn Patterson

Welcome to LETTER FROM BELFAST with Belfast writer GLENN PATTERSON, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University and author of BACKSTOP LAND (https://headofzeus.com/books/9781838932022). In this podcast, recorded in Belfast City Hall in October 2019, Glenn reflects on his friendship with Belfast poet Ciaran Carson, the impact of Brexit, and the future of Harland and Wolff. MORE FROM GLENN PATTERSON | Brexit: the Irish Question - A Sense of Place https://soundcloud.com/chromeradio/c360-brexit-the-irish-question-a-sense-of-place-prof-glenn-patterson-14-oct-2017?in=chromeradio/sets/chrome360-brexit-the-irish IMAGES | Glenn Patterson - Head of Zeus | Other images © ChromeRadio. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Oct 30, 2019 • 18min

AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS 4 | Keeping our Mariners Safe - Captain Roger Barker, Trinity House

Welcome to AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS, brought to you by CHROMERADIO in association with YACHT NOVA and THESE ISLANDS. In this podcast, we hear from CAPTAIN ROGER BARKER, DIRECTOR OF NAVIGATIONAL REQUIREMENTS at TRINITY HOUSE, about how TRINITY HOUSE safeguards mariners today. WEBLINKS Trinity House | https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/ Maritime 2050 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maritime-2050-navigating-the-future Maritime and Coastguard Agency | www.gov.uk/government/organisa…d-coastguard-agency UK Hydrographic Office | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-hydrographic-office International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) | https://www.iala-aism.org/ International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) | http://www.imo.org/en/About/Conventions/ListOfConventions/Pages/International-Convention-for-the-Safety-of-Life-at-Sea-(SOLAS),-1974.aspx Sea Cadets | https://www.sea-cadets.org/ Sea Scouts | https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/179/sea-scouting-introduction ChromeRadio | https://chromemedia.co.uk/ Nova around Britain | https://novaroundbritain.home.blog/ These Islands | https://www.these-islands.co.uk/ PRODUCTION | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Oct 29, 2019 • 22min

AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS 3 | Around our Ports - Tim Morris, UKMPG & Richard Ballantyne, BPA

Welcome to AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS, brought to you by CHROMERADIO in association with YACHT NOVA and THESE ISLANDS. in this podcast, we hear from RICHARD BALLANTYNE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BRITISH PORTS ASSOCIATION and TIM MORRIS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, UK MAJOR PORTS GROUP, about the role ports play in our everyday lives, how they contribute to our national economy, and what the future holds for the sector. WEBLINKS UKMPG | http://ukmajorports.org.uk/ BPA | https://www.britishports.org.uk/ Maritime UK | https://www.maritimeuk.org/ Maritime 2050 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maritime-2050-navigating-the-future Maritime and Coastguard Agency | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) | https://www.espo.be/ International Maritime Organisation (IMO) | http://www.imo.org/en/Pages/Default.aspx ChromeRadio | https://chromemedia.co.uk/ Nova around Britain | https://novaroundbritain.home.blog/12-key-ports/ These Islands | https://www.these-islands.co.uk/ PRODUCTION | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 13min

AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS 2 | Towards Maritime 2050 - Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister for Maritime

Welcome to AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS, brought to you by CHROMERADIO in association with YACHT NOVA and THESE ISLANDS. In this podcast, we hear from NUSRAT GHANI MP, MINISTER FOR MARITIME, about MARITIME 2050, how technology is changing the way ports work and the kind of jobs available as well as how the maritime sector is tackling environmental issues. WEBLINKS Maritime 2050 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maritime-2050-navigating-the-future Women in Maritime | https://www.maritimeuk.org/programmes/women-maritime/ SMarT Plus funding | https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/support-for-maritime-training Clean Maritime Plan | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-plan-maritime-2050-environment-route-map Towards a zero emissions future | https://capx.co/the-uk-is-leading-the-maritime-sector-to-a-zero-emissions-future/ UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) | http://ukmajorports.org.uk/ British Ports Association (BPA) | https://www.britishports.org.uk/ Maritime UK | https://www.maritimeuk.org/ European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) | https://www.espo.be/ International Maritime Organisation (IMO) | http://www.imo.org/en/Pages/Default.aspx ChromeRadio | https://chromemedia.co.uk/ Nova around Britain | https://novaroundbritain.home.blog/12-key-ports/ These Islands | https://www.these-islands.co.uk/ PRODUCTION | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 5min

AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS 1 | Introduction

Welcome to AROUND THESE ISLANDS IN 12 PORTS, brought to you by CHROMERADIO in association with YACHT NOVA and THESE ISLANDS. Producer CATRIONA OLIPHANT tells the story of how this series came about. WEBLINKS Maritime 2050 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maritime-2050-navigating-the-future ChromeRadio | https://chromemedia.co.uk/ Nova around Britain | https://novaroundbritain.home.blog/12-key-ports/ These Islands | https://www.these-islands.co.uk/ IMAGE | Tower Hill Memorial, CWGC, Trinity Square Gardens, London | © Chrome Media Productions Ltd PRODUCTION | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Jun 26, 2019 • 23min

PEACEMAKING IN PARIS 2 | Germany on Trial - Hew Strachan

Welcome to PEACEMAKING IN PARIS, presented by PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION and introduced by SIMON BENDRY, Director of UCL Institute of Education's First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme. In 1919, the United States and Allied Powers met in Paris to decide the terms of the peace settlements with the defeated Central Powers. A century on, Sir Hew reflects on the Paris Peace Conference and its legacy. In an earlier series, FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE (https://soundcloud.com/chromeradio/sets/from-amiens-to-armistice), Sir Hew looked at the sequence of Allied victories from the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918 to the Armistice negotiated by Germany on 11 November 1918. In this podcast, GERMANY ON TRIAL, he considers the period from the signing of the Armistice up until 28 June 1919, when the German Republic, as it then was, signed the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies. MUSIC | LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN (Rigaudon) from RAVEL, Gaspard de la nuit / Sonatine / Le Tombeau de Couperin performed by VLADO PERLEMUTER on VOX LEGENDS, licensed courtesy of NAXOS - https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=CDX2-5507 IMAGE | WWI Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919; from L-R British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, US President Woodrow Wilson; by Edward N Jackson, US Army Signal Corps; Wikimedia Commons. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Jun 26, 2019 • 22min

PEACEMAKING IN PARIS 1 | The Road to Peace - Hew Strachan

Welcome to PEACEMAKING IN PARIS, presented by PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION and introduced by SIMON BENDRY, Director of UCL Institute of Education's First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme. In 1919, the United States and Allied Powers met in Paris to decide the terms of the peace settlements with the defeated Central Powers. A century on, Sir Hew reflects on the Paris Peace Conference and its legacy. In an earlier series FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE (https://soundcloud.com/chromeradio/sets/from-amiens-to-armistice), Sir Hew looked at the sequence of Allied victories from the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918 to the Armistice negotiated by Germany on 11 November 1918. In THE ROAD TO PEACE, the first podcast in this series, Sir Hew considers the process that led Germany to seek an armistice, and the basis on which Germany thought the final peace settlement would be negotiated. MUSIC | LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN (Prelude) from RAVEL, Gaspard de la nuit / Sonatine / Le Tombeau de Couperin performed by VLADO PERLEMUTER on VOX LEGENDS, licensed courtesy of NAXOS - https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=CDX2-5507 IMAGE | WWI Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919; from L-R British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, US President Woodrow Wilson; by Edward N Jackson, US Army Signal Corps; Wikimedia Commons. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.
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Mar 26, 2019 • 10min

THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 32 | Food - Mary Cox

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 MARY COX, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, talks about the challenges of keeping Britain fed during the First World War. IMAGE | Female workers pack flour in a mill at the works of Rank and Sons, Birkenhead, Cheshire, in September 1918.By Lewis G P - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//56/media-56644/large.jpg. Photograph Q 28268 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24195015 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.
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Mar 26, 2019 • 16min

THE BRITISH HOME FRONT 38 | The United Kingdom in 1919 - Martin Daunton

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, MARTIN DAUNTON, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, talks about the United Kingdom in 1919 and the economic legacy of the First World War. IMAGE | Victory march of the Allied troops in London on 19 July 1919. The procession crossing Westminster Bridge. By Beagles Postcards Leonard Bentley from Iden, East Sussex, UK. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44969847. 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.

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