An Anglia Ruskin historian is taking to the airwaves in an exciting new venture in local radio. Dr Seán Lang, Senior Lecturer in history, has teamed up with Cambridge local historian Fonz Chamberlain to co-present 'The Cambridge Time Traveller', a monthly history show on the independent local radio station, 209radio.

Fonz has been running the show as a one-man operation since he founded it two years ago. Seán, whose voice is already familiar to local listeners from his regular weekly slot on BBC Cambridgeshire's 'Friday Breakfast Show', has brought some new ideas and items to the 'Time Traveller' show. Listeners are invited to nominate moments in history they would like to go back in time and witness, and there will be interviews with people from the very wide range of occupations that involve hands-on engagement with history and the past.

Involvement with the show isn't limited to staff. History students Elliot Hodgson and Tim Knight-Hughes have conducted interviews with local people for the show and there are plenty of other opportunities for students to get involved. The show has spwaned a flourishing website where local people can record their memories of Cambridgeshire in the past, or can post the results of their reading and research into local history.

'The Cambridge Time Traveller' is one of the most exciting ventures in the field of local history, so it's good to report that Anglia Ruskin's history team is there at its heart.

For more information, and to listen to the show, please visit the Time Traveller website.

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