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10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 3
Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 31, 2017
Here I am, back again to help you get through the Easter revision with a third lot of amazing factoids. Turn your world upside down In the 1870s, there was a surge of books using the word ‘pokemon’. In the Cornish dialect, pokemon meant ‘clumsy’. In the mid 19th century, Cornish glossaries and dictionaries […]
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10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 2
Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 24, 2017
It’s your favourite History fanatic, back to help you through holiday revision with another lot of amazing factoids. Enjoy having your world turned upside down…. The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin really happened. No one is sure what the piper is a symbol for, or why the children disappeared, but a stained glass […]
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10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 1
Posted by Jaipreet in History on March 17, 2017
If you enjoyed my Christmas facts, this should blow your mind Stonehenge would have already been in ruins by the time Jesus was born Easter Island Moai figures were ‘walked’ to where they needed to go by aid of ropes. When the indigenous people told European explorers that the statues walked there, they were […]
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Two essays in one week!
Posted by Claire in History on March 22, 2014
This term is always the busiest for history students, and unfortunately for us the busiest week is the last. While everyone else has handed in their final projects for the term and taking a bit of break before revision kicks in, the history department have given us two essays in one week! Unfortunately, as this […]
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Dissertation Workshop
Posted by Claire in History on January 28, 2014
Last week I attended what the School of Historical Studies calls a ‘dissertation workshop’. It’s a chance for History students with the same Dissertation Supervisor to get together with their Supervisor and discuss their progress and show the others what they’ve been up to in the last few months. It was decided that we’d present […]
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