Winston Churchill still stands as one of Britain’s most controversial figures. A man of unparalleled drive and ambition, poet, artist, and master of rhetoric, he embodied the last throws of British imperialistic colonialism. Now you can discover the man, his …
Adding to our wide collection of Adam Matthew online archives, including African American Communities, Empire Online, Mass Observation, Gender: Identity and Social Change, Popular Culture in Britain and America 1950-1970, we have access to the vast majority of the Adam …
Hot on the heels of our last humanities purchase, we are delighted to add the 1980s module of Mass Observation. This digital archive contains topics of interest to a wide range of subjects, including History, Politics, the Social Sciences and …
This week people try to focus on the plight of those unwillingly forced from their homes by People desperately seeking refuge have become a stigmatised group in recent years. The term ‘refugee’ has become politically charged and carries with it …
Trolling (known as “mockery” in the days before social media made it a slightly warped informal massively multiplayer online game played across social media platforms) is not a common marketing tactic for established scholarly brands but the publishers of the Meriam-Webster dictionary have been …
It feels good to be told you are right, even when you are wrong. When no-one knows enough facts, it all becomes a whole heap of fun. The solution might be to slow down and start to explore the fantastic …
After a long and sometimes painful period of campaigning, the referendum on UK membership of the EU has resulted in a majority ‘leave’ vote by a narrow margin. I would like to reassure you that, as current students of our …
Oxford University Press have made materials freely available to help you inform yourself about the arguments surrounding the upcoming referendum.
The Freedom of Information Act (2000) is here to stay, at least for the moment. While politicians are renowned for turning their policies around with terrifying alacrity, the the UK Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock confirmed in a statement on …
Following a popular trial, we are delighted to present access to the Armed Conflict Database (ACD), which monitors armed conflicts worldwide focusing on political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts from local rebellions to long-term insurgencies, civil wars and inter-state conflicts.
