Write Good Essays and Learn to Argue
All students need to know how to do these things, but it is not always easy to know how to argue in a university essay.
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Why Humanities Matter
Why are the humanities essential to addressing global challenges? How can subjects like History, English, or Philosophy equip you with skills you need to face the future? This short film by S&R editor Christer Petley looks at those questions while … Continue reading...
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Why did Britain Abolish the Slave Trade?
How human rights and the national interest converged to bring about a defining moment in world history...
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White Fury: Donald Trump and American History
All history is personal as well as political. History is inside us all. And history shapes us just as much as any one of us can shape it.
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White Fury: Donald Trump and American History
All history is personal as well as political. History is inside us all. And history shapes us just as much as any one of us can shape it.
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Reflections on ‘Nelson’s Dark Side’
I have been interested in Admiral Lord Nelson for about as long as I can remember. I knew him first as the heroic victor of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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On White Fury
The title of the book was decided late on. ‘Slavery and Revolution’ was my working title throughout the writing process.
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Names
A few weeks ago I met with Elaine Mitchener at the University of Southampton to workshop ideas for our Sweet Tooth collaboration. I was tired.
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Sweet Tooth Tickets
Tickets are now available for Sweet Tooth at Turner Sims, Southampton, 7pm on 29 June 2016. This is our first showcasing of work in progress.
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Hamilton
Hamilton is ‘the musical of the Obama era’, according to Adam Gopnik in a recent article in the New Yorker.
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