LGBT History Month
You might not know this, but February is LGBT History month and also the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality, which means a tonne of events going on up and down the country. Mainly in London, which is annoying because I sort of want to go to everything, but Leicester have also […]
Ten Historical Christmas Facts part two
Once again, I’ve gone through the archives of the reputable sites that only a third year would know to bring you ten (more) historically accurate Christmas facts for you to delight your family and friends with this Christmas Eve Recipes show that mince pies were in fact initially made from meat, as per the Tudor […]
Ten Historical Christmas Facts
Happy Holidays. I’ve trawled through the website of our overlords, Jstor, to find you the best, most historically accurate facts ever Prince Albert supposedly introduced the German tradition of indoor Christmas trees at Windsor Castle in 1841 In 1848, the Illustrated London Newspublished an illustration of the royal family gathered around a decorated Christmas tree, which […]
One For Historians
Generally, I try to make my blog fairly accessible to people of all disciplines, but I have to admit this one is pretty History orientated. When I did my internship at IHR over the summer I was asked to write a blog about how I found their Connected Histories search engine, which looks through […]
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