Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family
By Paul Dryburgh There are times, particularly in our social media age, when professional historians can be more than a little po-faced and self-important when it comes to the communication of history to mass audiences. There, I said it. Enter, though, an unlikely...
The market imperfections of business, shoppers and consumerism
By Lawrence Black Much recent work on consumerism, from Frank Trentmann on things, to Bethany Moreton’s brilliant study of Walmart, through to Robert Miller’s anthropological work, has creatively and productively entangled shopping, politics, everyday life and...
Teaching BAME History as British History: What does it have to do with Brexit?
By Malachi McIntosh and Hannah Elias There’s no question the UK is experiencing a great moment of national uncertainty in this pre-Brexit environment. With a rise in hate crime, mounting evidence of persistent racial bias, and an increasing frequency of...
One Person, Two Votes: Robert Lowe’s election as MP for the University of London
By Jon Parry On 13 November the IHR and History of Parliament hosted ‘One Person, Multiple Votes’, a panel discussion on the history of University seats in British politics, 1868-1950. The event marked the 150th anniversary of Robert Lowe’s election as the first...