Matthew McCormack from History has co-edited a new book on new approaches to teaching the subject. Co-edited with Ruth Larsen (Derby) and Alice Marples (British Library), Innovations in Teaching History: Eighteenth-Century Studies in Higher Education is now out with University of London Press. The book contains seven chapters, which provide case studies for how to […]
July 2024
The Elites are Cummings – HISTORY AT NORTHAMPTON
Dominic Cummings has been in the news lately, you may have noticed. He drove, whilst infected with COVID-19, from Islington to County Durham, with his family. He then took them on a tour of County Durham, whilst infected, and after having been discovered defended his actions, supported by the PM and the government he advises. […]
The Sad Story of a Victorian Ghost-Seer – HISTORY AT NORTHAMPTON
This Halloween, senior lecturer Caroline Nielsen explores the sad story of a spooky storyteller… A young woman is sitting in a chair reading a story which has made her nervous. Engraving by R. Graves after R.W. Buss. Credit: Wellcome Collection. This is the time of year when most of us begin to think about ghost […]