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Category Archives: In the Media
LBGT History Month 2017: Oscar Wilde Vlog
by Jodie Larkin and Nikki Rai In accordance with LGBT+ history month, this vlog explores Oscar Wilde’s infamous stay in Reading Gaol (later HM Reading Prison). During the late nineteenth century, Wilde was at the height of success: hit wit, … Continue reading
A Recipe for Tudor Jumbals à la GBBO
by Dr Ruth Salter As you may be aware that this year the University’s team responsible for MOOCs [Massive Open Online Courses] and the history department, headed by Prof Kate Williams, have been working closely on an exciting venture. Along … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, In the Media, News
Tagged Early Modern, early modern history, food history, food science, FutureLearn, GBBO, Great British Bake Off, historic cooking, Historic Royal Palaces, historical baking, historical recipe, history, history of food, MOOC, Online Course, recipe, Royal Food and Feasting, The History of Royal Food and Feasting, Tudor, Tudor history, Tudor recipe, University of Reading
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Prof. Matthew Worely in ‘Kurt’s Lighter by Paul Kelly ft. Scott King’
Prof. Matthew Worley features in a new film with Scott King. With regards to the film, Prof. Worely comments: The film came about because I have long worked with the artist Scott King. Back in 1997, we began working under … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural History, In the Media, News, Our Videos
Tagged history, pop culture, University of Reading, Youth Culture
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TEA & TESTIMONY
History on TV As part of Explore Your Archives, Reading historians Professor Kate Williams and Dr Jacqui Turner will chat about the effect of the media on public history. Is history now just another commodity? Can archives really be described … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In the Media, News
Tagged Great British Bak Off, history, museum studies, museums, public history, Suffreggete, tv
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‘Hidden Figures’ Film Review
by Philippa Sale [1] There was some confusion at the Academy Awards this weekend when ‘La La Land’ was incorrectly announced as the winner of the Best Picture Oscar, the real winner being ‘Moonlight’. Away from this embarrassing mix-up another … Continue reading →