“The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb”. These were the famous words Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges used to describe the 1982 Anglo-Argentine Falklands/Malvinas Conflict over the sovereignty of islands in the South Atlantic, known to Britons as ‘the Falklands’ and to Argentines as ‘las Malvinas’. The seventy-four day […]
For the British population in the first two decades of the twentieth century, there were few issues as important as the question of Ireland and Irish governance. Over the previous centuries, Irish nationalism had continued to grow and since 1870 the Home Rule movement had gained increasing legitimacy and support, in both Ireland and Britain. […]
The April 1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl remains an infamous date throughout history. From this, the Whitworth Art Gallery’s latest exhibition of the works of British artists Jane and Louise Wilson seek to entice the attention and imaginations of students from a variety of academic programmes. One of the main focuses of the exhibit centres […]
Over 2000 years ago,the city of Petra was founded as the capital of the Nabataean kingdom. Today, Al Khazneh (Petra’s Treasury) is recognisable all over the world. The ancient city of Petra has become Hollywood’s go-to location for Middle Eastern epics; the imposing sandstone façade famously served as the entrance to the resting place of […]
