It's Euro 2021 so we are organising a sweepstake on our twitter account, @HistoriansUON. It's just for fun. Free to enter and no prizes, except glory among the historical community! We might even do some football blogs and historically themed facts along the way. To enter, just follow us on twitter and reply to our... Continue Reading →
Following the successful online workshop last year on 'Innovations in Teaching Eighteenth-Century History', we plan to publish an edited book on this theme. As well as developing papers from the workshop into chapters, we are seeking additional chapters for the book, so this is a further oppotunity to get involved. The book will focus on... Continue Reading →
Jim Beach reviews a new history of Britain in the early years of the Second World War. Occasionally a history book comes along and you’re obliged to point and shout “wow!” Alan Allport’s Britain at Bay is one of those books. It is also very timely. At a moment when our government is wrapping itself... Continue Reading →
THIS BLOG CONTAINS SPOILERS The sixth and final series of police corruption drama Line of Duty concluded on Sunday night. I say 'concluded', but the ending was rather inconclusive, to the extent that it may have left the door open to continue the story. The revelation of the identity of 'H' proved to be a... Continue Reading →
Prof Matthew McCormack from History at the University of Northampton has been elected Vice President of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
[This blog does not contain plot spoilers, but does mention themes and incidents in the story.] During lockdown, many of us are watching more TV, and the BBC are doing a great public service by putting lots of boxsets on iPlayer. Unexpectedly, they acquired the classic American science fiction blockbuster Battlestar Galactica, broadcasting the first... Continue Reading →
Like many people, I am working from home at the moment. In normal circumstances, I work at home a day or two a week, and I have a routine. Everything stops at 12:15 for lunch and Bargain Hunt. Bargain Hunt is, in my view, a perfect TV show. It is difficult to classify. It is... Continue Reading →
The UK government is holding daily news conferences on the Coronavirus pandemic, and yesterday the Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded to a question about further restrictions on the public - such as limiting public transport - like this: We live in a land of liberty, as you know, and it’s one of the great features... Continue Reading →
Online workshop hosted by the University of Northampton, 25 June 2020 Register here to participate in the event. Registration is free but places are limited. In recent decades, the eighteenth century has been a notable growth area in historical studies and related disciplines. Since its study was long neglected, historians of the period tended to... Continue Reading →
When The Force Awakens came out in 2015, I wrote a blog about how Star Wars had a strong sense of history, referencing previous times and films about them. After watching the new movie The Rise of Skywalker last Friday, I have been thinking about how the series has a history in a more personal... Continue Reading →
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