Sport and Leisure HistorySport’s Role in 1951’s Festival of BritainIain Wilton (Queen Mary, University of London)19 March 2012 The Festival of Britain held in 1951 is generally described as a rather insular affair focused on Britain without much consideration beyond...
British History in the Long-eighteenth Century ‘Rusty old Queen Anne’s many suitors’: Firearms and inter-communal violence in Armagh, 1783-1790Stephen Duane Dean Jr (King’s College London)8 February 2012This is a guest post by James Wilkinson, one of IHR...
Digital History seminar Luke Blaxill (King’s College, London)’Quantifying the Language of British Politics, 1880-1914′ Tuesday 23 October 2012 Live from 5.15pm (BST) on History SPOT: https://historyspot.org.uk/podcastsPlease join us on the 23rd October...
Histories of Home (now renamed Studies of Home)Practices of inhabitance in large houses: Comfort, privacy and status in Sydney, AustraliaRobyn Dowling (Macquarie University)12 October 2011 Since the 1980s house size has increased by around 50% in Sydney, Australia. ...
It’s always nice to discover a new digital resource and an article which gives some context to it. Such is the case with an article on Africa Past and Present in South African Historical Journal [1] entitled Podcasting the Past: Africa Past and Present and...
Just a brief word today, to keep you informed about the changes occurring to the History SPOT platform. These won’t affect your ability to visit the site, either for the podcasts or our research training material, but you will find some changes to the way you...
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