READING HISTORY

ReadingHistory

  • Deidre Barlow, “Everywoman”

    By Sean Atkinson Deidre Barlow, played by Anne Kirkbride, lit up the television screens of many over her forty-two years on Coronation Street. Everyone could relate to the character of Deidre Barlow.  In 1972, a young Deidre Barlow, walked down… Continue reading

  • Did the Cathars Exist?

    Dr Rebecca Rist   Who were the Cathars? Traditionally they have been seen as dissenters from Catholic doctrine living in the south of France and Northern Italy during the High Middle Ages. Cathar beliefs were supposed to derive from Bogomilism,… Continue reading

    Did the Cathars Exist?

  • Professor Edith Morley: The Struggles of an Educated Victorian Woman

    Congratulations to our second year student Erin Shearer on winning our undergraduate student blog competition! Erin nominated Professor Edith Morley for our Temple of Worthies. Her blog was the most read with 317 views at the closing of the competition… Continue reading

  • Stepping Stone to Hiroshima: Iwo Jima, February 1945

    By Professor Patrick Major   On 23 February 1945 one of the most iconic images of the Second World War was captured: six US Marines were frozen in time by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, as they raised the stars… Continue reading

  • Outreach Project at The Museum of English Rural Life

    By Lisa Berry Waite If you read my previous blog post before Christmas, you will of read about the outreach anniversary project commemorating a 100 years of remembrance that Dr Jacqui Turner organised, involving several History students from the university… Continue reading