British history

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/1/2019
  

  Michael Howard, Eminent British Military Historian, Dies at 97

  A decorated soldier in World War II, he helped reshape the study of war and was knighted in 1986 for his academic work.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/19/19
  

  ‘The Crown’: The History Behind Season 3 on Netflix

  As in past seasons, the latest installment of Netflix’s show about the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II melds fact and fiction. Here’s how The Times covered events depicted this season.  

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• SOURCE: History.com
  11/15/19
  

  The 1969 Documentary That Tried to Humanize Queen Elizabeth II and The Royal Family

  The idea was to show the royal family in their day-to-day lives. The results were mixed.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/18/19
  

  Fact-checking ‘The Crown’: Did Queen Elizabeth let a known KGB spy work for Buckingham Palace?

  In keeping with the show’s gripping use of history to personalize the queen and other royals, the episode exposes rumors and fears of betrayal among British government officials and leaders, including Winston Churchill.

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• 11/17/19
  

  The Princess and the Press

  by Georgie Blalock

  The more details people craved about the Princess, the more the press found ways to provide them, revealing both the good and bad about Princess Margaret's life and fame. 

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• 11/10/19
  

  The Boer War: The Opening Act in a Violent Century

  by David Carlin

  There is something darkly poetic in the timing of the Boer War. It offered a grim preview of warfare and the social conditions that would shake the world during the 20th century.

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• 11/7/19
  

  14 Ships' Figureheads Weighing Over 20 Tons Arrive at UK's Newest Museum, The Box

  by Orbis Conservation

  In what is the most ambitious sculpture conservation project currently taking place in the UK, 14 monumental 19th century naval figureheads have been saved from decay for the nation. 

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• SOURCE: History Extra
  11/4/19
  

  As racism row rumbles on, is it time to retire the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’?

  by Michael Wood

  The history world has been afire with a debate about Anglo-Saxon studies. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/5/19
  

  The History Behind the Guy Fawkes Masks and Protest

  by Sara Barrett

  All around the world, protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks to conceal their identity in service of a cause.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11/2/19
  

  New research sheds light on largest-ever Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard

  The impressive find is now thought to include artifacts captured from kingdoms in East Anglia and Northumbria -- something researchers say "offers vivid confirmation of the widespread and brutal events" between warring English kingdoms, which have been described in near-contemporary sources from the period.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/20/19
  

  Have you heard of the catastrophic men theory of history? Step forward Boris Johnson...

  by Nick Cohen

  Self-interested and reckless leadership defines too much of our past – and present.

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• 10/20/19
  

  Trump and the Divine Rights of Kings

  by Ed Simon

  Nobody feels sorrier for themselves than a monarch who discovers that their divine right is an illusion; nobody is more liable to lash out and project the blame for their predicament.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/13/19
  

  Climate protests have roots that go deep into the rich history of British social change

  by Lucy Robinson

  Extinction Rebellion draws on a radical lineage that brings together a range of beliefs and ages.

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• SOURCE: History Today
  Accessed 9/26/19
  

  Are There Any Meaningful Historical Analogies for Brexit? Historians Respond.

  Featuring Ali Ansari, Miranda Malins​, D.H. Robinson​, and Jonathan Fitzgibbons​.

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• 9/24/19
  

  Hooray for the Return of Downton Abbey!

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Downton Abbey is back, and back with a roar that will shake everyone from 1927, when it is set, to those who awaken tomorrow morning.

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• SOURCE: Quartz
  9/23/19
  

  Thomas Cook, the travel agency of Britain’s far-flung 19th-century empire, is dead

  Thomas Cook was born with a railway journey that took place in 1841—the same year that Hong Kong was ceded to Britain, then at the peak of its imperial power.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  

  Why the queen said yes to Boris Johnson’s request to suspend parliament

  by Laura Beers

  So why isn’t the Queen taking more criticism for giving Johnson what he wanted? One answer is that she had no choice.

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• 9/8/19
  

  Sir Ian Kershaw on His Latest Book, Brexit, and the Future of Europe

  by David O’Connor

  "The EU has come a long way and, as Brexit shows, the networks built up over previous decades are extremely complex."

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• 9/8/19
  

  What We Can Learn About Surviving Frauds Like Trump from Titus Oates

  by David P. Barash

  The true story of Titus Oates, although horrifying and downright infuriating, should give us hope that the US, too, can recover from You Know Who, just as England did from Titus Oates. 

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• 8/18/19
  

  Book Review: Jeremy Black's Imperial Legacies

  by Jeff Roquen

  While Black lapses into a biased apologia and generalizes at the expense of factual evidence, Imperial Legacies, on the whole, delivers a long overdue re-contextualization of the British Empire.