The project will produce two podcasts, aimed at secondary students but available freely for anyone to download. The period of fascist rule in Italy is a component of many current GCSE, A Level and Highers syllabuses. The podcasts introduce to listeners some of the latest approaches to studying the history of fascism and food history, and their associated problems. So often, when the history of fascism is presented in a popular format (and, indeed, in secondary education) it is still the figure of Mussolini and the workings of the fascist hierarchy that are uppermost.  This project presents the history of fascist Italy from a different angle, from the perspective of its cultural and social history and of how it was experienced and lived day-by-day. As such, the podcasts discuss the approaches of microhistory and history from below/everyday life history, helping to raise listeners’ awareness of different approaches to studying the past and allowing them to evaluate the worth of these approaches, their benefits and problems.

It is expected that the podcasts will be available here for download by Summer 2017.