Since 22 February 2019 Algerians have been protesting in the streets. As usual there has been very little coverage of events in the British, indeed Western, media. This is, however, one of the most impressive pro-democracy movements the world has seen. It was triggered by President Bouteflika’s decision to stand for a fifth term of […]
April 2020
Doing research at the Royal Archives – History at Northampton
I recently paid my first visit to the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle. Doing research there is a wonderful experience, so I thought it would be useful to blog about it here. I work on eighteenth-century British history and the Royal Archives is a key repository for this period, since it houses the records of […]
Educating Generation Z – History at Northampton
Recently lecturer in history Dr Rachel Moss was invited to speak at Times Higher Education’s LIVE event, a major conference celebrating UK Higher Education and addressing the problems it faces. This is the text of her talk (with a few modifications for online clarity), given in a session titled Educating Generation Z. Part of this […]
From Facebook to Fatherhood: Emotional Economies Then and Now – History at Northampton
Senior Lecturer in History Mark Rothery writes on emotional economies: Emojis – tiny pictures representing emotions. Picture via British Library. As we leave Christmas and a very divisive general election behind ‘Emotional Economies’ seems an appropriate choice for this blog – it’s the subject of a paper I’ll be giving on the subject at the […]
Comfort food always helps in a crisis, so here’s a very cheap recipe to keep you going. – History at Northampton
Hello everyone. As we struggle with the uncertainty and disruption to normal life that the Coronavirus pandemic has brought I thought it might be nice to share some basic ways to cope with isolation and a reduction in social interactions. I am staying at home as much as possible but have stocked up (sensibly, not […]
Restricting immigration, a good idea? An historical perspective from 1905 to the present – History at Northampton
At the beginning of this week the incumbent Home Secretary announced that from January 2021 new legislation would restrict immigration into the UK, as the government had promised in the run up to the 2019 General Election. In brief the aim of the Conservative administration is to limit the amount of poorer, less well educated, […]