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April Jackson discusses Asante Gold

The Asante gold has deep cultural and political meaning, and the British looted them as a punitive act.

Thu 25 Jan 2024, 12:16 | Tags: Faculty of Arts, History

Professor Rebecca Earle comments on the King's Coronation Quiche

Quiche is a funny food. Forty years ago quiche was pilloried as an effete dish shunned by real men. Now the king himself is promoting a vegetarian version complete with soybeans.

Thu 27 Apr 2023, 16:05 | Tags: History, Food, monarchy, royal family, Coronation, King's Coronation

Vaccine rollout biggest in UK history - Expert comment

"COVID-19 presents a unique challenge not seen outside of specific epidemics such as smallpox. Like with smallpox, the vaccine needs to reach everyone, and as quickly as possible", says Dr Gareth Millward.

Thu 21 Jan 2021, 14:40 | Tags: Policy, History, medicine, coronavirus, Public Health, disease, vaccine, COVID-19

The last time the US Capitol was stormed: historian Professor Tim Lockley comments

Scenes of protestors storming the US Capitol building yesterday have dominated news reports around the world. It is not the first time that the building has been stormed according to Professor Tim Lockley from the Department of History, who has commented on the last occasion in 1814.

Thu 07 Jan 2021, 12:42 | Tags: Research, History

Pubs reopening - expert comment from historian

Beat Kümin, Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Warwick, comments on the role pubs play in community.

Tue 23 Jun 2020, 15:30 | Tags: wellbeing, Britain, History, coronavirus, Public Health, alcohol, COVID-19

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