British history

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• 11/10/19
  

  The Boer War: The Opening Act in a Violent Century

  by David Carlin

  There is something darkly poetic in the timing of the Boer War. It offered a grim preview of warfare and the social conditions that would shake the world during the 20th century.

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• 11/7/19
  

  14 Ships' Figureheads Weighing Over 20 Tons Arrive at UK's Newest Museum, The Box

  by Orbis Conservation

  In what is the most ambitious sculpture conservation project currently taking place in the UK, 14 monumental 19th century naval figureheads have been saved from decay for the nation. 

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• SOURCE: History Extra
  11/4/19
  

  As racism row rumbles on, is it time to retire the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’?

  by Michael Wood

  The history world has been afire with a debate about Anglo-Saxon studies. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/5/19
  

  The History Behind the Guy Fawkes Masks and Protest

  by Sara Barrett

  All around the world, protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks to conceal their identity in service of a cause.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11/2/19
  

  New research sheds light on largest-ever Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard

  The impressive find is now thought to include artifacts captured from kingdoms in East Anglia and Northumbria -- something researchers say "offers vivid confirmation of the widespread and brutal events" between warring English kingdoms, which have been described in near-contemporary sources from the period.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/20/19
  

  Have you heard of the catastrophic men theory of history? Step forward Boris Johnson...

  by Nick Cohen

  Self-interested and reckless leadership defines too much of our past – and present.

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• 10/20/19
  

  Trump and the Divine Rights of Kings

  by Ed Simon

  Nobody feels sorrier for themselves than a monarch who discovers that their divine right is an illusion; nobody is more liable to lash out and project the blame for their predicament.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/13/19
  

  Climate protests have roots that go deep into the rich history of British social change

  by Lucy Robinson

  Extinction Rebellion draws on a radical lineage that brings together a range of beliefs and ages.

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• SOURCE: History Today
  Accessed 9/26/19
  

  Are There Any Meaningful Historical Analogies for Brexit? Historians Respond.

  Featuring Ali Ansari, Miranda Malins​, D.H. Robinson​, and Jonathan Fitzgibbons​.

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• 9/24/19
  

  Hooray for the Return of Downton Abbey!

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Downton Abbey is back, and back with a roar that will shake everyone from 1927, when it is set, to those who awaken tomorrow morning.

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• SOURCE: Quartz
  9/23/19
  

  Thomas Cook, the travel agency of Britain’s far-flung 19th-century empire, is dead

  Thomas Cook was born with a railway journey that took place in 1841—the same year that Hong Kong was ceded to Britain, then at the peak of its imperial power.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  

  Why the queen said yes to Boris Johnson’s request to suspend parliament

  by Laura Beers

  So why isn’t the Queen taking more criticism for giving Johnson what he wanted? One answer is that she had no choice.

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• 9/8/19
  

  Sir Ian Kershaw on His Latest Book, Brexit, and the Future of Europe

  by David O’Connor

  "The EU has come a long way and, as Brexit shows, the networks built up over previous decades are extremely complex."

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• 9/8/19
  

  What We Can Learn About Surviving Frauds Like Trump from Titus Oates

  by David P. Barash

  The true story of Titus Oates, although horrifying and downright infuriating, should give us hope that the US, too, can recover from You Know Who, just as England did from Titus Oates. 

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• 8/18/19
  

  Book Review: Jeremy Black's Imperial Legacies

  by Jeff Roquen

  While Black lapses into a biased apologia and generalizes at the expense of factual evidence, Imperial Legacies, on the whole, delivers a long overdue re-contextualization of the British Empire.

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• 7/28/19
  

  History is a Verb, Something You Do: An Interview with Mark Doyle

  by Erik Moshe

  “History can help us understand the structural forces that foster suspicion, prejudice, resentment, and violence, and once we understand those forces we can begin to make better choices not just about how we live our own lives, but how we order our societies.”

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/15/2019
  

  Alan Turing, Computing Genius And WWII Hero, To Be On U.K.'s New 50-Pound Note

  It will include a quote from Turing: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/1/19
  

  The Search for a Brexit-Era Margaret Thatcher

  Forty years after Margaret Thatcher’s era-defining election victory in 1979, Britain once again appears divided and ungovernable, with a decision to make.

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• SOURCE: The Independent
  6/30/2019
  

  The Undocumented History of Female Yoga Teachers in Britain

  Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri helped popularise yoga in the UK, but they kept their teachings unwritten, leaving their significance largely forgotten

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• SOURCE: Daily Mail
  6/23/2019
  

  Leading historians and academics to launch five-year project to chronicle the UK's history dating back to 1603

  In 2023, it will be brought together in a single-volume book, Britain: The Thread of History 1603-2016, published by Bantam Press.