Interviews

Below you can browse our archive of interviews with leading historians. In ten or so questions we investigate their ideas, their interests and their intentions and we give them the opportunity to explain more about the context to their books.

The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair post image

The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair

Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'

'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne post image

'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne

The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine

Bennelong and Phillip with Kate Fullagar post image

Bennelong and Phillip with Kate Fullagar

Kate Fullagar on two of Australia’s foundational figures

Scarlet Town with Leonora Nattrass post image

Scarlet Town with Leonora Nattrass

Leonora Nattrass on the paranoid politics of the 1790s

Vital Organs with Suzie Edge post image

Vital Organs with Suzie Edge

Suzie Edge on the stories that come from within

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie post image

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie

Sarah Ogilvie on the personalities behind the pages

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar post image

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar

Prit Buttar on the Nazi siege of Leningrad

The Words of Kings and Prophets with Shauna Lawless post image

The Words of Kings and Prophets with Shauna Lawless

Shauna Lawless on Ireland and the Vikings

Dickensland with Lee Jackson post image

Dickensland with Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson on the trail of Charles Dickens