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Tag Archives: Research
History as conspiracy theory: The case of David Icke and the ‘Protocols’
Just prior to the Covid-19 medical emergency and lockdown, I embarked on the delivery of a module on the role of conspiracy theory in history, and recently had the opportunity to run the module again. The course sought to address … Continue reading
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Tagged British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, history, Public History, Research, teaching, World History
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Women Against the Female Vote: The anti-Suffragists in Chiswick in South-West London
Back in 2014-2015 I spent some time in the archives investigating a still relatively under-researched aspect of women’s history, the anti-Suffrage groups that had emerged in Edwardian Britain. How did this come about? My general research on British history had … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British Empire, British history, Gender History, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Surrey, Uncategorized, Women's history
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Richmond, teaching, Women
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Amazons against the Nazis: Women’s Home Defence in Wartime Britain
At the height of invasion fears in the summer of 1940, the British government asked for civilian volunteers ‘to go on duty against airborne invasion’ and be ‘entrusted with certain vital duties’ for which a knowledge of firearms would be necessary. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British history, Fascism, Gender History, German History, Historiography, History of war, Local History, London history, Museums, Nazism, Public History, Research, Women's history
Tagged British history, history, Imperial War Museum, Local History, Public History, Research, The National Archives, Women, World War Two
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The Spy Who Lied: Another look at the Kim Philby story
A recent television drama series about the life of Kim Philby, the British Intelligence officer who engaged in treachery, attracted good reviews and enthusiastic viewers when it was screened, but contained few surprises for historians of the secret state. The … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, European History, Historiography, Public History, Research, Russian History, Secret State, The National Archives, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged British history, Film, history, Public History, Research, Russian History, Secret State, Spies, The National Archives, World History
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Nesta Webster and her ideas: a case study in conspiracy theory
With the seeming surge in conspiracy theories during the recent coronavirus crisis, it is important to be aware of the dangerous history of such views, and understand the claims of some of the ‘classic’ advocates of these paranoid and distorted … Continue reading
Posted in British Empire, British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, Extremism, Fascism, French History, Gender History, German History, Historiography, Media history, Public History, Research, Russian History, Uncategorized, Women's history, World History
Tagged British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, history, Public History, Research, Women, World History
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A New Vision: The foundation of a branch of the League of Nations Union in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
There are times in history when the global will very much influence the local, and during the interwar period Kingston-on-Thames in Surrey, England, saw a burst of activity from a local lobby group, the League of Nations Union (LNU), which … Continue reading
Posted in American history, British history, European History, History of war, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged British history, First World War, Kingston, Local History, London history, Research, Surrey, World History
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Did he break free? John Major’s tensions with Margaret Thatcher
There have been times when the current British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has shown evident discomfort at the antics of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the embarrassing shadow of Johnson has undoubtedly interfered with Sunak’s attempts to put his … Continue reading
Under a ‘Rain of Bombs’: How the Dunkirk evacuation was reported in Kingston-on-Thames
On 26th May, 1940, the new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ordered the implementation of ‘Operation Dynamo’, a plan to save the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). This led to what one war correspondent called at the time the ‘miracle’ of Dunkirk, … Continue reading
Posted in British Empire, British history, European History, French History, German History, History of war, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Memory, Public History, Research, Surrey, teaching, World War Two, WWII
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Silent but Golden: Early film production in the Kingston-upon-Thames area
Work by a number of film historians in the last 20 years has thrown exciting new perspectives on the development and impact of early cinema and film-making on the cultural evolution of British society in the first quarter of the … Continue reading
Posted in British Empire, British history, Historiography, History of war, History skills, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Surbiton, Surrey, Uncategorized
Tagged British history, civic engagement, First World War, history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Media history, Research, Richmond, Surbiton, Surrey, World War One
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The world-view of Nesta Webster: a case study in conspiracy theory
With the seeming surge in conspiracy theories during the recent coronavirus crisis, it is important to be aware of the dangerous history of such views, and understand the claims of some of the ‘classic’ advocates of these paranoid and distorted … Continue reading
Posted in British Empire, British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, Extremism, Fascism, French History, Gender History, German History, Historiography, Media history, Public History, Research, Russian History, Uncategorized, Women's history, World History
Tagged British history, Conspiracy theory, European History, history, Public History, Research, Women, World History
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