Media History

How will history remember Euro 2020?
Has the dust settled yet from the events of the final of the European Championships? If you’re an England...
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The Use of History in Football
You’ll most likely love this time of year if you’re a football fan, or you’ll hate it if you’re...
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War and Music
(Please be aware of upsetting content) When it comes to reflecting on war, we are all familiar with art,...
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5 Museums Not To Miss This Summer!
As museums start to reopen after months of lockdown, I’ve put together a list of amazing, inspiring, and fascinating...
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Video Gaming Historians: Taoubh cuideachd!
As a historian studying historical video games, I get one of two reactions when I tell people what I’m...
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Is the colon overused in historical titles?
No, I don’t mean the organ in our bodies. I mean the : in historical writings. What I’m about...
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Vikings: Final Season Review
Contains spoilers – although everyone dies in historical fiction at some point, right? “Perhaps the golden age of the...
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Historical TV Review: Barbarians
Beware: This review will contain some spoilers, but as Barbarians is based on a factual episode in history, these...
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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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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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