ReadingHistory
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‘I wanted the world to get better and I knew it couldn’t get better if it was going to be ruled by men…’ Nancy Astor (BBC Radio Broadcast1956)
By Dr Jacqui Turner It was 95 years ago that Nancy Astor, the first female MP, gave her maiden speech; the first speech by a woman in Parliament. Nancy Astor was an, American. She was an aristocratic, controversial and witty… Continue reading
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Research Seminars Summer Term 2014
Department of History Wednesday 18 June 14.30-18.00, HumSS 175 The Invention of Ceremony Lindy Grant, Reading: Blanche of Castile and the invention of ceremony Jeremy Burchardt, Reading: ‘Roast beef and plum pudding’: the ceremony and symbolism of c.19th allotment society rent suppers Nicholas… Continue reading
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Spotlight on: Dr Jacqui Turner
I was born in Lancashire at a time that unfortunately now appears as a topic or occasionally a Special Subject on our syllabus. I was brought up in a large, political and very Northern working class family and attended one… Continue reading
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The Canonisations of John XXIII and John Paul II
by Dr Rebecca Rist On Sunday, the 27th of April 2014 John XXIII (1958-1963) and John Paul II (1978-2005) were both canonised, or declared saints, by the Catholic Church – the first ever ‘double canonisation’. They will be following a long… Continue reading
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Spotlight on: Alastair Noble
I was born in Lanark but moved south at a young age, and grew up in Canterbury. I returned North of the border to study in Glasgow, where I graduated. Then to London where I followed a career in the… Continue reading
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