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Please find below our latest media releases, interviews, articles, video content and other news.
Our team has expertise across a range of subjects, so if you are looking for guests on podcasts, television or radio shows, opinions on the history and legacy of the Second World War, or comment on any other related area, please get in touch.
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BBC SOUTH NEWS - 2 (8-Nov-23)
BBC SOUTH NEWS - 3 (8-Nov-23)
Uncovering the WWII Stories Left Behind: Their Finest Hour - YouTube , OTD Canadian Military History, 7 March 2023
https://www.youtube.com/live/DYEtoqzpS5E?feature=share , WW2TV, 15 March 2023
Their Finest Hour (normandy1944.info) , D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts of WW2, 22 March 2023
Digital Collection Day at The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (oxmag.co.uk) , Ox Magazine, April 2023
Your u3a National Newsletter - April ☔ (campaign-archive.com) , u3a Newsletter, 1 April 2023
History Cafe: Memory and Myth – Oxford research project ‘Their Finest Hour’ - SOUND CORRECTED on Apple Podcasts , History Café, 11 May 2023
Lancing Prep at Worthing invites people to bring World War Two memories to Digital Collection Day (sussexexpress.co.uk) , Sussex Express, 23 May 2023
Share your WW2 stories and objects with RGS Worcester | Worcester News , Worcester News, 29 May 2023
Episode 19: Their Finest Hour and Ulster at War with Dr. Joseph Quinn - WartimeNI , WartimeNI, 31 May 2023
York Army Museum calls for objects relating to the Second World War | York Press , The York Press, 3 June 2023
Their Finest Hour on X: "Dr Joseph Quinn (@ww2research) recently joined @Adam_English_ to talk about https://t.co/BTHSIlgSgr and the importance of preserving the stories and objects of #WW2. Listen below 👇 https://t.co/UMCnyURz2K" / X (twitter.com) , BBC Radio Oxford, 5 June 2023
195 - Their Finest Hour Project (ww2podcast.com) , WW2 Podcast, 7 June 2023
Belfast Linen Hall collecting family stories of Second World War for digital archive project - Belfast Live , Belfast Live, 14 June 2023
u3a - Third Age Matters Summer 2023 - Screenreader Edition , Third Age Matters, Summer 2023
Coventry Cathedral event aims to preserve Second World War memories (warwickshireworld.com) , Warwickshire World, 11 August 2023
Coventry Cathedral wants Second World War stories and objects for new digital archive - CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net) , Coventry Live, 11 August 2023
Navy Museum event aims to preserve Second World War memories (portsmouth.co.uk) , The News, 30 August 2023
BB, C CWR radio interview, 3 September 2023.mp3 | Their Finest Hour (ox.ac.uk) BBC CWR, 3 September 2023
Heritage Open Days - Creativity Unwrapped - The Association of English Cathedrals , Discover Cathedrals, 5 September 2023
Event aims to preserve Second World War memories (leicester.gov.uk) , Leicester Council, 5 September 2023
Leamington History Group to hold heritage day at town centre church next weekend (warwickshireworld.com) , Warwickshire World, 7 September 2023
Their Finest Hour comes to Bognor Regis - digital collection day on November 11, 2023 (sussexexpress.co.uk) , Sussex Express, 19 September 2023
Lancing Prep at Worthing holds a special History Day collecting digital memories of World War Two (sussexexpress.co.uk) , Sussex Express, 22 September 2023
Lancing history day sees people share their World War Two stories | The Argus , The Argus, 27 September 2023
Submarine Museum event aims to preserve Second World War memories (portsmouth.co.uk) , The News, 8 October 2023
100-year-old Lancaster pilot’s experiences among amazing WWII stories recorded in Leamington (warwickshireworld.com) , Warwickshire World, 9 October 2023
West Berkshire called to preserve Second World War memories (newburytoday.co.uk) , Newbury Today, 12 October 2023
Second World War nostalgia event at Thetford Library | Eastern Daily Press (edp24.co.uk) , Eastern Daily Press, 14 October 2023
EVERY STORY MATTERS | Oxford Alumni , Quad, 16 October 2023
Thetford Library hosts team from Their Finest Hour to help collect World War Two memories (suffolknews.co.uk) , Suffolk News, 19 October 2023
Oxford University collecting for World War Two archive - BBC News , BBC News, 31 October 2023
Library events aim to preserve Second World War memories | North Somerset Council (n-somerset.gov.uk) , North Somerset Council, 2 November 2023
North Somerset library events to preserve Second World War memories | Weston Mercury (thewestonmercury.co.uk) , Weston Mercury, 2 November 2023
Nucleus event will help to preserve memories of wartime (johnogroat-journal.co.uk) , John O’ Groat Journal, 5 November 2023
Share your families’ Second World War stories at Medway Archives Centre | Medway Council , Medway Council, 7 November 2023
University Calls for WWII Artifacts in Preservation Project | Mirage News , Mirage News, 9 November 2023
Public invited to help World War Two preservation project - BBC News , BBC News, 13 November 2023
Burnt Mill Academy to take part in event aimed to preserve Second World War memories - Your Harlow , Your Harlow, 13 November 2023
Oxford turns to public to collect artefacts for new digital World War II archive - Cherwell , Cherwell, 16 November 2023
Digital Collection Day – wartime memorabilia and stories wanted | The Edinburgh Reporter , The Edinburgh Reporter, 22 November 2023
Their Finest Hour project looking for World War 2 objects | Peeblesshire News , Peebleshire News, 22 November 2023
Five things you need to know today | The Edinburgh Reporter , The Edinburgh Reporter, 24 November 2023
People urged to share memories from the Second World War in digital collection day at Edinburgh University | STV News , STV, 25 November 2023
Halifax residents are asked to share their Second World War memories at Central Library event (halifaxcourier.co.uk) , Halifax Courier, 25 November 2023
People invited to bring Second World War artefacts to Yorkshire library for online archive project (yorkshirepost.co.uk) , The Yorkshire Post, 27 November 2023
Their Finest Hour Collection Day at Theale Library (youtube.com) , Newbury Today/YouTube, December 2023
Second World War evacuee from Upper Basildon found living in Australia (newburytoday.co.uk) , Newbury Today, 2 December 2023
War is universal, says journalist on quest for your stories of the Blitz | Islington Tribune , Islington Tribune, 8 December 2023
Your u3a Friends Newsletter - December ☃️ (mailchi.mp) , u3a newsletter, December 2023
Legion Jan 2024 EZINE (adobe.com) , Legion, January 2024
Young Reporter, Their Finest Hour, Isabel Sayers, Burnt Mill Academy | Gazette (gazette-news.co.uk) , Daily Gazette, 8 January 2024
Their Finest Hour digital collection day comes to West Berkshire Museum, Newbury next week (newburytoday.co.uk) , Newbury Today, 12 January 2024
Their Finest Hour - John O'Gaunt School (johnogauntschool.co.uk) , John O’Gaunt School, 17 January 2024
People asked to share items linked to Second World War at the National Memorial Arboretum - Lichfield Live® , Lichfield Live, 21 January 2024
Newbury museum hosts final digital collection day to preserve WWII memories (newburytoday.co.uk) , Newbury Today, 23 January 2024
Their Finest Hour – Liverpool History Society , Liverpool History Society
Memories of 80 years ago fast fading in Liverpool to be preserved - Liverpool Echo , Liverpool Echo, 27 February 2024