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Gospel truth? History and the writing of the New Testament
By Robert Evans @R_AH_Evans This Sunday, millions around the world will gather to celebrate Easter. They will listen to historical documents written almost two thousand years ago, purporting to describe the last hours, death, and physical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, a religious teacher from first-century Palestine. Those events, and the documents which supposedly describe them,…
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‘All Men are Created Equal’? Race and the Declaration of Independence in American Museums
Tom Smith (@TomEtesonSmith) The Declaration of Independence, approved on 4 July 1776 by the thirteen colonies which were about to form the United States of America, has returned to the headlines recently after a parchment copy of the iconic document, only the second known to exist, was discovered in the somewhat unlikely surroundings of the…
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Snap elections: a brief historical guide
A week ago UK Prime Minister Theresa May caught almost everyone by surprise by calling an election for the beginning of June. As the dust settles and the party machines grind into action, Carys Brown (@HistoryCarys) takes a brief look at the key facts.
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Absent leeks, lost voices? Cooking and recording in early modern Wales
By Carys Brown | @HistoryCarys My original intention for a blog post for St David’s Day (1 March) had been to cook and write about early modern leeks. Quite apart from being one of my favourite vegetables, the humble leek is one of the national symbols of Wales and features in a number of “traditional” Welsh…
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Newnham College Cambridge hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thon to mark International Women’s Day 2017
Know something about an eminent woman? Think it should be shared? Newnham College Cambridge are marking International Women’s Day 2017 by improving the gender balance of Wikipedia, and they’re looking for contributors.
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