Blog Posts

  • Historical Association Conference Part 2

    At the beginning of May, I was privileged to be asked to speak at the Historical Association Conference in Manchester.  It was an excellent weekend with a wide range of lectures and continuing professional development opportunities. This is the second in a series of blog posts about the various lectures and workshops I attended. After…

  • Launch of the University of Oxford’s ‘Lest We Forget’ – and how YOU can help

    Today marks the launch of the University of Oxford’s ‘Lest We Forget’ project aimed at saving and preserving material owned by the public related to WW1. WEW are seeking to donations to fund the pr… Source: Launch of the University of Oxford’s ‘Lest We Forget’ – and how YOU can help

  • Historical Association Conference Part 1

    At the beginning of May, I was privileged to be asked to speak at the Historical Association Conference in the luxurious surroundings of the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester.  It was an excellent weekend with a wide range of lectures and continuing professional development opportunities.  I came away with lots of great ideas to work…

  • Teaching the Civil War

    A few weeks ago I was trying to work out how to liven up the teaching session on the Civil War for my first year undergraduates.  I decided to check out Emma Kennedy’s really useful teaching and learning advent calendar for ideas, as it was me that suggested that she could source teaching ideas for it from…

  • Bolton HA on the radio

    Originally posted on Historical Association Bolton Branch: Branch secretary Jenni Hyde chatted to Kevan Williams of community radio station Bolton FM on Friday 19 May about the work of the Historical Association nationally and in Bolton. She invited everyone to join the branch at our special event on Wednesday 24th May 2017 10.30am-12.30pm at Bolton…