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In most of the tributes to the former Cabinet minister and lifelong left-wing campaigner Tony Benn, much has been made of his legacy: his political goals, many have argued, were frustrated (the queen remains on our postage stamps, and he…
Second year students taking the module HM5050 are currently enjoying their field trip to the Spanish city of Cordoba. Dave Webster over at RPE is keeping us up-to-date with their time away on the Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Flickr pages.…
Further to my post on Saturday about International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, here’s some good news in the Guardian: The Women’s Library, the oldest and most extensive collection on women’s history in Europe, is about to open its…
International Women’s Day has been recognised by the United Nations since 1975, but it has its roots much further back in the early twentieth century (the first National Women’s Day was celebrated in the USA on February 28th, 1909). It…
Not far up the M5 from Cheltenham is the Black Country town of Stourbridge. The town is perhaps most famous for its glassmaking (the process of using glass to make a range of vessels, from bottles to bowls), and was…
Our final video features Professor Neil Wynn, who has established a very successful and popular American History strand here at Gloucestershire. Students can follow the American History elements of the course right through from first to final year, exploring a…
Our fourth video in the series leading up to Wednesday’s Applicant Day features our Course Leader, Dr Iain Robertson. Iain is a Reader in Historical Geography, and discusses in the video what that is, as well as talking about his…
Ahead of that applicant day next Wednesday, here’s the third in a series of video profiles of members of the History team here at Gloucestershire. Dr Christian O’Connell lectures on our American History strand, which students can take at every…
Second in our series of video profiles is Professor Melanie Ilic, our Professor in Soviet History and a long-standing member of the history team here at Gloucestershire. In conversation with Dave Webster, Subject Group Leader for Religious, Philosophical and Historical…