Inside a Jim Crow asylum
Antonia Hylton explores the story of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums in the USA
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Antonia Hylton explores the story of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums in the USA
Madeleine Pelling explores the stories behind historical graffiti, from chalk markings to glyphs scratched onto windows, to reveal what they can tell us about life in 18th-century Britain
Dane Kennedy discusses two ill-fated British expeditions that aimed to explore the interior of West Africa in the early 19th century, but ended in catastrophe
Suzanne Fagence Cooper answers listener questions on the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement, which re-emphasised the role of the maker in the artistic process
Hugo Wong shares the personal stories of two young men who left China in the late 19th century for the riches of California, encountering both opportunity and prejudice