Best Jonathan Kempster Oral History Podcasts (2024)

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The Road to D-Day, Bernard Morgan's Story 14:29

2M ago14:29

14:29

Bernard Morgan was the youngest RAF sergeant to land on GoldBeach during D-Day, 6th June 1944. He enlisted on his 18th birthday in 1942. Inthis interview with Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive,Bernard explains how and why he ended up under fire on a Normandy beach,serving as a code and cypher operator. His unit fought on th…

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No Longer The Forgotten War... 17:02

4M ago17:02

17:02

Ron Yardley served on HMS Belfast during the Korean War. Following a recent audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the 92-year old veteran feels that the conflict is no longer 'the forgotten war', but he still has work to do in educating the younger generation about events on the Korean Peninsula in the early 1950s. Interview by Jonathan …

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The Jewish Hungarian Experience of The Holocaust - A Radio Walk with John Hajdu 44:03

4M ago44:03

44:03

Eighty years ago, on the 5th of April 1944, the Yellow Star Order was imposed on the Jewish population of Hungary - one of hundreds of anti-Jewish laws which led to the deportation and murder of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews. John Hajdu MBE, was 7-years old when he was imprisoned in the Budapest Ghetto, and his mother was sent to Mauthausen concentra…

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The Power of a Good Story... 22:14

4M ago22:14

22:14

Visitors and storytellers react to the latest Campfire Heritage Stories event at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

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Heritage Stories 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum 48:58

4M ago48:58

48:58

Everything we do at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is about bringing history to life and stimulating the senses of our visitors. In our exhibits you can see, smell, and touch history, and storytelling is integral to our mission. Listen to the latest edition of Campfire Heritage Stories – an annual event when we gather to hear about the heritage an…

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Radio Walks - Interview with Paul Haley 28:06

8M ago28:06

28:06

"If you can't find a photograph within ten yards of where you are, you're not looking hard enough". Paul Haley has been a professional photographer all his working life. As the youngest ever Senior Photographer at Soldier magazine he was posted to the South Atlantic to document the Falklands War of 1982. He recorded more than 2000 images, now conse…

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Gaza - does history matter? 17:10

9M ago17:10

17:10

To what extent does the history of Israel-Palestine inform the response to human suffering in present day Gaza? This discussion took place in Bristol on Saturday the 4th of November 2023 during a march and rally co-ordinated by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Jonathan Kempster of the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive spoke to Linzy Na Nakorn, a …

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The Russian Organ Scholar of Istanbul 8:15

10M ago8:15

8:15

Organist Sergei Lukashuk interviewed in the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, by Jonathan Kempster. Recorded during the IASA Conference at Istanbul University, September 2023. www.achurchnearyou.com/church/33329/ 2023.iasa-web.org/

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Decolonising Green Spaces - A Radio Walk in the Chilterns, with Dr Geeta Ludhra. 43:05

1y ago43:05

43:05

Dr Geeta Ludhra lives in the Chilterns, she is the daughter of first-generation South Asian parents who emigrated from India in the early 1960s. She is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, where she is also engaged in academic research. Geeta walked and talked with Jonathan Kempster at Chiltern Open Air Museum, telling the story of her lif…

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A Century of Steam - P&O Heritage Archive Audio 41:53

1+ y ago41:53

41:53

A Century of Steam – from the sound collection of P&O Heritage Archive, a recently conserved copy of a BBC radio programme broadcast on the National Programme on the 6th of October 1937 to celebrate the Centenary of the P&O shipping line, (originally produced by Felix Felton). The audio material was recovered from eleven 12-inch acetate cellulose-l…

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'We Were There' - eyewitnesses to conflict, Imperial War Museum 13:13

1+ y ago13:13

13:13

As the BBC launches its initiative to document the lives of Second World War veterans, experience an award-winning outreach programme of the same name: 'We Were There' is a unique experience for museum visitors to meet veterans and eyewitnesses to conflict and ask them questions about their lives and experiences, hearing their true stories first ha…

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Campfire Heritage Stories 2022 at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) 36:13

2y ago36:13

36:13

At Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) our mission is to document and conserve the story of the Chilterns. Whether it’s the buildings and objects we save, or the people who lived and worked in and around them - our responsibility is to tell those stories to future generations. We discovered that a great way of encouraging storytelling is to sit around …

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The Reluctant Pilgrim (Radio Walks) ... a funny thing happened on the way to the priory. 17:02

2y ago17:02

17:02

The site of Ivinghoe Benedictine Priory, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, lies in the hamlet of St Margaret's, between the villages of Great and Little Gaddesden, in the North Chiltern Hills. On the 1,718th anniversary of Margaret's martyrdom, local people were led on a pilgrimage to ponder the question, "Did St Margaret actually exist?". As th…

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Food and Fuel Crisis - the Medieval Cooking Solution - The Sewing Rooms social enterprise (Sound Story). 6:06

2y ago6:06

6:06

Paula Gamester is the Founder and CEO of The Sewing Rooms, a social enterprise based in Skelmersdale in the north of England. Aware of the cost-of-living crisis that has hit many families in the United Kingdom she designed a product that drastically cuts cooking costs and fuel consumption. Not only does ‘The Sew Fab Bag’ save money, it also massive…

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee at Chiltern Open Air Museum (Sound Story) 29:33

