The last editors’ notes from 2012/13 editors Ata Rahman and Charlie Bush. We look at Gove’s new British history proposals for the curriculum. A review of Dr Parthasarathi’s lecture on the European-Asian economic divergence. Mr Bush reviews A Doll’s House at the Royal Exchange. How Mexico learnt to protest
In 2025, Los Angeles, the ‘City of Angels’ in California fell victim to one of the worst wildfires on record. The four major fires: Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, and Auto, burned more than 12,000 homes, businesses, schools, and other structures. These devastations received unprecedented coverage, revealing the media’s reluctance to acknowledge climate change, and their bias […]
In the month since issue 9 was published the trees have lost their leaves, the nights have drawn in and the days keep getting colder. At this time of year many of us turn to all kinds of sources for comfort and in this issue we’ve focused on one of our favourites – baking. We’ve […]
One hundred and seventy-five years ago a small steam powered paddle ship set sail from the River Mersey, Liverpool, on a journey. This is a story that is woven into the fabric of the narrative of the transatlantic special relationship. That small ship ‘Britannia’ is still remembered today, indeed her current ocean liner niece will […]
Following an amazing trip to Berlin in 2012, the History Society wanted to give this year’s members the opportunity to get to know each other and delve into a new city as a post-exam treat. The end of exams approached and 50 students got themselves ready for a trip to Prague. We piled into our […]
History FC Having reached the dizzy heights of Division 1 following last season’s promotion, coupled with victory in the Alan Mainwaring Shield, History FC set their sights on similar success for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Returning back from a relaxed summer involving no exercise, the 3 remaining players – Scott Doherty, Nick Jeyarajah and Ollie […]
As hundreds of “Kill the Bill” protestors recently gathered in Manchester city centre, it felt timely to remember the Peterloo Massacre. The objective of “Kill the Bill” protesters is to stop police and government from imposing conditions on non-violent protests, thus, a parallel arises between this topical issue and the Peterloo Massacre. Post-Napoleonic War Britain […]
At the beginning of the 5th century BCE, a hodgepodge of political strife, imperialistic occupation, and territorial conflict spurred the Ionian Revolt, a bloody rebellion on the coast of Asia Minor, now modern-day Turkey. The revolt lasted six years, during which the powers of Ionia and Persia both sustained significant losses. By its end, however, […]
Oppressive regimes have always been threatened by art. It is visceral communication, delivering a message and a mood in an instant. It sustains culture, binds society together, and gives it an identity outside of state control. Art can reflect the world of the viewer back at them with more clarity. It can kindle revolution. The […]
Manchester’s Arndale covers 1,500,000 square feet of retail floor space, making it Europe’s largest city-centre shopping mall. How Manchester’s streets see over 750,000 shoppers flocking to the city centre on a weekly basis, a step backwards into history is necessary. Mass consumerism as we know it developed from the late Victorian period, in which the […]
We have retold the stories of the Second World War without pause since it drew to a close in 1945. Films are an increasingly important way in which we remember the Second World War. But yet, these films, while engrossing in character and wildly popular, do not always reflect how the Second World War actually […]
Winstanley Hall, built in the 1560s, is one of only three Tudor buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. It was originally built for the Winstanley family, who had been the Lords of the Manor since c.1252; however, only three decades later in 1596, the estate was sold in its entirety to James Bankes, a […]
On January 6th 2021, following Joe Biden’s election, Donald Trump spoke at a rally where he told voters that if they did not “fight like hell, [they were] not going to have a country anymore”. Fuelled by the belief that the 2020 election was ‘rigged,’ enraged Americans, some armed, stormed Capitol Hill. The attack resulted […]
The Asian-Pacific has undeniably been impacted by devastating natural disasters. Investigating from a socio-economic perspective, cases such as the 2004 Tsunami (a natural disaster so big its death toll reached 227,898 across Indonesia and Thailand), can provide an insight into the severity of the chaos wreaked on communities savaged by the natural world. With the […]
