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It’s no secret that I love stone circles and other old stony places. I visit them. A lot. I hug them. Quite a bit. And I write about them. Aikey Brae, above, is probably my absolute favourite. The circle in my books is loosely based on this one. I’ve blogged about it here in the […]

Stone Circles, Henges, Hills and a Barrow — Ailish Sinclair

AARON SHUMAN Last semester, one of my professors assigned a chapter of anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Silencing the Past as a jumping off point for considering how silences can work their way into the historical narrative. During our weekly Zoom-based class, conversation homed in on the ‘four crucial moments’ in which Trouillot believed that silences could be generated: […]

Trouillot in the Digital Age: A Fifth Crucial Moment for Public Historians? — History Journal

Why depictions of status and disability in the Early Middle Ages still matter JUTTA LAMMINAHO ‘A lame man crawling along on his hands led a blind man to the paupers’ hostel at St Gall, where both of them stayed the night, and were both healed at the tomb.’ – Walafrid Strabo, Life of St Otmar[1] […]

Saints, Beggars and Scapegoats — History Journal

I’m really proud to announce that at the end of April, I was made an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. I’ve done an awful lot of work for the HA over the years, not least in being secretary of the Bolton Branch for some long time and of course I was Associate Vice President […]

Historical Association Fellowship — Jenni Hyde

In the early days of rail travel, steam locomotives could only travel forward. Trains required turntables to turn them around. While there, they received “servicing and light repairs.” Where do you go for servicing and light repairs?

Servicing and light repairs — Somerton Smith

Today is the 4th of July and in 1776 the United States of America was born. I have many American friends and I have visited that great country on one memorable holiday to New York.

I am often asked what the British call the 4th of July and quite honestly we just call it the 4th of July, however, with our wicked sense of humour we like to humour Americans by calling it Ungrateful Colonial Treason Day. Not because we think that but because so many Americans would be disappointed if we didn’t.

So Happy Birthday America… ungrateful gits

We often take it for granted that we have fresh water to drink.  Children certainly do. In our chapter reading book, “Little House on the Prairie”, Pa and Mr. Scott dig a well.  Learning where fresh water comes from was one thing, adding real stories and pictures about my family brought the story to life. […]

Reading Aloud + Family History = The Best Learning — A Teacher’s Reflections