Sue Cook and the team answer listeners' historical queries and celebrate the way in which we all 'make' history.
Series 11
Programme 10
21ÌýJune 2005
Inuit off Aberdeen?
A listener contacted the programme with a family story that Inuit in kayaks were seen off the coast of north-east Scotland over 200 years ago. Could this be true?
Making History consulted Neil Curtis,ÌýSenior Curator at the Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen.
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Knights Hospitaller
A listener in Norway, who grew up near Halstead in Essex, wanted to know who built the round church at a nearby village - Little Maplestead. As reporter Ivan Howlett discovered, the church was the work of the Knights Hospitaller - Knights of the order of St John of Jerusalem - a medieval religious sect that, in the 19th century, was recognised by Queen Victoria and founded the St John Ambulance.
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Left wing/right wing
What are the origins of these political terms? Making History consulted Professor Richard Bellamy at the University of Essex.
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Local history hero
Rob Orland and his seven year-old son Stephen have put together an excellent website:
Making History asked David Dawson, Head of Digital Futures at the Museums and Libraries Association, where people can get advice about building websites. He suggested the following sites:
David recommends the following sites as good examples of what you can do:
Vanessa has presentedÌýscience and current affairs programmes for 91Èȱ¬, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.Ìý
Contact Making History
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Making History
91Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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Vanessa has presentedÌýscience and current affairs programmes for 91Èȱ¬, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.Ìý