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  • Polychronicon 145: Interpreting the history of the modern prison

      Teaching History feature
    On the morning of Sunday 24 January 1932 convicts paraded in the exercise yards at Dartmoor Convict Prison in Devon. Suddenly, inmates began to break ranks, encouraging others to do likewise. Some prisoners were shepherded into cell blocks by officers but control mechanisms quickly collapsed and the remaining inmates had...
    Polychronicon 145: Interpreting the history of the modern prison

  • The Coming of War in 1939

      Classic Pamphlet
    I. The Legacy of Versailles The Outbreak of a second world war on 1 September 1939 might have been expected to produce in due course a great controversy on ‘war guilt'. But there has been nothing comparable with the debate which took place during the 1920s on the 1914 issues. The...
    The Coming of War in 1939

  • The Tale of Two Winstons

      Historian article
    Winston Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. As Prime Minister he led Britain to victory against the Nazi war machine, leading Time to name him ‘Man of the Year' in 1940 and ‘Man of the Half Century' in 1949. As recently...
    The Tale of Two Winstons

  • Benjamin Jesty: Grandfather of Vaccination

      Historian article
    Commonly hailed as a discovery or a ‘medical breakthrough', vaccination against smallpox with cowpox exudate was a development of variolation i.e. inoculation with live smallpox matter - a technique popularised amongst the gentry in the early eighteenth century by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who had observed the procedure in Turkey...
    Benjamin Jesty: Grandfather of Vaccination

  • Have gun, will travel: The myth of the frontier in the Hollywood Western

      Historian article
    The Western movies that from around 1910 until the 1960s made up at least a fifth of all the American film titles on general release signified escapist entertainment for British audiences: an alluring vision of vast open spaces, of cowboys on horseback outlined against an imposing landscape. For Americans themselves,...
    Have gun, will travel: The myth of the frontier in the Hollywood Western

  • The Thirteenth Century Industrial Scene in England

      Classic Pamphlet
    This essay forms part of a collection of three essays on Thirteenth Century England by Professor R. F. Treharne (President of the HA 1958-61). These were originally delivered as lectures and were later edited for publication by Dr C. H. Knowles. This essay looks at the industrial scene in England during...
    The Thirteenth Century Industrial Scene in England

  • The Thirteenth Century Rural Scene in England

      Classic Pamphlet
    This essay forms part of a collection of three essays on Thirteenth Century England by Professor R. F. Treharne (President of the HA 1958-61). These were originally delivered as lectures and were later edited for publication by Dr C. H. Knowles. This essay looks at the rural scene in England during...
    The Thirteenth Century Rural Scene in England

  • The Thirteenth Century Political Scene in England

      Classic Pamphlet
    This essay forms part of a collection of three essays on Thirteenth Century England by Professor R. F. Treharne (President of the HA 1958-61). These were originally delivered as lectures and were later edited for publication by Dr C. H. Knowles. This essay looks at the political scene in England during...
    The Thirteenth Century Political Scene in England

  • The Paris Commune of 1871

      Classic Pamphlet
    Although a century has passed since the red flag flew for 72 days over the twenty town halls of Paris, the 1871 Commune de Paris cannot be said to belong primarily to historians. The picture of the Communards 'storming the gates of heaven' continues to serve both as a model...
    The Paris Commune of 1871

  • Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch

      Branch Podcast
    In 2011 Professor Anne Curry, President of the Historical Association, gave a lecture on Joan of Arc to the Swansea Branch. This is a podcast of that lecture.
    Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch

  • The Right Kind of History. An Interview with Nicola Sheldon, Jenny Keating and John Hamer

      Interview
    Sir David Cannadine has written the book that tells the history of history in schools. On the podcast on this site he outlines some of his reasons for wanting to write the book and what his findings were. But alongside his name on the front cover are his research team...
    The Right Kind of History. An Interview with Nicola Sheldon, Jenny Keating and John Hamer

  • Overview of Elizabeth I

      GCSE Topic Pack
    A GCSE Topic Pack on Elizabeth I. The content is divided into sections on Elizabeth herself as a person and Tudor queen, and on Elizabethan Domestic and Foreign Politics including religion, social structure, crime, poverty, entertainment and foreign affairs.
    Overview of Elizabeth I

