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Enrichment – something to read. Black London: History, Art & Culture in over 120 places
If you click here you will get to a review of Black London by Avril Nanton. The book contains maps, photographs and a timeline of black history. It also includes a potted history of the HMT Empire Windrush. Have a … Continue reading
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Obituary – Lee Evans, record-setting US sprinter and 1968 Olympic activist, dies aged 74
If you click here you will get to The Guardian obituary for Lee Evans – Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400m, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory … Continue reading
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History in the News – Hidden inscriptions discovered in Anne Boleyn’s execution prayer books
If you click here you will get to an article in today’s Independent. It explains how secret inscriptions hidden in Anne Boleyn’s prayer book have been discovered by a student. The concealed names, uncovered using ultraviolet light, reveal that the … Continue reading
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Something excellent (but very late) for International Women’s Day.
Clare Balding investigates whether Emily Davidson meant to kill herself at the Derby in 1913. En route she explores the brutal realities of how the suffragettes were treated, and asks if we should consider them terrorists.
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Obituary – Jonathan Steinberg. Historian whose work Bismarck: A Life is considered the best study of its subject in the English language.
If you click here, you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for Jonathan Steinberg. He famously wrote Bismarck – a life. The obituary suggests that Bismarck – a life is “brilliantly readable – nearly 500 pages go by in a … Continue reading
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History in the News – ‘A gift for Holocaust deniers’: how Polish libel ruling will hit historians. Something to discuss in History Society…
If you click here you will get to an article in The Guardian by Jo Glanville. It comments on reports a that the authors of a study on the fate of Polish Jews under Nazism have been told to apologise … Continue reading
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Enrichment – something to listen to – In Our Time – The Emancipation of the Serfs.
If you click here you will get to last night’s edition of In Our Time on Radio 4. In it, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1861 declaration by Tsar Alexander II that serfs were now legally free of their … Continue reading
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