In common with students and staff at Northampton and elsewhere, and in solidarity with the family of George Floyd and all victims of racism we add our voice to those protesting worldwide. History does not belong to any group or person and does not exclude any group or person. The history we teach, the history... Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter: The Role of Museums
The next in our continuing series of blogs inspired by the BLM movement from students and staff is from Catriona, who has just completed her second year of study with us. As another middle aged, middle class white person, I also wondered what contribution I could make to the quest for change, the need for... Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter - the second in a series of posts from History at Northampton
This week we are posting personal blogs from students and staff in History at the University of Northampton. Today's post is by Joseph, a first year History Undergraduate. When you look back in history and you see black people as slaves, then you see them segregated and treated as second class citizens and you think... Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter - a series of posts from History at Northampton
Today we start a series of personal blog posts from staff and students reacting to the killing of George Floyd and the protests here and around the world. The first of these is from Ursula, who has just completed her second year of study for a degree in History at the University of Northampton. NB: Ursula's... Continue Reading →
‘Keep cool and you command everybody’*: reflections on history and why we are focusing on the wrong freedoms.
‘We live in societies where the positive freedom to act as we wish is perhaps our central concern. Whatever the professed fears f global warning, or the expressed sympathies with the poor and downtrodden, the willingness actively to change our way of living is the province of only a small minority. For most, the everyday... Continue Reading →
Lockdown fried chicken - its finger-licking good…
This recipe is pretty easy and pretty healthy but also quite delicious! If you are missing your KFC or Nandos this might be a good way to pretend we're all out of lockdown. For this you will need: A large frying pan, a meat tenderiser or rolling pin, some cling film, a spatula/cooking turner, and... Continue Reading →
Lockdown fruit crumble: heavenly comfort food!
I don’t do many puddings but one I can make is a crumble. The great thing about a crumble is you can use whatever fruit is available, and mix it up to suit your taste (or the contents of your fridge or fruit bowl). Apples (eating or cooking ones), plums, pears, gooseberries, and rhubarb –... Continue Reading →
Lockdown Recipes: pea pesto pasta!
My wife and I have been isolating now for almost two weeks and it is making me more creative in the kitchen. For all of March we ate an almost entirely vegan diet and we've stayed vegetarian since then. It can get a bit tricky to keep producing something tasty and healthy when you can't... Continue Reading →
Have we learned anything from the past?Or are we as superstitious as our early modern ancestors?
History is supposed to give us a sense of perspective, some way of understanding current events by looking backwards, at those in the past. I’ve seen some very good articles, comments and blogs on the 1919 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic (which wasn’t Spanish at all of course), and some reflections on how our ancestors coped with... Continue Reading →
Comfort food always helps in a crisis, so here’s a very cheap recipe to keep you going.
Hello everyone. As we struggle with the uncertainty and disruption to normal life that the Coronavirus pandemic has brought I thought it might be nice to share some basic ways to cope with isolation and a reduction in social interactions. I am staying at home as much as possible but have stocked up (sensibly, not... Continue Reading →
