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Call for papers: Understanding the uses and impacts of iconic cultural images in the digital world

Posted by Katherine on July 23, 2018July 25, 2018 in Conferences, Digital, News, Research, Research Diary

I’d like to share details about a conference/workshop I am organising in September. This is a one-day event taking place at the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London and below is the official call for papers. If you…

FutureLearn: Free history courses for all

Posted by Katherine on October 9, 2014February 12, 2019 in News

Since leaving university I’ve been missing the organised educational experience in getting my history fix. While reading and documentary watching are great, I’ve been becoming increasingly addicted to MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and particularly those offered by FutureLearn. FutureLearn…

The Queen’s first visit to Ireland

Posted by Katherine on June 24, 2010 in 20th Century, News

For the first time since the Republic of Ireland gained independence in the 1920s, the Queen may visit Dublin next year. It is shocking yet completely understandable that no British monarch has ever visited Ireland, even though the Queen has…

Location of Battle of Bosworth confirmed

Posted by Katherine on February 19, 2010 in Medieval, News

After years of indecision about the location of the Battle of Bosworth, Leicestershire County Council have finally revealed that the site is on a field on Alf Oliver’s arable farm, two miles away from Ambion Hill, where the Bosworth visitor…

Contents of Warwickshire tomb could solve Shakespeare debate

Posted by Katherine on February 19, 2010 in 17th Century, Local, News

I’m now spending most of my time in the Warwickshire area instead of West London, so I’m going to try to utilise my position to look into the local history of this area. For this reason, I’m going to start…

National Trust campaign for Abbey Road

Posted by Katherine on February 18, 2010 in 20th Century, News

Big news for our British musical heritage is that the famous Abbey Road Studios are likely to be sold by EMI in order to ease their financial problems. The Georgian townhouse built in 1831 was converted into studios by the…

Back Again

Posted by Katherine on February 18, 2010February 12, 2019 in News

I am very much aware of the embarrassingly massive delay in posting here and I plan to get back to regular posting this month, hopefully this message will push me in that direction. Thanks to those who have stuck with…

Sherlock Holmes trailer released

Posted by Katherine on May 23, 2009 in 19th Century, News

The trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson has now been released. It is as expected very different from any previous Holmes film and I must admit it does…

Hampton Court’s Tudor tapestries

Posted by Katherine on April 11, 2009 in 16th Century, Exhibitions, News

Using digital photography, scientists have been able to reconstruct the colours in tapestries at Hampton Court. The many tapestries commissioned by King Henry VIII, particularly the ten Abraham tapestries created to celebrate the birth of Prince Edward, used to be…

Palmerston’s foreign policy could be useful?

Posted by Katherine on April 9, 2009 in 19th Century, News

Here’s an interesting article by the BBC News website’s world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds about the possibility of taking a leaf out of Lord Palmerston’s book (Foreign Secretary 1841, Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865) in order to solve the problem…

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