As a historian, the two areas of history that have always fascinated and intrigued me have been the Cold War and twentieth-century United States.
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The beautiful nuance of ‘A Passage to India’
Glenn Armstrong reviews E.M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’, discussing what it reveals about British colonial attitudes and where it falls short.
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin: A Hidden City at the Centre of All Things
William Kinsella discusses how Judith Herrin’s Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Empire reshapes commonly-held opinions on Italian history.
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Looking beyond Brittain and Nightingale
John Stewart sheds light on the reality of nurses in World War One, looking beyond the influences of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale.
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The Global Middle Ages: A Radical New Way of Doing History
Luke Bateman reviews the EWF4 paper, or Global Middle Ages.
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Should undergraduate historians be forced to take British history papers?
“No matter what country you’re learning about, you’ll probably bump into Britain.” Nathan Land argues against compulsory British history papers.
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Tbilisi: Lucky Number 27
“The story of Tbilisi is one of constant adaptation and rebirth.”
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In defence of Historiography
Daniel Morgan sets out the case for the continued relevance of the Historiography Prelims paper.
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On Old English Translation: Wulf’s Tale
Yasmin Howells’ creative translation of Wulf and Eadwacer, an Old English Poem found in the Book of Exeter.
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The Oxford Bulldogs: Bark Worse than their Bite?
Did Oxford University’s bowler hatted police force have any real power? And what does its existence say about the wider university?
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Warsaw: Life Imitates Art
Maciej Nowakowski opens his ‘Cities of Hope’ series by looking at Warsaw, “the Paris of the North”.
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