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General election 2015: Britain and the European Union – are there alternatives?
By Dr Matt Broad A couple of weeks ago, I bemoaned the lack of discussion about foreign policy in the general election campaign. On that occasion I wrote that none of the main parties had ‘dared to mention foreign… Continue reading
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General Election 2015: manifestos – good politics or whistling in the wind?
In the fourth instalment of our General Election 2015 special feature, Dr Broad looks at political manifestos. Elections are strange affairs. For all the uncertainty inherent in a campaign the party machine is a highly structured… Continue reading
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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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Jonny Wilkinson
By Howard Clements There are not many in the United Kingdom that can place themselves in the category of “national sporting hero.” We may think of people such as: Sir Chris Hoy, Bobby Moore, Mo Farah, Sir Steve Redgrave… Continue reading
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Aung San Suu Kyi
By Rebecca Riezebos In a world still dominated by violence and war, it would seem prudent that an updated Temple of Worthies should contain at least one of the major political peace advocates of the twentieth century. Of course the… Continue reading
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What causes eclipses, and what did people think about them in the past?
By Dr Anne Lawrence The English chronicler, William of Malmesbury, recorded an eclipse in 1140 like this: ‘There was an eclipse throughout England, and the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending. Then they… Continue reading
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