The news that Hull will be the Culture Capital of the UK in 2017 has caused widespread surprise. Stephen Fulham investigates the social history of Hull and its culture as an explanation for this decision.
Historical highlights: Manchester Museum
Hannah Mcguinn reviews the Manchester Museum, a must-visit for all history grads but not only because of its proximity.
The rise of student activism
James Eatwell looks at student protest movements around the world in the 1960s.
Why Europe grew rich and Asia did not
A review of Dr Parthasarathi’s lecture on the European-Asian economic divergence.
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum
The British Museum’s Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition opened to considerable fanfare at the end of March. A number of prime-time TV documentaries heralded its coming and the Mayor of London, no doubt enchanted with the subject he studied at university, waxed lyrical at the press opening. Neil MacGregor, Pontifex Maximus of the cultural establishment, had Continue Reading