  • American West Depth Study Podcasts

      GCSE Topic Guide
    In this series of podcasts Dave Martin examines the American West. What is the American West depth study actually about?What can we learn from the parallel lives of Custer and Crazy Horse?Who was with Custer at the Little Big Horn?Why did the Plains Indians lose the struggle for the Great...
    American West Depth Study Podcasts

  • David Cannadine Interview about his book: The Right Kind of History

      Cannadine Interview
    Sir David Cannadine has done the unthinkable he has traced the teaching of history in state schools since the beginning. In his book The Right Kind of History: Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century England he explores the real history of history education the truth is discovered to that age old...
    David Cannadine Interview about his book: The Right Kind of History

  • Crime and Punishment Selected Articles

      Selected Articles
    Crime and Punishment - selected HA articles: Wanted, The Elusive Charlie Peace': A Sheffield Killer Of The 1870s As Popular Hero The 'Penny Dreadful' Occult and Witches Kett's Rebellion 1549 The Great Revolt of 1381
    Crime and Punishment Selected Articles

  • Medicine Selected Articles

      Selected Articles
    Medicine selected articles: Anorexia Nervosa in the 19th Century Cholera and the fight for public health reform in the 19th century Child Health and School meals Nottingham 1906-45 Benjamin Jesty: Grandfather of Vaccination The ideological contribution of The Times in favour of motherhood in Great-Britain between 1910 and 1920 Two...
    Medicine Selected Articles

  • Revising the Elizabethans

      Revising the Elizabethans
    In this series of podcasts Andy Harmsworth offers some advice and suggestions to help you when revising the Elizabethans for the GCSE History Exam.
    Revising the Elizabethans

  • American History Selected Articles

      Selected Articles
    American History - selected articles: 1. American West, up to 20th Century.    The American Diplomatic Tradition Have gun, will travel: The myth of the frontier in the Hollywood Western Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show opens London's Earl Court in 1887 Savages and rattlesnakes', Washington, District of Columbia: A...
    American History Selected Articles

  • John Wilkes 1725-1797: A Man of Principle

      Historian article
    For Lord North in 1775, one John Wilkes was enough, ‘though ... to do him justice, it was not easy to find many such'. The impact of Wilkes between 1760 and 1780 was profound, a cause as much as a person. For Philip Francis, thought to be the satirist ‘Junius',...
    John Wilkes 1725-1797: A Man of Principle

  • Bonnie Prince Charlie: The escape of the Prince in 1746

      Historian article
    Thirty thousand pounds was an enormous sum of money in 1746. That was the reward offered by the British government for the capture of Prince Charles. Many Highlanders knew where he was at various times and places after Culloden, but they did not betray him. As one of his helpers...
    Bonnie Prince Charlie: The escape of the Prince in 1746

  • Podcast Series: Britain's Changing Population

      Podcasted history
    In Part 3 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK we look at diversity in the UK and examine African and Caribbean UK History, South Asian UK History and British Chinese History.  The first set of podcasts feature Dr Hakim Adi, Marika Sherwood, Dr Sumita Mukherjee & Dr...
    Podcast Series: Britain's Changing Population

  • Copernicus and the Reformation of Astronomy

      Classic Pamphlet
    During the past four centuries, the processes of nature have come to be viewed in a new light through the progressive acquisition of the systematized, verifiable knowledge that we call science. The associated advances in technology have profoundly affected the circumstances of our daily lives, and have revolutionised the mutual...
    Copernicus and the Reformation of Astronomy

  • The Irish in Britain 1815-1914

      Classic Pamphlet
    Irish migration to Britain has a long and chequered history, yet only in recent years have historians examined this subject in depth, through a growing body of local, regional and national studies which have supplemented the earlier pioneering research of J. E. Handley and J. A. Jackson. These studies have...
    The Irish in Britain 1815-1914

  • Suffrage Poster Competition Winners

      17th July 2019
    Congratulations to four students from Newport Girls' High School – Daniah, Romaisa, Hetavi and Saira – who created the winning poster for our Suffrage competition. The poster had a modern message while demonstrating research and inspiration from a local suffragist from the past. The judges at the HA were very...
    Suffrage Poster Competition Winners

  • GCSE Podcast: Tackling the GCSE History Exam

      Multipage Article
    Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 curriculum In this series of podcasts Dr Tim Lomas offers some advice and suggestions for tackling the GCSE History Exam.
    GCSE Podcast: Tackling the GCSE History Exam