Jack Varley reflects on the dubious disappearance of the European diplomat.
Latest season of The Crown exposes double standards from MPs
There appears to be something slightly insidious in how Oliver Dowden, Culture Secretary, has singled out the recent series of The Crown as needing a warning of its fictional status. That the most recent season […]
In defence of Stonehenge’s scenic route
Mia Fulford writes about the newly proposed plan to dig alongside Stonehenge.
British cultural nostalgia and history lessons: A visit to the British Culture Archive
Alexandra Stewart dives into the British Culture Archive and takes a look at British culture ranging from 1960s rave footage through to Thatcher’s Britain, social housing and acid house.
Study Abroad at Home: A Day in My Life
In this week’s article Siobhan takes us through a day in her life as an online study abroad student.
German Reunification: What Can We Learn From Thirty Years of Unity?
On Germany’s 30th Birthday since its reunification, Katie McCarthy reflects on the nation’s achievements and future outlook.
‘Ivan The Terrible’: Should Holocaust war criminals still be punished?
After the Second World War, John Demjanjuk emigrated to the US in search of the American Dream. He was able to live there as a ‘normal Cleveland guy’. In 1986, he was accused of being […]
Origins of Halloween
How many of us actually know the origins of this enduring tradition?
It’s Time To Abandon Our Infallible Image Of Churchill
Take a moment to read the following quotes. One belongs to Winston Churchill, the man who is so often lauded as the greatest Prime Minister to ever have graced the United Kingdom; one belongs to […]
Black Panther: the film shaking the foundations of Colonialism
Black Panther is a technicolour world, constructed by cinematographer Rachel Morrison, to the cast who are, to borrow from an popular black hair product line, ‘Dark [skinned] and Lovely’, the film’s politics are woven into […]
Remembering Storm Jameson: a forgotten feminist pioneer
As the winter sunshine illuminates the banners on the University Union Square, proudly displaying our best and brightest alumni, including Jack Straw and Chris Pine, there is a name missing: that of Margaret Storm Jameson. […]
Bayeux Tapest-oui
The Victorian historian Edward Freeman wrote that ‘history is past politics and politics present history’. Last week’s decision by Emanuel Macron to give Britain the Bayeux tapestry for the first time in its near 900 […]