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General election 2015: where is the foreign policy?
In the third instalment of our 2015 election special, Dr Matt Broad discusses foreign policy. UKIP defections, Labour surge, leaked memos, non-doms, nuclear bombs, paid volunteering, police numbers, fiscal autonomy, fruit pickers and Joey Essex (again) – this… Continue reading
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2015: a case of déjà vu?
In the second instalment of our 2015 election special, Dr Matt Broad reviews the first week of the campaign and offers a historical prospective on the Leaders Debate. Politics is a fickle business. Labour started the week… Continue reading
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Inventing the Woman Question, and Giving Women a History of Their Own (not in the 19th century, but the 15th )
By Dr Anne Lawrence If you think that the ‘Woman Question’ was a Victorian invention you are technically correct, but the ‘Women Debate’ was launched in fifteenth-century Paris by a celebrated scholar, author and historian – who was also a… Continue reading
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2015 Election
Welcome to our featured blog series on the 2015 Election Dr Matt Broad provides a weekly analysis of one of the most exciting campaigns in British history On Thursday, 7 May the people of Britain go to the polls… Continue reading
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Speaking truth to power—Archbishop Richard FitzRalph of Armagh (c.1300-1360)
Congratulations to our PhD student Bridget Riley on winning our postgraduate student blog competition! Bridget nominated Archbishop Richard FitzRalph of Armagh for our Temple of Worthies. Her blog was the most read with 277 views at the closing of the competition… Continue reading
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