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Historyworks now has a shop premises in central Cambridge where we design public engagement projects, host community history events, coach researchers and practitioners to translate their …

Cambridge Elizabethan Concert & Pageant Film Historyworks was commissioned by Great St Mary's, University of Cambridge, to capture the Elizabethan Pageant and Procession. Also, a Service …

2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and a programme of events that will commemorate the conflict. Historyworks are attempting to capture the debate …

The BBC has been developing a collection of stories to demonstrate how WW1 affected people and places in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The strategic …

Cycle of Songs is an Arts Council England funded project commissioned by Cambridge City Council, devised by the award winning Pilot Theatre and Historyworks to mark …

Cycle of Songs is an Arts Council England funded project commissioned by Cambridge City Council, devised by the award winning Pilot Theatre and Historyworks to mark …

For Cycle of Songs nine songs and sound poems are being devised and shaped by Helen Weinstein, the Creative Director and Producer, who has commissioned pieces …

Helen Weinstein Chaired this Online debate on BBC on Friday 28th February - which started at 8pm, continued during the BBC2 programme that was transmited from …

To mark the 300th Anniversary of Laurence Sterne's birth, HISTORYWORKS has made an installation, filmed on location at Shandy Hall where Laurence Sterne lived and wrote …

PRODUCING APPS & AUDIO GUIDES: We welcome enquiries about producing Trails and Apps. At Historyworks, we are developing new apps for several organizations in locations across …

by Pat Hadley In 1832 philanthropic publisher Charles Knight exalted working-class readers of his Penny Magazine to visit and appreciate the British Museum: “[H]ere there is …

From Jane Austen on banknotes to Twitter abuse: a roundup of the debates in blogs, newspapers, radio and television. On the 24th July 2013 the Governor …

PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES Helen Weinstein has been working with partners in the Arts & Heritage sectors to better understand what ‘public participation’ means in the everyday world, …

SIMON SCHAMA spoke at the Hay Festival #Hay13 and slammed Gove's reforms to the history curriculum as "1066 & All That without the jokes". It was …

THE FUTURE OF THE PAST AT THE BBC - Wednesday May 15th from 5pm to 7pm & the hashtag for the event will be #bbcpast THE …

Helen Weinstein has been supporting Caroline Craido-Perez co-founder @TheWomensRoomUk for the media campaign directed @TheBankofEngland regarding historical women on our stirling bank notes. This profile-raising and …

THE WOMEN'S ROOM celebrates their official launch! Historyworks is supporting TWR & the launch. We recorded the speakers and made podcasts, we also captured the event …

The history curriculum debate has been given air time and prime news space numerous times over the past weeks in response to Michael Gove's plans to …

Historyworks has created a STORIFY of recent PHoSTEM events, and assisted with writing up the PHoSTEM reports. See below. This project aims to understand how to …

Dominic Sandbrook is a writer and historian and broadcaster, author of popular histories of post-1945 Britain, Seasons in the Sun (2012); State of Emergency (2010); White …

The event with Oliver Stone was about his latest history epic called "Untold History of the United States" released as a book, a dvd, and soon …

The event with Oliver Stone was about his latest history epic called "Untold History of the United States" released as a book, a dvd, and soon …

Historyworks has been involved in one of BBC Radio 4's most ambitious projects yet: telling the story of 100,000 years of human history through the role …

Dominic Sandbrook is a writer and historian and broadcaster, author of popular histories of post-1945 Britain, Seasons in the Sun (2012); State of Emergency (2010); White …

Integrating Broadside Ballads (IBBA) The Bodleian Library team for Broadside Ballad Connections had a great time at Cecil Sharp House for Broadside Day. The brief for …

A day of sleuthing and scoping to find untold stories to illustrate domestic experiences of World War 1. The "No Manifestation of Feeling" notice is a …

Prior to her fieldtrip to St. Maarten for the Eurotast research project, Postdoc Temi Odumosu has been honing her location recording and interview skills by taking …

Many thanks to everyone who joined in the commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day. We were amazed at the vast crowds who came along on the history …

Helen Weinstein had an excellent experience making a radio feature with BBC Radio's Jonathan Cowap, to be broadcast on Holocaust Memorial day, 27th January. The English …

Helen Weinstein is offering a walking tour on Sunday 27th January to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, starting at 2pm from the steps of the Yorkshire Museum, …

Jon Calver of Historyworks in conversation with Liam Evans-Ford about how best to develop a series of radio dramas on the subject of the Great War. …

Historyworks plans to train academics to present their work with a variety of outreach and media dissemination activities for an important European project for Medieval Studies …

Historyworks has offered training in sound engineering to Joe Muller, which has involved learning to record and edit sound, set up a sound installation on location, …

Historyworks has collaborated with a Marie Curie International Training Network led by the University of Iceland for a medieval literature project including University departments in Norway, …

After several months of Historyworks’ interns learning about ipad apps by researching and sleuthing and drafting and checking materials for Battle Castles, there is the satisfaction …

Joe Muller, Historyworks intern (working with Jon and Helen) has researched the main platforms and choices for heritage apps, reviewing the capacities of content and technology …

Historyworks has been commissioned to make a sound installation for an exciting audio event at York's Guildhall. A new sound piece will be performed in the …

Once the York trail leaflets, podcasts and apps were ready for launch, BBC Radio York featured the Roman and Great War Trails. See Adam Gutteridge, IPUP …

Helen Weinstein and Jon Calver have greatly enjoyed working with the City Archaeologist, John Oxley. It has involved coaching Jon for delivering scripts and in turn …

It was decided by Adam Gutteridge and his interns working on the Roman Trail, that the best way for the daily lives of the dwellers of …

Historyworks is recording the scripts for two trail Apps and two Podcasts for the York Museums Trust. "Walking with the Romans: Daily Life in Eboracum" and …

The team at Historyworks showed the researchers how best to adapt their scripts for different formats, from printed script to podcast to app. There is a …

Historyworks is looking for keen history interns needed for an exciting new multi-media project working in partnership with a London production company called Ballista Media. We …

Historyworks has worked with a diverse group of University researchers in several academic disciplines to help them translate their research skills and show how best to …

Historyworks is providing intensive training for members of the team who are documenting their research on the transatlantic slave trade, called Eurotast. Researchers are receiving training …