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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...geography (but many place and river names e.g. Dover, Avon). However, Latin, introduced to Britain by the Romans, and reinforced in its influence by the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity during the 7th century, had a significant impact, providing both vocabulary (e.g. master, mass, school) and the basis for the writing system. OE was mostly written using the...
Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...Geographies, 17, pp. 29–275. Ives, E. (2004) The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn. Oxford: Blackwell. Jamieson, B. (2015) Imhotep: The Egyptian Father of Medicine Proven by Historical Archives. Clifton: African Tree Press. Joseph, P. (2019) The Outrageous Neglect of African Figures in Art History. Available at:
On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Society, Politics & Law

On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...are rewarded for that, they get a gold medal, or you can raise money for refugees doing that, and this man walks through the Channel Tunnel and is arrested. So there is this reversal in how different people are allowed or not allowed to travel geographies, land, boundaries, and these boundaries are there for some and not for others. Now explore some reactions to the art...
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...geography, natural history and anthropology as well as history. He accounted for the customs and beliefs of Greeks and barbarians as well as their histories, he describes the floods of the Nile and the margins of the known world Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars dealt with the war between Athens and Sparta that tore the Greek world apart. This is accounted...
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...Geography (FASS) and Global Studies. As a social anthropologist she is passionate about research, and has been conducting a research project on Olaudah Equiano’s life in Cambridge and his contribution to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. This project revealed fascinating insights into the social and working relationships between eighteenth-century free...
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...geography originally decreed in a faraway capital, and where conflict over resources is an ever-present threat. Geopolitical thought in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries can be understood in terms of classical realism in so much as it involved balances of power and rivalries between the great powers of the day (such as the British, French, Russian, Austro-...
The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...geography, and presents itself as a crucible for ideology and values. By acknowledging their identity through making a collage in the union flag – people perform their citizenship in a creative way, and, at their same time, they are commenting on the flag and are challenging stereotypes. What do you think? Gil Mualem-Doron: I am not sure if this answers your question,...
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...Geography courses and qualifications. To pinpoint your position on a map of the world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90º north and the South Pole latitude 90º south. Lines...