This article will feature in Issue 37: Oppression and Resistance The year is 1471, and sitting in the middle of Germany’s Romantic Road is a tranquil village – Nördlingen. Yet, like most German towns, Nördlingen was home to a licensed brothel. The brothel wasn’t just the home of 12 prostitutes, it was of substantial economic […]
Xan Atkins gives a potted history of the political events and key figures leading up to and during the system of racial segregation in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. Kate Curtis summarises 1943 in ten photos from around the globe.
Welcome to Manchester or welcome back! I hope you’ve all settled into life in Manchester and courses are all going well. It might only be the start of the year but whether you’re a fresher or a returner there is no better time than right now to get a head start on thinking about careers, […]
One of the packages includes a bar crawl through Krakow, a visit to a lap dancing club, followed by a tour of the former concentration camps sites the next day. I was astonished at how disrespectful this would appear to be to the victims of the atrocity. One states “If you want to tick the […]
The history of European integration can be traced back to 1306, and the idea proposed by Pierre Dubois that European princes should form an assembly in order to attempt to secure a lasting European peace. 706 years later, much of the continent is tied, to some degree, to the European Union evidenced by Greece’s recent […]
The expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 was a relatively quick and efficient affair. The order that the Jews were to leave the country by All Saints day (1 November) was issued on 18 July and the last of the Jews had left England less than four months later. Despite what the so-called […]
Ned Rodger writes a potted history of the March on Rome and the events that led to Mussolini in power. History President gives a round up of the Society’s events past and future. Peer Mentoring Student Coordinator Georgie Callé gives some advice on writing history essays at university level. Given the current debate about the […]
Ashburne Hall was first created in 1899 and soon became a symbol of the move toward equality in terms of female academia. Prior to the creation of Ashburne Hall, John Owens had created a male only cohort at the university and it wasn’t until an act of parliament that the barrier preventing women attending university […]
Classically, gin should be served with cubes of ice, a wedge of lime and tonic water. But where do the tonic and lime come from? Tonic contains quinine which has antimalarial properties and became an important mixer with gin for colonial British officers, initially in South Asia but also in Africa. Lime was originally added […]
(1/2) Were you, or someone you know, involved in the #immigration protests in #Glasgow? We’d love to hear from you! People’s History Museum is looking for placards or photos with a focus on #Migration for our #ContemporaryCollection. DM or Email us at [email protected]
The expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 was a relatively quick and efficient affair. The order that the Jews were to leave the country by All Saints day (1 November) was issued on 18 July and the last of the Jews had left England less than four months later. Despite what the so-called […]
The upper echelons of the Nazi party famously believed in the pseudo-science of eugenics, and thus many Nazi social policies were implemented with the intention of strengthening the genetics of the ‘Aryan’ race. The combination of the ‘social Darwinism’ in which Hitler believed, and his desire for Germany to dominate Europe and for the Third […]
It is hard for us to imagine how crowds could be drawn to events in the ages before the popular press. However, Shakespeare’s Globe was notorious for pulling the punters. Xan Atkins looks at the innovative ways he and the queen’s company promoted themselves and their plays. Advertising gained new momentum in the Victorian era, […]
(1/2) Were you, or someone you know, involved in the #immigration protests in #Glasgow? We’d love to hear from you! People’s History Museum is looking for placards or photos with a focus on #Migration for our #ContemporaryCollection. DM or Email us at [email protected]
