Sport and Civilian Morale in Second World War Britain

Apr 18, 2012

 Sport and Leisure HistorySport and Civilian Morale in Second World War BritainProfessor Matthew Taylor (De Montfort University)3 October 2011  What do you do about a spectator sport such as football during a period of declared war?  This is the question that...

A Day in the life of History SPOT

Apr 17, 2012

I have been writing this blog ever since I took on History SPOT for the IHR over two years ago.  It took me a while to find my feet as I had never created or written a blog before.  My remit was to make the blog more interesting than just relaying update reports which...

History SPOT and the Easter holidays

Apr 5, 2012

I’ll be taking a nice long Easter break this year which means, I’m afraid, no updates to this blog or to the History SPOT site for a week.  Nonetheless there’s still plenty here to have a look at and much more on its way. Buried deep within the IHR...

Digital History: The Future of the Past roundtable

Mar 30, 2012

Digital History 20 March 2012 Melissa Terras (UCL); Adam Farquhar (British Library); and Torsten Reimer (JISC)The Future of the Past roundtable  The first roundtable event of the Digital History seminar had some teething problems behind the scenes.  One of the...