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Jun 19

Kevin Kruse and Plagiarism

Over the last few days, Twitter has blown up with allegations that the Princeton-based historian, Kevin M. Kruse is a serial plagiarist. This follows some sleuthing by the economic historian, Phillip W. Magness, who has uncovered several damaging passages in Kruse’s PhD thesis and his book One Nation Under God…

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Kevin Kruse and Plagiarism
Kevin Kruse and Plagiarism

Dec 31, 2021

Churchill and the Bletchley Park “Geese”

Churchill was fascinated by Ultra Intelligence, but were the staff of Bletchley Park his ‘Geese who laid the golden egg and never cackled’? Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Bletchley Park, the home of Britain’s Second World War “codebreakers”, on 6 September 1941. This event has gone down as a near…

Bletchley Park

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Churchill and the Bletchley Park “Geese”
Churchill and the Bletchley Park “Geese”

Sep 2, 2021

Nigel Farage is wrong to compare the Evacuation of Afghanistan to the Dunkirk Evacuation

On 31 August, Nigel Farage took to his show on GBNews, to lambast President Joe Biden and the evacuation of US and other personnel from Afghanistan. In his talk, he made much of the military hardware that has been left behind, now in the arms of the Taliban. Joe Biden…

Nigel Farage

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Nigel Farage is wrong to compare the Evacuation of Afghanistan to the Dunkirk Evacuation
Nigel Farage is wrong to compare the Evacuation of Afghanistan to the Dunkirk Evacuation

Aug 30, 2021

Historians and the Culture Wars: History Reclaimed

In recent days, academic twitter, particularly the feeds and timelines of historians, has been abuzz regarding a new group: History Reclaimed. History Reclaimed, a blog created by a handful of historians (as well as other scholars), tells a familiar story. Professional, academic history has been overrun by illiberal, intolerant academics…

History

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Historians and the Culture Wars: History Reclaimed
Historians and the Culture Wars: History Reclaimed

Jan 15, 2021

COVID-19, History and Scepticism

Disease stalks the land. Cases soar. Thousands die daily. Governments across the world, local and national, take the dramatic step of restricting access to or even closing bars, hotels, theatres, cinemas, schools and shops. The global economy spins into recession and billions of dollars are lost. Such reporting will be…

Covid 19

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COVID-19, History and Scepticism
COVID-19, History and Scepticism

Aug 18, 2020

Figuring It Out at Bletchley Park

Britain’s wartime cipher cracking centre has been an obsession of mine for about 20 years. I first visited the museum, which now occupies the wartime site, at the tender age of thirteen. When I was eighteen, I got a job as a gardener and general dogsbody with the Bletchley Park…

Bletchley Park

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Figuring It Out at Bletchley Park
Figuring It Out at Bletchley Park

Aug 17, 2020

A cuppa and the codebreakers

Among my friends, a common joke, when discussing slightly idiosyncratic research topics, is ‘teacups’. This was because, as a part of my Doctoral dissertation (and subsequent book), I spent a good deal of time researching crockery. …

Wwii

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A cuppa and the codebreakers
A cuppa and the codebreakers

Aug 13, 2020

Dinesh D’Souza, Kamala Harris and bad history

Since Senator Kamala Harris rose to international prominence, as a potential Democratic Presidential candidate in 2019, the public spotlight has fallen upon her. Now that she has become Vice President Joe Biden’s running-mate for the 2020 Presidential Election, that intensity will only grow. …

Slavery

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Dinesh D’Souza, Kamala Harris and bad history
Dinesh D’Souza, Kamala Harris and bad history
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