Reviews

Michael Dillon: Aristocrat, Scholar, Physician, Monk and Man

By Jem Knight, BA History, Level 2 I had only recently come out as transgender when I ventured into Gay’s the Word bookshop in London for the first...

Locked within an animation: The representation of Pocahontas

By Gemma McLean-Carr Second-Year History Student   Johann Friedrich Engel Pocahontas, c.1921. The life of Pocahontas (born Matoaka) has been frequently replicated and represented in literature, art and...

‘Nothing is heavier than the dead body of someone you loved’

  1917, the First World War and Male Intimacy By Lily Smith   The use of male friendship as an anchoring point within combat and the suggestion that...

Crafting a Way of Life… Review of ‘The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts’

by Peter Smith, undergraduate, School of History and Heritage In 1998, the Bowler family moved into a nineteenth-century terraced house and for three months lived as though they...

Review – ‘Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal’

By Bryanie Geehan, Level 3 History Undergraduate The BBC series ‘The Rebel Royal’ recounts the rebellious lifestyle of Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister. Through anecdotes and...

Review of Medici: Masters of Florence – Women of the 15th century or the 21st?

By Emma Fox, Level 2 History Undergraduate Netflix’s series Medici: Masters of Florence first aired in December 2016 with its first season focusing on the period of Cosimo...

Review: Bohemian Rhapsody

by Amber Coombs, Level 3 History Undergraduate Nearly 50 years after the formation of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Bryan Singer (later replaced by...

‘Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812’

by Lauren Boname L2 Undergraduate ‘Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812’ (known as ‘Great Comet’) is a theatre adaptation of Volume II, Part V of Leo...

Review of “Civilisations”

by Poppy Strange Level 3 History student Of all the current documentaries available on the BBC, ‘Civilisations’ is the one must see item. This documentary series is a...

Review of "The Crown": Then vs. Now

by Bryanie Geehan Level 3 History student Netflix’s The Crown depicts the life of Queen Elizabeth II, from 1952 and the death of her father, King George VI, to...