Tag: Twentieth Century
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Review: Green Book (2018)
Written by Sophia Aiello. Directed by Peter Farrelly, ‘Green Book’ (2018) was both a success at the box office and the Academy Awards. However, it received a great deal of backlash for its whitewashed portrayal of racism in 1960s America.
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The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Forgotten US Insurrection
Written by Sam Marks. Discussing the much neglected Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labour uprising in American history, Sam Marks argues that, despite being assigned to be forgotten in wider public consciousness, it remains an integral part of local memory.
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MK-Ultra: Mind-Control, LSD and the US Government
Written by Eva Campbell. MK-Ultra, sanctioned during the Cold War, was programme of convert experiments conducted by the US government to develop mind-control drugs. Eva Campbell explores the horrifying human cost of the operation, a period of history which remains shrouded in mystery.
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The War on Drugs and Histories of Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Written by Jack Bennett. Developments in the history of Post-Revolutionary Mexico have intertwined narratives with the war on drugs. But how have these narratives developed and come to include new ideas and conceptions?
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Editing the Jamaica Reader: A Conversation with Professor Diana Paton and Professor Matthew Smith
Professor Diana Paton and Professor Matthew Smith sit down with Retrospect’s EIC, Jamie Gemmell, to discuss their new volume: The Jamaica Reader: History, Culture, Politics.
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Masseur, Minister, Showgirl, Spy – Christine Keeler and the Affair That Has It All
Written by Sophie Whitehead. The Profumo scandal has been written about and re-interpreted in dozens of ways throughout the last seventy years, but what do we know about it now? And how can it offer insight into British society in the 1960s?
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Emmy Noether’s Breakthrough: Mathematical Symmetries Are Equivalent to Physical Conservation Laws
Written by Kat Jivkova. Emmy Noether’s contributions to mathematics and Einstein’s theory of relativity have been undervalued. What did her work involve? And why has it taken so long to be properly recognised?
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John Williams and the Revival of Classical Music in Star Wars
Written by Kat Jivkova. For many Star Wars fans, John Williams’ musical scores continue to evoke a deep nostalgia. Where did his ideas come from? How do his compositions fit within the broader history of film music?
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