25/05/2010
How did the 18th-century Enlightenment change Edinburgh for good? Vanessa Collingridge presents more of your stories that change the way we see the past.
A listener's search for the answer to a television quiz programme reveals how a new philosophy changed the physical face of Edinburgh back in the eighteenth century. Dylan Winter travels to North Wales and Somerset to discover the history of lager in the UK 100 years before the lager lout, and we learn about a new English Heritage project that hopes to capture memories of the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Vanessa Collingridge presents the popular history programme in which listeners' questions and research help offer new insights into the past.
You can send us questions or an outline of your own research.
Email: making.history@bbc.co.uk
Write to Making History. 主播大秀 Radio 4. PO Box 3096. Brighton BN1 1PL
Join the conversation on our Facebook page or find out more from the Radio 4 website: bbc.co.uk/radio4/makinghistory
Producer: Nick Patrick
A Pier production for 主播大秀 Radio 4.
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Making History
Popular history series where the past connects with the present.
