As a left-wing rallying cry, this account of the 1819 massacre in Manchester fails to rouse the inner revolutionary.
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Once Britain slipped away from the Roman Empire in the early 5th century, signs of Roman life began to disappear.
At least one second daughter of a second son of the British monarch has ended up on the throne in her own right.
As Chequers places host to a crucial Brexit cabinet meeting, a look back at how British prime ministers repeatedly fell in love with their country home.
What is the legacy of the Empire Windrush for black Britishness today?
The Home Office threw away landing documents that are now vital to people trying to prove their right to stay in the UK.
R.C. Sherriff’s classic play focused on the officer class, but the recent film adaptation has given working-class soldiers a voice.
Women played and integral role in the year-long struggle – despite a culture that expected them to stay at home.
Without a clear full stop there can be no certainty that the unravelling of the British Empire has ended even now.
Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is the dominant narrative of the time, but was she unfair to her sister Christabel?
The new TV show Britannia dramatises the second Roman invasion of Britain. It captures the core elements of the story (despite inaccuracies) but recent archaeological finds offer thrilling insights into this time.
We are so accustomed to hearing about American exceptionalism that British exceptionalism is rarely discussed.
Nine centuries after it was commissioned to celebrate the Norman Conquest, the famed tapestry is finally going to visit England.
We think of the Druids as being embedded in British culture from the mists of ancient times. But what we think we know about Druids is of surprisingly modern provenance.
After decades of diplomacy and development the two economies of Ireland are more integrated than they have been in a century.
At Ebbsfleet, in northeast Kent, archaeologists have finally uncovered the site where Julius Caesar’s fleet landed in 54BC.
Kingston-Upon-Hull is a city of contradictions, which is holding up a mirror to British society.
Black British history is too often overlooked, and its connections to the US even more so.
Australian universities are teaching ‘identity politics’ at the expense of Western history, according to an Institute of Public Affairs report. But unis make decisions based on student demand, not politics.
All men must die, so the young women have grown up to take control.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of History, The Open University
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Professor of History & Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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PhD Researcher (Conceptual History of Meritocracy), University of Nottingham
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Researcher in Early Modern History, University of Southampton
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in eighteenth-century history, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen