They say you can run but you can’t hide – but that old adage certainly hasn’t stopped some notorious fugitives from trying. Fugitives can range from bank robbers and racketeers to murderers and rapists, some of whom have previously been arrested and imprisoned but subsequently escaped. It is not uncommon to come across fugitives in […]
Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227) was a prominent leader in world history with the formation of the Mongol Empire. However, many ethnic and national groups have different perceptions of him, those being both positive and negative. To begin with, the Mongols often commemorate Genghis not as a successful soldier, but as an experienced administrator with nationalist […]
When a leader of a country is elected, the whole nation puts their absolute trust and, if you will, their lives into the hands of their new leader. So imagine having the leader of your nation point blank lie to you as happened to the American people in 1998. President Bill Clinton openly and publicly […]
Why did you choose to go into Academics? I think really just the enjoyment and the interest that I have for my subject. Just before we began recording we were talking a little bit about taking some time out between undergraduate study and graduate study. I went and worked to save money for a while, […]
Recently, it has been hard to avoid the prevalence of NIMBYism in the press. Be it fracking, wind farms or HS2, there are continual protestations about some form of development somewhere in Britain, perhaps leaving some to wonder why we can’t just BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone). But whilst the action of voicing […]
Over the Gulf of Thailand Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens and sparked what has become one of the most baffling episodes in aviation history. For nearly fifty days an international search team led by Australia has followed lead after lead and are yet to find any evidence of the crash site currently […]
Upon visiting Phong Nah-Ke Bang – a national park located in the middle of the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam – I was stunned to observe that exploration was not advised without a map marking the unexploded bombs of the area. Despite the war in Vietnam culminating over 45 years ago, the subject of unexploded ordnance […]
Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was a pious medieval French girl who transcended gender roles. During the Medieval times, gender roles were rigid, and society was wholly patriarchal. Men dominated feudal society, and – unlike women – they were publicly active, participating in political, social, and military matters. Whilst men were the breadwinners, women were […]
Operation Blue Star: the Indian army assaulted the Golden Temple in Amritsar which left the temple heavily damaged. Sikh Times The AIDS-virus is identified at the Pasteur Institute by isolating a virus from the swollen lymph gland of an AIDS patient. Wikimedia Commons Speed-skatering Gaétan Boucher won three medals at the Winter Olympics hosted by […]
Cinema is the ultimate form of escapism. Watching a film means enjoying a brief break from reality and, for a moment, engaging with another set of experiences from an entirely different time and place. Of course, the pinnacle of this ideal is found in the travel film, which, in its most successful incarnations throughout history, […]
It was a miserable wet and windy Wednesday afternoon and I was on my way back to Manchester from spending a few days at home for reading week, excited at the prospect of interviewing one of my favourite professors, Frank Mort, and to see what interesting facts he was going to share from his expert […]
On October 16th 1793, a widow and mother-of-four died. Her hair allegedly turned white overnight from the stress of anticipating her execution. Two weeks prior she had lost her son and heir, Louis-Joseph, at age 7. She was on trial for treason and theft, alongside a false charge alleging sexual abuse against her youngest son […]
Why do very few people, in this country at least, seem not to know nor even to have heard of the May Fourth Movement (1919) in China? Coverage of China is ubiquitous in Western media; China’s geopolitical manoeuvres, fluctuating economic growth, and unique political ideology are a source of profound intrigue and criticism amongst social […]
The summer of 2021 will live long in the memory of English football fans as manager Gareth Southgate took England to the very edge of glory, aiming to end 55 years of footballing hurt and rekindle the spirit of previous glory. Whilst ultimately ending in heartbreak for Southgate’s young squad, the feeling generated by his […]
