by Talking Humanities | Mar 10, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
Dr Matt Shaw and Michael Townsend talk about the Institute of Historical Research’s (IHR) plans to develop its library holdings and respond to the important charge that discussion and initiatives around ‘decolonisation’ is sometimes just another form of ‘equality...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 26, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
With the threat posed by ‘fake news’ now a recurring refrain in newspaper columns and on social media DPhil student William White thinks it is a good time for historians to refocus attention on the England of the early 1640s, where parallels with recent events abound...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 25, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
As the royal commentariat pore over the minutiae of the statement released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex concerning their transatlantic future, the bigger question now is how does the House of Windsor move on from the Harry-Meghan episode and set a new course of...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Publications
History is not repeating itself. Harry and Meghan are not Edward and Wallis. Prince Andrew’s transgressions are unlike those committed by other members of the royal family in the recent past. The slimmed down monarchy of 2020 looks different to the monarchy of 2010,...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 6, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics, Public Engagement
Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, there is talk of the threat that streaming poses to traditional forms of cinema-going. This, however, is nothing new. The cinema industry has long been subject to fluctuations in audience figures, as Dr Sam Manning discovered in research for...
