Nowadays, Thanksgiving is a national holiday. There’s a parade in New York, and everyone gathers with their families and loved ones to eat turkey, spend time with one another and give thanks. But Thanksgiving hasn’t always been like this. The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pilgrims from Britain came over […]
Mary Wollenscraft is one of the most famous people you’ve never heard of. Her presence in the school curriculum is minimal; her only appearance comes as a contextual note for ‘Frankenstein’ – the popular book written by Mary Shelley, her daughter Merging aspects of different ideologies is not uncommon in the history of the world. […]
Niall Ferguson certainly thinks so, but will following his lead be detrimental to the teaching of history in schools today? Modern day experts look at the past in an attempt to understand the present. A look at Niall Ferguson’s groundbreaking documentary series on financial history. The Manchester Historian pays a visit to the vast exhibition […]
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On 16 October, 1953, Fidel Castro gave an impassioned speech while on trial for his role in the Moncada Barracks attack. The speech was entitled, ‘History will absolve me.’ Having studied law at Havana University, Castro represented himself at the trial, and being a skilled propagandist, used this platform to spread his message of revolution against […]
We all remember the children’s books, but what will a history undergraduate make of the television series? The Oscar winning picture that gives history a voice. You walk past it every day, but what lies behind the wall of the Manchester Museum, and what is the story behind that infamous crab? A local event with […]
6 December 1956: The closing moments of an Olympic water polo match. Hungarian Ervin Zádor leaves the pool bleeding due to a punch from Soviet player Valentin Prokopov. The fracas? Evidence of the tensions consequential to a month’s worth of revolt in Hungary against the Soviet regime between 23 October and 10 November 1956. The uprising […]
Born on 8 January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis was born with an identical twin, Jesse, who was delivered stillborn. With no other siblings, Elvis grew a close attachment to his parents who encouraged him to pursue musical inspiration through attending an Assembly of God organisation. As his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis took […]
Manchester Historian Team 2018/19 Editors: Laura Ali, Will Kerrs-Farmer Head of Design: Leyla Ozcan, Sean Jones Head of Copy-Editing: Daniel Johnson Head of Online: Mollie Ramos Head of Marketing: Phil Manktelow Design Team: Ningjing Liu, Jessica Kelly, Urussa Malik Copy-Editing Team: Tara Kathleen Morony, Kate Jackson, Reuben Williamson, Annabelle Sharp Online Team: Hannah Largue, Rebecca Bowers Podcasts: Wilf Kenning Marketing Team: Holly Gaffney, Tess Bawden, […]
What first interested you in history? Studying ancient Egypt at primary school made me positive I wanted to be an Egyptologist. Quite how I then made the leap to the C18th I’m not sure, but my early love of ‘historical’ films of the 1950s and 60s (The Vikings, Robin of Sherwood, The Scarlet Pimpernel etc) […]
Welcome to this year’s first issue of the Manchester Historian. Ata and I are really excited to take over as editors. Florence and her team last year got the paper off to an incredible start. I was so impressed when I heard that Price Waterhouse Cooper had shortlisted the paper award. So, we’ve got really […]
A look at our city’s historical hotspots. The eruption of Pompeii is one of classical civilisation’s most documented events. This article uncovers the secret sexuality embedded in Roman society. An examination of the life of Britain’s most controversial historian, A.J.P. Taylor. A review of the engaging lecture series fronted by Manchester’s most famous history professor. […]
Welcome to the first instalment of the Manchester Historian Podcast In this episode, we spoke to editors of the magazine for the 2018/19 year, Laura Ali and Will Kerrs. We discussed everything from what led them to get involved in the magazine, to the processes they go through to getting the magazine to publish, the […]
Former editor of the Manchester Historian. History in Culture | Frankie Williams ‘I’ll show you who’s boss, Kate Moss’. Henry Holland was working on the teen magazine Bliss when he soared to fame with his tongue in cheek catchphrase T-shirts. Everyone whose More »