In this video Jessica considers the portrayal of the ‘ordinary’ or ‘citizen’ hero, starting with Bruce Bairnsfather’s famous ‘Old Bill’ cartoon character. The ‘citizen hero’ was an everyman figure, showing qualities of endurance, comradeship, and black humour. But there were differences in the...

In this video Alison and Claudia provide an account of heroines in occupied France and Belgium during World War 1. They focus in particular on Edith Cavell, a British nurse who spoke fluent French and ran a training school for Belgian nurses. When war broke out, she became involved in a local...

Extended video of the conversations on classical heroism: Ingrid Sharp and Angie Hobbs consider key characteristics of classical models of heroism (Full length).