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Should historical TV dramas come with a warning label that they may include fictitious content?
I skirted around this question in my last blog. There I argued the benefits of historical TV dramas in...
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Civil War, Revolution, Rebellion? What on earth do we call it?
I don’t know about you, but I find that in History names can cause really big arguments. Was it...
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Myths of History: The Battle of Britain (July -October 1940)
After the defeat of France in June 1940, Britain alone and faced the might of the armed forces of...
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Historical computer games and collective memory
Historical computer games, much like historical films, are perhaps entitled to a little ‘artistic licence’. The obvious example being...
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At War with Donald Duck
During the Second World War, Walt Disney became closely associated with the American propaganda effort. One character in particular...
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The positive uses of TV as Public History
In 1994 social historian Raphael Samuel warned those associated with the academic discipline of history to not dismiss the...
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The Miskito Kingdom: The third power in Central America
While it is easy to see colonial American history as the straightforward clash of European Empires, fighting over land...
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“Operation Barbarossa” June – December 1941: Why it Failed
At 3.15 am in the morning on Sunday June 22nd 1941, Adolf Hitler launched “Operation Barbarossa”- the invasion of...
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History is actually useful, who knew!
We often study the past because we have a fascination with a certain century, period or topic. Something stands...
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The Planners dilemma: Do we really need old buildings?
I thought I would briefly write about a question that has been on my mind for quite some time...
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