Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage Podcast

Jan 26 2024 19 ep. 32 mins 2
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Welcome to the MCPHH podcast! With the start of 2021, we are embracing another means of engaging in public history. We hope to have a stimulating series of guests, speaking on a variety of topics. Your podcast hosts will be Dr Craig Horner and Haseeb Khan. Dr Horner is a Senior Lecturer in the MMU history department, and the Deputy Director of the MCPHH. Haseeb is the MCPHH’s research assistant, and a PhD candidate in history at MMU. It might not quite be Radio 4, but we hope you enjoy it.

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How best can we use sound to access heritage? Public Discussion, 6 December 2023, Manchester Poetry Library Podcast

Jan 26 2024 76 mins  
On 6 December 2023, the MCPHH, in collaboration with the Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future, hosted a fantastic panel discussion on how we can use sound to access heritage. We welcomed guest speakers: Listen to the event below, or on Spotify here. Please find the transcript of the event below. … Continue reading How best can we use sound to access heritage? Pu

S2 Episode 4 – Learie Constantine, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Racism: Black and Asian Cricketers in Britain with Andy Carter, Part 3

Jan 25 2023 25 mins  
This is the concluding part of our mini series with Andy. Andy talks about the great West Indian cricket player and personality, Learie Constantine, who played a lot of cricket in Lancashire for Nelson CC. We also spoke about Yorkshire’s racism scandal and its historic roots, before Andy finished on how cricket as been a … Continue reading S2 Episode 4 – Learie Constantine, L

S2 Episode 5 – Muhammad Meets Manchester: Phil Magbotiwan, The Reno, and Muhammad Ali in Manchester, 1971 with Lisa Ayegun

Jan 25 2023 39 mins  
Founded in 1960s Moss Side, at a time when a colour bar still existed, the Reno was an inclusive space that anyone could enjoy. This included Muhammad Ali, who visited it in 1971! Phil Magbotiwan, the Reno’s founder, had a fascinating life including, among many other things, meeting and forming a connection with Muhammad Ali. … Continue reading S2 Episode 5 – Muhammad Meets M

S2 Episode 4 – Ranjitsinhji: Early Black and Asian Cricketers in Britain with Andy Carter, Part 2

Jan 20 2023 12 mins  
Welcome back to our Early Black and Asian Cricketers in Britain mini series. In this penultimate part, Andy takes us through the fascinating life of Ranjitsinhji. Ranjitsinhji came from a royal family in India, was one of England’s greats and after he retired got involved in Indian politics. Stay tuned for part 3 on Learie … Continue reading S2 Episode 4 – Ranjitsinhji: Early

S2 Episode 4 – Empire, Race, Class and the Aboriginals Cricket Tour of 1868: Early Black and Asian Cricketers in Britain with Andy Carter, Part 1

Jan 11 2023 31 mins  
Most people know that Black and Asian cricketers have been a part of Britain for decades. This includes the great international players who played county cricket, as well as stars of the England team. However, this history is actually much older. In this great three part series I speak with Andy about his book, Beyond … Continue reading S2 Episode 4 – Empire, Race, Class and th

S2 Episode 3 – An Evening with Mrs Terrell and Friends

Dec 08 2022 30 mins  
In November 2022 we welcomed, playwright and researcher, Pamela Roberts to screen the fabulous play, An Evening with Mrs Terrell and Friends which has been supported by the British American Studies Association, Eccles Centre for American Studies and Manchester Metropolitan University. As well as the screening, there was a Q&A, monologue from an actor, George … Continue reading S2

S2 Episode 2 – Muhammad Meets Manchester: Muhammad Ali in Manchester, 1992 with Paul Bhatti

Nov 25 2022 38 mins  
Muhammad Ali made several visits to Manchester from the 1960s all the way to 2009 when he came to Ricky Hatton’s gym. In what I hope will be the first of several episodes on Muhammad Ali’s visits, I speak to Paul Bhatti. Listen to Paul’s story below, and check out the wonderful videos and pictures … Continue reading S2 Episode 2 – Muhammad Meets Manchester: Muhammad Ali i

S2, Episode 1 – Conversation with a Listener, Podcasting and Public History: A Critical Discussion with Zhao Zhao

Oct 04 2022 28 mins  
Welcome to season 2 of the podcast! It was a pleasure to record with one of our listeners this week, Zhao Zhao who works on public history at Renmin University, Beijing. We spoke about podcasting and public history in China, as well as having a more critical discussion on the nature of podcasting and public … Continue reading S2, Episode 1 – Conversation with a Listener, Podcas

Episode 11 – Punk, the “Troubles”, and Oral History with Dr Lucy Newby, and Dr Fearghus Roulston

Apr 06 2022 42 mins  
What is oral history, and why is it useful? How can it be used to study punk, and the Northern Ireland “Troubles”? Dr Lucy Newby, and Dr Fearghus Roulston discuss the nature of oral history, and how they have used it in their own work.

Episode 10 – ‘The Strong Women of Victorian Manchester’ Project and Fundraiser with Ellie Andrews

Mar 22 2022 18 mins  
The creative digital studio, Visioning Lab, recently launched a Kickstarter for the ‘Strong Women of Victorian Manchester’ digital storytelling project. We spoke with creative producer, and story teller, Ellie Andrews, about the project, which hopes to develop a video game and more! Learn more about the project, and donate to the Kickstarter here.