Category: Features
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Shakespeare: The Original Orchestrator of ‘Fake News’
Shakespeare’s characterisation of Richard III has had an enduring impact on the Yorkist king’s legacy. Ella Gibson questions whether this representation is fair or accurate.
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‘Wicked wife, accuser of her own husband’: Should we forgive Jane Boleyn?
Jane Boleyn has long been remembered as the jealous wife of George Boleyn who testified against her husband and sister-in-law to bring about their downfalls. Arianna North Castell challenges this perception and emphasises the need for a revisionist history of Jane.
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Bluetooth: how an everyday technology is named for a Danish King (and blueberries)
Bluetooth is a near ubiquitous technology, but where did it get its name from? Darcy Gresham explores the viking inspired origins of the wireless technology.
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Threads; The Story of a Harrowing Nuclear Drama
During the Cold War, nuclear annihilation was perhaps the most harrowing extinction-level event people worried about. Jess Clark explores how the 1984 BBC television-drama terrified British citizens by showing them what may have been if the bombs dropped.
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The Abandoned Hotels of Kupari: The Prosperity and Decline of a Hotel Complex in the Jewel of the Adriatic
Elizabeth Price explores the remnants of the Croatian War for Independence—the Abandoned Hotels of Kupari.
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Aristophanes’ Guide to Athenian Dinner Parties
Fiona Macrae gives us an insight into what to expect from an Ancient Greek symposium, based on the plays of Aristophanes.
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Problems with Plutarch: A glance at the hypocrisy within the tradition of “Mirrors for Princes”
Oscar Virdee looks at works by Plutarch, the tradition of self-help books for rulers and the interpretation of modern scholars.
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Junk in the Trunk? How 19th Century Women Deceived Men With a Needle and Thread
Tilly Bankes looks at 19th Century French fashion, social hierarchy, US taxation and untaxable goods.
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