Issue 12 – Page 5 – Manchester Historian

Category: In Photos

A year in photos: 1954

Posted On 24th February 201416th February 2014 By Charlotte Johnson

Kate Curtis summarises 1943 in ten photos from around the globe.

Category: Behind The Headlines

A sorry state of affairs

Posted On 24th February 201416th February 2014 By Charlotte Johnson

Francois Hollande recently became embroiled in scandal after an alleged affair with a French actress uncovered by the French press. Tom Oliver investigates the cases in history when sex and politics have become enmeshed.

Category: In Culture

Film review: 12 Years A Slave

Posted On 24th February 201419th February 2014 By Charlotte Johnson

Jack Crutcher reviews the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe winning film, 12 Years A Slave. He looks why slavery has become a popular focal point of challenging cinema in the last couple of years.

Category: Editors' Notes

Issue 12

Posted On 24th February 201425th February 2014 By Charlotte Johnson

Welcome back to a new (actual) year of The Manchester Historian. With the exam period came ample opportunities for witnessing terrible daytime TV, which might explain where our theme for this month’s historian came from – we love to hate them but adverts are the bread and butter of our media today and we can’t Continue Reading

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