This Virtual Special Issue of History Workshop Journal contains all Raphael Samuel’s major articles and essays, and a selection of shorter pieces and interventions.
Author: Felix Driver
Blog Standard History
The proliferation of websites, blogs and tweets is re-shaping the practice of history at large. This is a good place to reflect on the significance of these not-so-new electronic media for the ways in which people relate to the past.
Mapping Crisis in the ‘MidEast’: Geopolitics Redux
As news websites try to make sense of what some describe as the ‘Arab spring’, ever more inventive maps are appearing online. History Workshop Journal editor Felix Driver has been mapping the maps.
Save the Workhouse?
The Cleveland Street Workhouse, near London’s British Telecom Tower, has recently been the focus of a well-organised campaign against proposals to demolish the building and make way for a new development consisting of housing, offices and shops.
