Michael Wood on the Peterloo photograph

Michael Wood talks to us about a photograph that links his family to the Peterloo massacre of 1819

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Published: February 14, 2020 at 12:03 pm

The acclaimed popular historian and broadcaster Michael Wood talks to us about a photograph he discovered that links his family to the infamous Peterloo massacre of 1819.

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