by Talking Humanities | Jul 2, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Historian Christopher Phillips compares specialist involvement in the Covid-19 crisis with civilian expertise in government during the First World War. Though very different situations, both point to the importance of experts in planning for and responding to an...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 24, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr Laura Cleaver, senior lecturer in manuscript studies and principal investigator of the European Research Council-funded CULTIVATE MSS project at the Institute of English Studies, on why sending unwanted statues to museums isn’t necessarily a solution....
by Talking Humanities | Jun 22, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Diversity expert, Dr Felicity Daly, is wary of Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ vision in light of the merger of the world’s leading aid agency into the Foreign Office and hopes this new ‘super department’ does not forget Britain’s legacy and unfinished business. A...
by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics
Victoria Iglikowski-Broad, The National Archives’ principal records specialist, explores some of the ways that people can engage with the Archives’ wealth of resources at a distance. One of the most powerful aspects of an archive is its physicality. At The National...
by Talking Humanities | May 21, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Black British history lecturer Dr Hannah Elias, remembers Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s 1964 visit to London where he commanded a 4,000-strong congregation at St Paul’s Cathedral, that bulwark of national and imperial memory which was also a site of radical...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 29, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
The coronavirus presents the British monarchy with a set of unique short-term and long-term challenges. In this third and final article, written in connection with the release of The Family Firm, Dr Ed Owens reflects on the royal response to the Covid-19 crisis and...
