READING HISTORY

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  • Statues and public memory in twenty-first century Britain

      by Dr Jeremy Burchardt Look at the photograph below.  What is your reaction? it’s a pompous, embarrassing monument to imperialism.  Knock it down! it’s a precious part of our heritage.  Those were the days! times have changed but we… Continue reading

  • Ice cold in Paris

    Suddenly in late February it began to feel like spring. It’s hard to believe quite how cold it was at the beginning of February when I took my final year Special Subject undergraduate students to Paris and Reims for a… Continue reading

    Ice cold in Paris

  • A bas les éditeurs!

    By Professor David Stack   In danger of being lost amidst the many centenaries, bicentenaries and jubilees modern historians are set to mark in 2012, is a significant 21st birthday. In the fairly recent past what the Americans call the ‘age of… Continue reading

  • Pomegranate Queen

    by Professor Lindy Grant Pomegranate season – my local Turkish shop sells delicious pomegranates, and I can’t resist them. The fruits look so exotic, especially when there are still traces of pink petal in the gaping navel at the top… Continue reading

  • Propaganda and nostalgia for ‘traditional’ sex

      By Dan Healey Last week Russia’s most ‘liberal’ metropolis, St Petersburg, passed on first reading a repugnant law that will remind an older generation of British gays and lesbians of Margaret Thatcher’s homophobic ‘Section 28’. The Conservative prime minister’s 1988… Continue reading