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Empty Shops and the Housing Crisis: a Perspective from the Second World War
By David Cowan Britain lacks enough affordable housing. The problem is clear: too few houses are being built to meet the needs of an ageing population. One estimate suggests that about 300,000 new houses are needed each year, whilst about half of that are actually constructed. With the demand for new housing exceeding availability, renting…
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Book Review – The Night Trains by Charles van Onselen
Nicole Sithole reviews Charles van Onselen’s The Night Trains: Moving Mozambican Miners to and from South Africa, 1902-1955 (Jonathan Ball, 2019), £25.00. The Night Trains is a riveting account of the gruesome experiences of black men from the Sul du Save in Mozambique, on board ghostly night trains which transported them back and forth to…
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Muhammad Suhail Bin Mohamed Yazid – Historian Highlight
By Muhammad Suhail Bin Mohamed Yazid, interviewed by Alex White (@alex_j_white) Historian Highlight is a new series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge. We ask students how they came to research their topic, their favourite archival find, as well as the best (and worst) advice they’ve received as academics…
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Tucker Carlson in Budapest: A Flirtation with Fascism and an Affront to Memory
By Alex Sessa (@AlexSessa2) Nearly eight decades after Hungary’s systematic destruction of its Jewish population, far-right spokespersons are perpetrating their own vicious assault against Holocaust memory. In August of this year, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson hosted his cable talk show from Budapest for an entire week. While there, he went so far to praise Hungary’s…
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Harry Parker – Historian Highlight
By Harry Parker, interviewed by Cherish Watton Historian Highlight is a new series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge. We ask students how they came to research their topic, their favourite archival find, as well as the best (and worst) advice they’ve received as academics in training. History is…
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