On December 17th 1903, the Wright brothers accomplished the world’s first heavier-than-air flight, and set global militaries on a new path. Great Britain, throughout its history, had famously relied on its natural moat and superior naval forces to defend its people from invasion, but this was soon to change. The First World War heralded a Continue Reading
Women in WW1
The story of the stoic and diligent women of the Great War, newly mobilized and feted as heroines of the home front, is by now one well told, particularly in the history of feminism. But was there really a sea change in attitudes towards gender roles in those tumultuous years, or was there a return Continue Reading
Ebola
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976 and has sent media coverage wild. This isn’t the first time the proliferation of a deadly disease has caught the world’s attention. Who can forget the 1918 flu pandemic – that circled the globe wreaking so Continue Reading
Careers Column
Throughout this year there will be a vast amount of careers events run by the careers service, which any of you may attend. These events are course based, aimed at history students, and also school based, for arts, languages and cultures students meaning that there will be an event for any kind of career path Continue Reading
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the world’s third largest underground network, deeply entrenched in both the developed and third world. Measures to curb human trafficking are continually being revised to ensure that the aid provided to the 20 million affected by slave trade is funnelled into where it is needed most, in order to combat this $31 Continue Reading