If you have not caught the recent news, the UK government has given the go ahead for Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear power station to be built since 1995. Considering the plethora of stations built in the 70s and 80s, why did a power source with such massive potential get dropped like a poisoned […]
Euripides’ writing style is modern in its presentation of women as an integral part of society. Yet in spite of this modernity regarding gender, the women in Bacchae are still constrained to their ‘traditional’ roles as child bearers. Therefore, Euripides’ presentation of women as vital has patriarchal undertones, as they are presented as being necessary […]
This famous Chinese fable tells the tale of an old man who decided to dig through a mountain that blocked his path. Others called it a fool’s errand, but Heaven was impressed by his perseverance and moved the mountains to form a road. In the late 4th century BC, King Huiwen of Qin wanted to […]
Ireland has often been described as England’s blueprint for colonialism. Since the 12th century, the kings of England have claimed dominion over Ireland and the Irish have been resisting British dominion ever since. If Ireland was England’s blueprint for colonialism, then Ireland has also served as a blueprint for anti-colonial resistance. On May 3rd, 2021, […]
Cleopatra is one of the most well-known Egyptian historical figures of all time, but why is she so iconic? She was born in Alexandria in 69 BCE into the Ptolemaic dynasty. From birth until the time of her suicide in 30 BCE, Cleopatra’s life consisted of incredible drama, incest, murder, mystery and undeniable scandal. Cleopatra […]
Name: Lewis Namier Lived: 1888 – 1960 Born in Poland in 1888 into a conflicted childhood; constantly disagreed with his Father’s views through his abhorrence of the dual-monarchy. Namier was a long time Zionist & campaigned for a Jewish state. Namier fought briefly for Britain during First World War, but was excused due to poor […]
Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227) was a prominent leaders 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.
Frida Kahlo was a resilient lady. She had plans to become a doctor, a politician, and an artist, yet such plans were tarnished in 1925. Following being impaled by an iron handrail whilst riding on a bus, Kahlo became a patient. However, during her years of recovery, Kahlo created art which exhibited the perspectives of […]
For almost 60 years Tamla Motown hasproved that black soul and R&Bis universally popular. In Britain, this was especially true with its re-emergence in the 1980sas the Northern Soul Youth Craze (so called due to its popularity in the North West of England). The label began in 1959 and a lone Berry Gordy armed only […]
After both the chairman of the Co-operative Bank and the mayor of Toronto recently fell from grace due to their extra-curricular activities, Vivienne Dellious-Daly examines some of the more corrupt political or powerful figures of the past. Ned Rodger writes a potted history of the March on Rome and the events that led to Mussolini […]
Chinese presence in Singapore has been prevalent throughout history with archaeological evidence of Chinese contact with Singapore as far back as the Song dynasty and Chinese documentation mentioning travels to Singapore across various centuries. Between 1819 and 1942 widespread economic and political strife in China saw an exodus of Chinese to Singapore. In the present, […]
Black Friday is the day following thanksgiving, which, for years, has been associated with a shopping frenzy due to the promotion of goodswith huge discounts all over the country. It is primarily an American tradition, but is quickly being transitioned across the pond to the UK.It is a day which retail workers dread and customers […]
1980s Britain was stamped by Thatcherite politics, unemployment, and a rising pop culture. Alongside this, amidst the climactic conclusion of the Cold War, fears of nuclear attack swept through the British public. In 1981, President Reagan named Greenham Common, Berkshire, as a base for US cruise missiles to be positioned in by 1983, galvanising fear […]
Fac 51 The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue, most famous during the ‘Madchester’ years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Zoey Strzalecki investigates its history. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the infamous Colombian drug lord who’s violent power dominated the cocaine industry for two decades, making him billions of dollars and leading […]
