ReadingHistory
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Women in our History
For Women’s History Month this year, we wanted to focus on the women in our lives – ordinary women who have made significant contributions in their own way. To start us off, Abbie Tibbott writes about her own experiences tracing… Continue reading
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Things to Do (and Maybe Not to Do) for Valentines Day
This Valentine’s Day, we revisit some romantic – and spiteful – traditions from the past. DO: Be romantic and create a love token Love tokens in the Victorian era were synonymous with emotion. Generally, a love token was a round… Continue reading
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Criminality and Queer History
Dr Liz Barnes discusses the difficulty of uncovering ordinary queer lives in the past. Please note that this post contains references to sexual violence and language that readers might find offensive. Criminality is ever-present for historians seeking to uncover queer… Continue reading
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A Tribute to Nicola Verdon
The department was greatly saddened to learn that our friend and former colleague Nicola Verdon was killed in a cycling accident on 29th December. Nicola was a research fellow in the Department from 2001 to 2004 and returned to us… Continue reading
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Steering Santa: Modernising Father Christmas in Britain
James Smith, finalist in BA History, traces the evolution of Father Christmas in Britain across the nineteenth century. Father Christmas driving a car! Even in the twenty first century, the idea of him piloting anything other than a sleigh seems… Continue reading
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