By Molly Day-Coombes Level 3 Undergraduate On the 11th November 1919 victory balls were widespread across the country. These were charity fundraising events involving fancy dress, dancing, singing and drinking. The biggest ball of the year was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The celebratory air to these events...
by Aron Sterk, PhD student For the last two years I have been doing archive research into the career of the 18th century Jewish naturalist and Fellow of the Royal Society Emanuel Mendes da Costa. The research is being undertaken in association with the Royal Society under the supervision...
by Professor Anna Marie Roos Faculty in the School of History and Heritage wear many hats—as lecturer, tutor, researcher, administrator and advisor. Sometimes, faculty members edit professional journals, which are publications at the coalface of original research that publish peer-reviewed papers from professional historians. The Museum History Journal, co-edited...
by Dr Kate Hill In July I was part of the organising group (the Museums and Galleries History Group, including Dr Sarah Longair) for a conference on Museums, Collections and Conflict held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. We had decided on this theme because, 2018 being...
By Bethany Scard, Level 3 History Undergraduate Congratulations are due to Princess Eugenie and her new husband Jack Brooksbank. They had a lovely ceremony on the 12 October 2018 which was broadcast live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and ITV. The coverage of their wedding was staggering, as was the turn...
