General elections are the great democratic leveller. Every citizen – however wealthy, educated or interested – gets an opportunity to pass judgement on the performance of the government and the direction…
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January is a strain for most people. It’s dark and the festive lights don’t disguise this anymore. You’re back at work and the next holiday may be some way off. You’ve just had to spend a large amount…
The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source for half of them (including Macbeth, Antony & Cleopatra, All’s Well, As You Like It, and The Tempest…
We have become used to politicians talking about their emotions and their domestic lives. Indeed, it sometimes seems you can’t get anywhere in politics until you’ve been photographed with your arm wrapped…
Autumn is awash with alcohol, and not just because of the new vintage. Oktoberfest plays a part, too, the 16-day festival in Munich that we associate with massive beer mugs and plenty of debauchery. Its…
A panic erupted in Britain 126 years ago. At daybreak on Saturday September 8, the mutilated body of Annie Chapman, a prostitute, had been found in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Her…
It is great news that the National Trust has bought Hambledon Hill, a Iron Age hill fort in southwest England, for the nation. Now the expertise of its in-house archaeologists and conservators can be used…
On July 24 1914 the British cabinet met to discuss the diplomatic situation in Europe, which had deteriorated rapidly since the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, a month before…
From an early age, I was fascinated by any story about war. Being born in 1969, and being a child in the 1970s, a large number of my “play” options were linked to the war. I read comics such as Warlord…
After months of research, excavating old graves and following one lead after another, my colleagues and I can confirm that remains we discovered are those of English king Alfred the Great or his son Edward…
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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Professor of History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
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Professor of Political History, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor of Women's and Gender History, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in the Department of History, Durham University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