2y ago29:33

29:33

Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) marked the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by inviting some very special guests from local care homes to a celebratory tea dance. With hundreds of other visitors touring the 45-acre site, there was a mood of fun and celebration. Tea and cake prompted storytelling of Jubilees past and even of the 1953 Coronation itself. Even…

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Falklands War - the reporter's story (Sound Story) 5:40

2y ago5:40

5:40

In April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. BBC radio reporter Laurie Margolis gained the first confirmation from the Islands, via a fragile shortwave radio link, that the invasion had taken place. He told his story to the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive. Oral history interview by Jonathan Kempster for Imperial War Museums, www.…

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Alternative Armed Forces Day (Sound Story) 6:11

2y ago6:11

6:11

As the nation celebrated 'Armed Forces Day' a group of Quakers audited their garden ecology and drank tea for peace. http://www.llquakers.org.uk/hemel/web/ Produced by Oral History Sound Recording, July 2022.

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The Life of Birds - interview with George Moreton (Radio Walks) 30:58

2y ago30:58

30:58

George Moreton is a passionate ornithologist living in the Chiltern Hills. He travels the world to watch birds. In this episode of Radio Walks, George guides novice 'twitcher' Jonathan Kempster on a walk through the Gade River Valley. We learn the truth about the dawn chorus, and hear what's up and what's down in the bird league table. Garden feedi…

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Thames Estuary at Leigh-on-Sea: an interview with Pablo Behrens (Radio Walks) 32:38

2+ y ago32:38

32:38

Pablo Behrens was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and has lived in London since 1980. He is an award-winning producer, writer, and director. In 2021 he bought a boat for £1 and navigated the Thames Estuary, producing the short film 'The Crossing'. The work demonstrated the forces of nature - and the vulnerability - of the river environment. That intim…

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Leona Fensome's 46th home is St Albans (Radio Walks) 30:56

2+ y ago30:56

30:56

Leona Fensome is a producer and historian. Itinerant by nature, she has made St Albans her 46th home in 45 years. Her mixed-race heritage has made her inquisitive of people – always looking round the corner for an interesting story to re-tell. Jonathan Kempster managed to catch up with her briefly, and share a walk around her current nesting site, …

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Box Moor - Dennis Furnell (Radio Walks) 36:29

2+ y ago36:29

36:29

Spend half an hour walking the ancient and unique landscape of Box Moor in the Chiltern Hills with life-trustee Dennis Furnell. In spite of the decision to drive a bypass straight through the middle of this vulnerable chalk downland on the edge of Hemel Hempstead, indefatigable 84-year-old Dennis - naturalist, writer, broadcaster, photographer, pai…

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The Urban Gardener - Kate Poland (Radio Walks) 37:06

3y ago37:06

37:06

Radio Walks – The Urban Gardener, Kate Poland. “Everyone has a right to access nature and green spaces. It should not be a privilege. Growing stuff is political and empowering: putting a seed in the ground and creating something is a rebellious act”. In the winter of 2010 Kate Poland set up a community garden on some disused land near her home in H…

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A Walk in the Woods, with Nicholas Halsey (Radio Walks) 36:22

3y ago36:22

36:22

The Gaddesden Estate is a 1,900 acre farming and forestry estate in the Chiltern Hills. The Halsey family has lived and farmed there for over 500 years. Today it is run by Nicholas Halsey and his son Guy. In this radio walk, Nick guides Jonathan Kempster through the woodlands and fields from Home Farm, through Marsh Wood, to the Golden Parsonage. A…

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Jonathan Kempster Oral History Podcasts

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Radio Walks & Sound Stories

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The Road to D-Day, Bernard Morgan's Story 14:29

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No Longer The Forgotten War... 17:02

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The Jewish Hungarian Experience of The Holocaust - A Radio Walk with John Hajdu 44:03

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The Power of a Good Story... 22:14

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Heritage Stories 2024 at Chiltern Open Air Museum 48:58

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Radio Walks - Interview with Paul Haley 28:06

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Gaza - does history matter? 17:10

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The Russian Organ Scholar of Istanbul 8:15

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Decolonising Green Spaces - A Radio Walk in the Chilterns, with Dr Geeta Ludhra. 43:05

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A Century of Steam - P&O Heritage Archive Audio 41:53

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'We Were There' - eyewitnesses to conflict, Imperial War Museum 13:13

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Campfire Heritage Stories 2022 at Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) 36:13

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The Reluctant Pilgrim (Radio Walks) ... a funny thing happened on the way to the priory. 17:02

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Food and Fuel Crisis - the Medieval Cooking Solution - The Sewing Rooms social enterprise (Sound Story). 6:06

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee at Chiltern Open Air Museum (Sound Story) 29:33

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Falklands War - the reporter's story (Sound Story) 5:40

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Alternative Armed Forces Day (Sound Story) 6:11

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The Life of Birds - interview with George Moreton (Radio Walks) 30:58

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Thames Estuary at Leigh-on-Sea: an interview with Pablo Behrens (Radio Walks) 32:38

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Leona Fensome's 46th home is St Albans (Radio Walks) 30:56

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Box Moor - Dennis Furnell (Radio Walks) 36:29

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The Urban Gardener - Kate Poland (Radio Walks) 37:06

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A Walk in the Woods, with Nicholas Halsey (Radio Walks) 36:22

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