Margaret Thatcher – The Movie

By Administrator February 28, 2012 Reviews & Comment 1 comment

The feminist and writer Beatrix Campbell – author of The Iron Ladies: Why Do Women Vote Tory?, among other titles – takes exception to Phyllida Lloyd’s Oscar winning film ‘The Iron Lady’…

A Tale of Two Shop Signs

By Andrew Whitehead February 19, 2012 Histories of the Present 10 comments

Andrew Whitehead on the reappearance – and disappearance – of old shop signs

Karachi Literature Festival

By Yasmin Khan February 17, 2012 Histories of the Present 0 comments

Yasmin Khan reports from the 2012 Karachi Literature Festival

Cable Street – What Kind of Victory?

By Administrator February 13, 2012 Reviews & Comment 0 comments

Review of books published by Five Leaves related to the Battle of Cable Street, by Martin Spafford

History Fieldwork – Do Our Students Get Out Enough?

By Toby Butler January 16, 2012 Teaching & Learning 5 comments

Should history take a good look at geography and geology, where out-of-school learning and field trips are considered an essential part of the school and university curriculum?

The Domino Revolutions: 1848, 1989, 2011

By Administrator January 12, 2012 Histories of the Present 2 comments

The successive overthrow of apparently well established governments in Tunisia, Egypt and then Libya prompts the question: how do revolutions spread? Kevin Adamson and Mike Rapport of the School of History and Politics at the University of Stirling compare years of ‘domino’ revolutions.

The Nation, Our Libraries and Archives – and the Cuts

By Anne January 10, 2012 Histories of the Present 1 comment

Discussion of a History Workshop Journal feature on ‘Coalition Cuts’, threats to archives and their repositories, urging academics, in particular, to champion libraries and archives within their own institutions