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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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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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Afterlives of the Psychiatric Asylum
The Psychiatric Asylum was once the main form of mental health care in the UK, housing tens of thousands...
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Quakers and Moral Treatment
William Tuke (1732 – 1822) was one of the pioneers of mental health treatment in the UK in the...
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The Limping Lady and the Woman Who Couldn’t Lie
It was a bleak November in 1942, when a tall woman with striking features and a slight limp was...
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Remembering and Forgetting the Psychiatric Asylum
Psychiatric asylums were the globally-dominant form of mental health care for over a century. Generally located on the urban...
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Lesser-known Figures of the LGBTQ+ Community: Part 2
While there are some names in LGBTQ+ history which are famous, there are many that are not. In this...
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Lesser-known Figures of the LGBTQ+ Community: Part 1
While there are some names in LGBTQ+ history which are famous, there are many that are not. In this...
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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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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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