9 July 2020
This post comes from former student in History at the University of Gloucestershire, Luke Simpson. George Floyd was not the first and he will not be the last black human being to be killed as a result of…
2 June 2020
For American historians, and particularly those who focus on African American history and civil rights, the feelings felt in the last six days are a mixture of sorrow, anger, .. and also déjà vu. How often in the…
12 October 2017
This post comes from second year undergraduate student in History at the University of Gloucestershire, Rhiannon Healey. It is a fact that over the past year, there has been a resurgence of right-wing political ideas and movements. A…
29 June 2016
I was recently asked to speak about the EU referendum on BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s breakfast show, and consider how historians will talk about ‘Brexit’ 30 or 40 years from now. Clearly, no-one has a crystal ball, let alone…