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Comets and omens

Posted On 14th May 201314th May 2013 By Catherine Macleod-Adams

The meteorite crash in Russia last month served as a reminder to us that there is an entire universe of activity out there. Fortunately, we have the technology and knowledge to understand these things. With the exception of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic party, who insisted that the meteorite was detritus Continue Reading

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History of space travel

Posted On 14th May 201314th May 2013 By Charlotte Johnson

      The recent sending of a monkey into space by Iran might sound like figment of the delusional mind of Karl Pilkington at first glance, but it did actually occur. In doing so, Iran joined a significant list of nations who have gleefully sent our simian chums into space over the years, although Continue Reading

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What are the old team up to now?

Posted On 14th May 201314th May 2013 By Ata Rahman

We got in touch with some of last year’s Manchester Historian team and found out what post-undergraduate life has brought them… Florence Holmes, co-creator of the Manchester Historian and one of the editors from last year’s team kept on rolling after University has ended. Just nine days after completing her degree she started a twelve Continue Reading

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The war on history

Posted On 14th May 201314th May 2013 By Charlotte Johnson

The River Tigris was said to have turned black from the ink spilled when the Mongols demolished the Great Library of Baghdad. Dresden’s Frauenkirche, an 18th-century church famed for its outstanding architecture, was ruined by British bombs during World War Two. The Great Sphinx’s nose was knocked off by a misfired cannonball from one of Continue Reading

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Living in North Korea.

Posted On 14th May 201314th May 2013 By Ata Rahman

  April 2013 saw the London School of Economics under fire as BBC journalists accompanied ten students from the university on a trip to North Korea. The students claimed they had no idea that journalists were accompanying them until they landed in the far Eastern nation, and given the tight regulations in the country as Continue Reading

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