The word ‘rebel’ is usually associated with violence, but we hear it almost daily at the moment as MPs grapple over Brexit. Medieval historian Andy Ford explores the fourteenth century…Read More >
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Business as usual: Zimbabwe in crisis
Unrest has broken out in Zimbabwe after fuel prices were doubled overnight, leaving many people unable to even afford the commute to work. Dr Heike Schmidt says this is business…Read More >
The pope is never wrong: a history of papal infallibility in the Catholic Church
This morning, 10 January, Rebecca Rist, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, featured in an episode of the BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg….Read More >
Why we need to stop taking disfigurement at face value
From the Phantom of the Opera to Bond villains, facial disfigurement is often portrayed negatively in popular culture. As we commemorate the Armistice of 1918, WW1 historian Dr Marjorie Gehrhardt…Read More >
World War II bombing raids in London and Berlin struck the edge of space, our new study reveals
World war 2 bombing raids had an effect on the upper level of the Earth’s atmosphere, hundreds of miles away from where the bombs fell, according to research from Reading…Read More >
American tennis, coconut shies and Millicent Fawcett – a garden party I’d like to have attended.
90 years ago this week, Nancy Astor, the first female British MP to take her seat, held a garden party at Cliveden House to celebrate the passing of the Act…Read More >
Sick of Sickness! Recovering a Happier History
The NHS turns 70 this year, giving us the chance to appreciate the fact it is there to turn to whenever we get ill. But what did people do before…Read More >
Lost and Found: Excavating the world’s first farmers
By Professor Roger Matthews and Dr Wendy Matthews The transition of humankind from mobile hunters to settled farmers after the Ice Age is a period in history still shrouded in…Read More >
Whetting the appetite for edible archives
A multi-media installation created by Dr Teresa Murjas, Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television has inspired the work of The National Archives, Kew and its national…Read More >
1917-2017: the social legacy of a socialist revolution
By Andy Willimott, Lecturer in Modern Russian and Soviet History, University of Reading With the centenary of the 1917 October Revolution approaching, historians who focus on this period, like me,…Read More >