Editors’ Notes | Xan Atkins and Zoey Strzelecki Is that time of year where the essays are piling on, nights in the library are getting longer and exam revision is looming. But the end of the semester does More » Editors’ Notes | Zoey Strzelecki and Xan Atkins In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued the […]
Behind The Headlines | Lucy Wickham In April 2016, a few hundred people gathered in a provincial town north of Paris to hear Emmanuel Macron speak. Macron spoke of French industry and employment, and set out More » History You Should Know | Lucy Wickham According to a 2014 BBC World Service poll, just 3 […]
Behind The Headlines | Thomas Barnett “To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge – to convert our good words into good deeds – in a new alliance for progress – More » Features | Thomas Barnett To the British observer, the American celebration of Thanksgiving can seem quite a […]
Features | Ruth Bretts Whilst the social and political elite in exclusive universities had held the monopoly on scholarship for centuries, Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1440 revolutionized the potential for More »
In Culture | Will Winstone Leonardo Da Vinci was, without doubt, one of the greatest minds in human history who is often said to have been, scientifically at least, hundreds of years ahead of his More »
Features | Ata Rahman Arguably the most important facet to consider when one is examining the social and cultural developments within the European Enlightenment is the rise of the public sphere. What gave rise More » Features | Sahand Razavi The ideological movement that developed in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, known universally […]
University | Harriet Cherry Manchester University may have produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other non-Oxbridge city, yet we can also make a claim no less necessary in retaining the peace and happiness More » In Culture | Harriet Cherry This wonderful documentary tells the story of the 168 fearless women who provided vital […]
In Culture | Christopher MacMahon The History Channel would seem like the logical go to for any avid history fan who wanted to learn more about their interest. In reality anyone turning on the History More » Behind The Headlines | Christopher MacMahon Niall Ferguson certainly thinks so, but will following his lead be detrimental […]
History Lesson | Steven Wears Steven Wears writes a potted history of the events leading up to and following the partition in August 1947. History Lesson | Megan Dina Garlick Megan Dina Garlick asks to what extent medieval churchmen were writers of contemporary histories enlivened by the author’s perspective and experiences. History Lesson | Ned […]
History Lesson | Bria Cotton The Qing dynasty was China’s last dynasty, and it lasted from 1644-1912. This period under the Qing dynasty constructed and built upon the foundations for modern China, and its coming More »
History You Should Know | Károly Gergely For the French it is Verdun, for the British, it is the Somme. How do we think of the biggest battle of the First World War after 100 years? During More » History Lesson, History You Should Know | Károly Gergely The Roman triumph was one including military, […]
In Culture | Sophia White The Manchester Historian pays a visit to the vast exhibition rooms on Mancunian scientific innovation. University | Sophia White We all spend hours in the library, but how much do we know about its namesake? History in Culture | Jonathon Holt and Sophia White One of the most iconic events […]
History in Culture | Holly Donald For almost 60 years Tamla Motown hasproved that black soul and R&Bis universally popular. In Britain, this was especially true with its re-emergence in the 1980sas the Northern Soul Youth More » History You Should Know | Holly Donald The 13th Amendment needs little, if any, introduction. Abraham […]
Features | El Mawer Mark Antony’s life spanned the last fifty years of the Roman Republic. Born in 83 BC into a family of ancient lineage and high distinction, Antony unsurprisingly lived a predominantly More »