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Britain’s secret wars | Ian Cobain

Britain’s secret wars | Ian Cobain | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - June 18, 2017 11:00 AM
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Kent College History's curator insight, June 16, 2017 2:27 AM
'For more than 100 years, Britain has been perpetually at war. Some conflicts, such as the Falklands, have become central to our national narrative, but others, including the brutal suppression of rebels in Oman, have been deliberately hidden by Ian Cobain'
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The historians’ view: How noble is Europe’s tradition of welcoming refugees?

The historians’ view: How noble is Europe’s tradition of welcoming refugees? | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.historyextra.com - February 19, 2017 10:45 PM
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Kent College History's curator insight, February 19, 2017 6:10 AM
'To what extent can Britain and Germany’s responses to the migrant crisis be explained by similar episodes in the past? Two historians offer their perspectives...'
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Did Britain make the modern world?

Did Britain make the modern world? | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.historyextra.com - January 18, 2017 6:17 AM
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Kent College History's curator insight, January 13, 2017 1:03 PM
'The British empire has receded into history. Yet despite its difficult legacy, says Tristram Hunt, the cities that the empire helped forge are fast becoming the economic powerhouses of the 21st century...'
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The Suez Emergency: The forgotten war of the conscript soldier - BBC News

The Suez Emergency: The forgotten war of the conscript soldier - BBC News | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.co.uk - November 3, 2016 6:26 AM
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Kent College History's curator insight, October 24, 2016 6:32 AM
'Sixty-five years ago thousands of British conscripts were sent to Egypt to defend the Suez Canal in the wake of rising Egyptian nationalism. Poorly trained and under-equipped, they faced a brutal and bloody situation, protecting British interests in a conflict they wanted no part of.'
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Lemons and limeys: The man who helped to cure scurvy - BBC News

Lemons and limeys: The man who helped to cure scurvy - BBC News | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.co.uk - October 14, 2016 9:33 AM
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Kent College History's curator insight, October 5, 2016 4:44 PM
'James Lind is remembered as the man who helped to conquer a killer disease. His reported experiment on board a naval ship in 1747 showed that oranges and lemons were a cure for scurvy. But why did the Royal Navy, which celebrates the tercentenary of Lind's birth on 4 October 2016, take nearly half a century to act on his findings?'
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Britain's brutalist playgrounds – in pictures

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From www.theguardian.com - June 11, 2015 1:45 AM
We’re familiar with the sight of brutalist towers in Britain, but less well known are the strange playgrounds built at the same time, with their rough surfaces and dangerous drops – now re-created at the RIBA
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The black Victorians: astonishing portraits unseen for 120 years

The black Victorians: astonishing portraits unseen for 120 years | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - September 17, 2014 12:34 PM


From the African Choir posing like Vogue models to an Abyssinian prince adopted by an explorer, a new exhibition spotlights the first black people ever photographed in Britain, writes Sean O’Hagan


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The struggles of war babies fathered by black GIs - BBC News

The struggles of war babies fathered by black GIs - BBC News | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.co.uk - May 27, 2017 12:37 PM
Many GIs had children with British women but under US laws black servicemen were usually refused permission to marry. So what happened to the children?

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Kent College History's curator insight, May 21, 2017 9:16 AM
'About 100,000 black GIs were stationed in the UK during the war. Inevitably there were love affairs, but US laws usually prevented black servicemen from marrying. So what happened to the children they fathered? Fiona Clampin met two such children in Dorset, now in their seventies, who have not given up hope of tracing their fathers.'
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Oxford Castle mugshots show 'victims of their time' - BBC News

Oxford Castle mugshots show 'victims of their time' - BBC News | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.co.uk - January 18, 2017 6:16 AM
The National Archives has made available early photos of Oxford Castle's inmates, many of whom were children.

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Kent College History's curator insight, January 15, 2017 3:38 AM
The National Archives has made available early photos of Oxford Castle's prison inmates, many of whom were children.
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Obituary: Margaret Thatcher - BBC News

Obituary: Margaret Thatcher - BBC News | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.co.uk - December 27, 2016 11:22 PM
Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, became a central figure in 20th Century politics.

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Kent College History's curator insight, December 25, 2016 7:03 PM
'Margaret Thatcher ... was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Her legacy had a profound effect upon the policies of her successors, both Conservative and Labour, while her radical and sometimes confrontational approach defined her 11-year period at No 10.'
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The end game: Britain’s role in Afghanistan 1947–50

The end game: Britain’s role in Afghanistan 1947–50 | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.historyextra.com - November 3, 2016 6:29 AM
 

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Kent College History's curator insight, October 22, 2016 3:23 PM
'Although not governed directly by Britain, as India was, Britain controlled Afghanistan’s foreign policy and paid the government to maintain stability. Yet in the space of just three years from 1947, Britain’s influence in the country crumbled. Here, Susan Loughhead, author of The End Game: The Final Chapter in Britain's Great Game in Afghanistan, explains why.'
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Revealed: how King George V demanded Britain enter the First World War

Revealed: how King George V demanded Britain enter the First World War | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.telegraph.co.uk - September 23, 2016 10:05 AM
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Kent College History's curator insight, September 4, 2016 9:39 AM
'A previously unknown meeting between George V and his Foreign Secretary reveals that the King told him to "find a reason" to go to war with Germany.'
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Entrepreneurial UK: 10 things Britain has given the World

Entrepreneurial UK: 10 things Britain has given the World | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - November 24, 2014 11:07 AM
The UK has been named the most entrepreneurial country in Europe and comes fourth overall in the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Index. Here are some of the best innovations invented in Britain
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Horses cool off in a stream as the whole of Britain basks in 30C heat

Horses cool off in a stream as the whole of Britain basks in 30C heat | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.dailymail.co.uk - July 24, 2014 2:50 AM
The Percheron horses had a much-needed cooling splash in a stream at the end of a hard-working day on a farm near Ringwood in Hampshire.

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