Ruth Boreham - Historical Researcher
I have worked on the following media projects, sometimes just as researcher, sometimes making an appearance as well!
Television
- Landward (BBC2) – interviewed about Women's Land Army, shown Friday 9th November 2007
- Who Do You Think You Are? (Wall to Wall/BBC 2) – worked on Scottish side for Jeremy Paxman, Nicky Campbell, Alistair McGown, Matthew Pinsent, Rory Bremner, Fiona Bruce and David Mitchell. Appeared in the Pinsent programme shown Thursday 18th October 2007
- Not Forgotten (Wall to Wall/Channel 4) - researcher
- Family Ties (BBC 4) – researcher for programme helping a man find out more about his birth mother's family
- History Mysteries (Lion TV/BBC2’s Open University) – researcher for programme (not shown) about witchtrials in Pittenweem
- The Boy Who Lived Before (Octoberfilms/Channel 5) – researcher on the family history of a family a young boy claims he lived with in another life. Also appeared in the programme shown October 2006.
Radio
- The Four O'Clock Friends (BBC Radio 4) Researcher and curator featured in the programmes broadcast every Tuesday morning from 5th December 2006 to 2nd January 2007.
- Buried Treasure (Radio Scotland) re-edited version of above radio programmes.
- Making History (Radio 4) - helped with programme on the Women's Timber Corps broadcast October 2007.
Articles
- Queen Cartimandua
- Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon (May/June 2005, History Scotland)
- Mary Somerville (November/December 2006, History Scotland)
- Murray Minted (History Today)
- Women article (Discover NLS)
- Mrs Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte (Discover NLS)
- Take It Further - Scottish Estate Records (Who Do You Think You Are magazine)
I have also written reviews for magazines and journals, in particular Captain Cook Society, Marie Stuart Society, Women’s History Network, The Keats-Shelley Review and the BBC Who Do You Think You Are magazine.
