The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD was a turning point in history as Arminius led the Germanic barbarians to victory against the Romans. Arminius was raised and educated in Rome and served on campaigns with the Roman army. Although raised in Rome, Arminius was a noble member of the Cherusci tribe, one […]
A major topic of debate is whether the United States had the ethical right to decide to build the canal. At the time, Panama was part of Colombian territory, meaning the U.S. had to gain permission to build there. Resultantly, the Colombian Congress initially refused the U.S. the rights to construct the Panama Canal in […]
‘Oh What an Artist dies in me’- Nero as he died. Emperor Nero is a famously vicious Roman princeps in a dynasty of similarly notorious individuals. The extent to which this is truly the case is up for some debate however. The most pertinent ancient sources, the historians Tacitus and Suetonius, make their views on […]
The British Royal family is a melting pot of nationalities, cultures and dynasties. Their relations can be traced to many areas of the world and to different historical periods. This article will give a brief overview of some of the major, and more interesting, ethnicities in the British Royal family. The first monarch to use […]
It’s nearly Christmas, and the month-long holiday is the perfect time to be thinking a little bit more about careers. With 2017 fast approaching, planning where you might want to be in years to come is a great idea- and there is loads of help available if you want to do just that! The Careers […]
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember. But they kept but one. They promised to take our land and they took it”– attributed to Red Cloud. The history of relations between the United States and the indigenous nations of America is a long and violent one. In their quest to fulfil America’s […]
A major topic of debate is whether the United States had the ethical right to decide to build the canal. At the time, Panama was part of Colombian territory, meaning the U.S. had to gain permission to build there. Resultantly, the Colombian Congress initially refused the U.S. the rights to construct the Panama Canal in […]
Hungary had a rough 20th century – active in the first world war from the beginning, and losing with an incredibly unjust peace treaty (Treaty of Trianon, 1920). The country was massively destabilised during the interwar period.They joined the second world war on the side of Nazi Germany, who had promised the lost territories back […]
When considering people of historical significance in recent American history, we tend to think of men such as Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong and, of course, the great Martin Luther King Jr. In a country that has only ever experienced male Presidents and where most leading politicians and activists are male, the actions […]
Without any parliamentary notice, the disgusting ‘Contagious Diseases Act’ was suddenly passed in 1864. Effectively ‘legalising’ prostitution and placing it under police control, it allowed the stop and search of any woman suspected of being a prostitute. Such a ‘search’ included a bodily examination, totally violating and humiliating anyone forced to participate.
Throughout this year there will be a vast amount of careers events run by the careers service, which any of you may attend. These events are course based, aimed at history students, and also school based, for arts, languages and cultures students meaning that there will be an event for any kind of career path […]
From creation by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s to Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal in the BBC’s Sherlock, the past 130 years has witnessed a significant development of the character of Sherlock Holmes. The original depictions of Sherlock Holmes, in A Study in Scarlet first published in The Strand 1887, embodied what Conan Doyle believed to be the […]
It goes without saying that the roots of modern European/Western Civilisation can be traced back to Ancient Greece and Rome. Imagine how our culture would appear had the likes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle not existed? Quite impoverished, it can readily be assumed. But then again, where would European Culture be today had Islam not […]
The historian Tacitus wrote, “The appearance of the country differs considerably in different parts; but in general it is covered either by bristling forests or by foul swamps”. Such was a Roman view of the whole region of Germania at the time, not just Saxony. According to Roman sources, a people known as the ‘Saxones’ […]