by John Morgan Today is world wetlands day. On 2 February 1971, 170 countries signed the Ramsar International Convention on Wetlands, dedicated to the ‘conservation and wise use of all wetlands’. The anniversary has become a global day of celebration and awareness raising, drawing attention to the vital role wetlands play in the health of…
Category: Making History
Onions, embroidery and other historical lessons could help you sleep
John Collier / Wikimedia Commons Sasha Handley, University of Manchester Most developed societies in the West are currently plagued by endemic sleep loss, falling well short of the eight hours recommended by the World Health Organisation. In particular, many children and young people are currently suffering from sleeping problems. A recent BBC documentary went so…
Fighting for History: Dr Frances Houghton discusses Convoy PQ17 and some recent libel trials…
Early this year a film slid into the British cinemas, enjoyed a few weeks’ showing, and then slipped quietly away again. Denial (2016) recounted the story of a bitter battle waged between two historians in a libel court in 1996 over the ‘right’ way to create a historical record of the Holocaust. Defending her assertion…
Inching Towards the Meter: Britain, Europe and the Politics of Economic Integration
Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester) On Brexit day (23 June 2016), The Guardian reminded its readers about the ‘Euro myth’ of how European metrication laws had criminalised the use of the Imperial inch such that even the Queen was forced to ‘obey Europe’.[1] Since then, there have been several reports in the popular media about…
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