BBC News – World War One: Family stories uncovered The World War One centenary means personal war diaries, letters and photos are emerging from dusty attics and drawers across the UK and beyond to offer a different perspective of the conflict.
The Woman who Ruled the Papacy
The Woman who Ruled the Papacy By the end of the ninth century the once powerful Carolingian Empire had splintered into smaller, unstable kingdoms, and was facing aggressive attacks from the north by the Vikings, from the east by the Magyars, and from the south by Muslim pirates. Whereas a hundred years earlier much of…
Big is Back: The Return of Public History
Big is Back: The Return of Public History | History Today Long established in North America, the discipline of Public History is now gaining a firm foothold on this side of the Atlantic.
Crimea and the Hysteria of History
Crimea and the Hysteria of History : The New Yorker “With Ukraine and Crimea suddenly looming as potential Sarajevos, the usual rhetoric of credibility and the horrors of appeasement comes blaring from the usual quarters. People who, a week ago, could not have told you if Crimea belonged to Ukraine—who maybe thought, based on a…
Medieval landmarks in danger from rising sea levels
Medieval landmarks in danger from rising sea levels The Tower of London, the church of Mont-Saint-Michel, and the city of Venice are all in danger of flooding because of rising sea levels, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research note that this process will be slow – taking hundreds…
Broadmoor Hospital: Inside a Victorian ‘lunatic asylum’
Broadmoor Hospital: Inside a Victorian ‘lunatic asylum’ It is 150 years since Broadmoor Hospital opened its doors to patients of both sexes who were deemed mentally unfit to be tried in criminal courts. Now a new hospital is being built next door, with plans to redevelop some of the original Victorian buildings.
BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war
BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war World War One centenary commemorations are important in the UK, but in Germany people rarely visit WW1 cemeteries. Why?
Globetrotters’ passion: Collecting maps
Globetrotters’ passion: Collecting maps We may not use them to chart new lands or avoid threatening sea monsters these days, but we’re unknowingly exposed to an increasing number of maps. We constantly note our location on our phones, in our cars and via social media. At the same time, we are also deluged with map-based…
BBC News – Roman ‘gladiator school’ recreated virtually
BBC News – Roman ‘gladiator school’ recreated virtually Archaeologists have made a virtual reconstruction of a Roman gladiator school discovered on the banks of the River Danube in Austria. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/088/ant0880173.htm
Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries
Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries Conference to be held in London on July 12, 2014 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals The 2014 conference of CILIP’s Library and Information History Group will have the theme “Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries”. It will be held at Senate…
The Apollo of Gaza: One fisherman’s amazing catch
The Apollo of Gaza: One fisherman’s amazing catch A statue thought to be an ancient bronze of Apollo, Greek God of poetry and love, has dropped off the radar after being found in the sea off Gaza last summer and surfacing briefly on eBay. It is 2,500 years old and priceless.
10 interpretations of who started WW1
BBC News – World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1 As nations gear up to mark 100 years since the start of World War One, academic argument still rages over which country was to blame for the conflict.
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