Modern
From the changing understanding of democracy across the world to experiments in other forms of government and fundamental changes in social and sexual attitudes the modern world covering the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day presents our broadest range of resources. The range includes podcasts, articles and publications by academics and specialists from across the UK and the world. From Waterloo to the Opium Wars and from Alan Turing to the modern LGBT rights movement there’s plenty of history to explore. We also include fascinating pieces on gangster, cartoons and seaside piers! What the modern period does better than any other is allow us to delve into a rich variety of records from government dossiers to personal recollections. Read more
Britain & Ireland
- Film: “The Talk Should Not Be Broadcast”: Homosexuality and the BBC before 1967
- Film: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War
- Film: Untold Stories of D-Day
- Sporting Heritage EPQ
- Film: Writing Black histories, telling Black stories
- The Origins of Mass Society: Speech, Sex and Drink in Urbanising Britain, 1780-1870
Europe
- Film: Why has Monarchy survived in Europe?
- Film: Using 'One Day' to explore the actions that helped to lead to the Holocaust and actions of genocide
- Film: The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania (1772-1795)
- Film: Life and Death in Occupied France
- Film: Blood and Iron
- A-Level Topic Guide: Germany 1871-1991
World
- Film: Why does the massacre of the Armenians in the First World War still get overlooked?
- Film: History, Politics and Journalism
- Film: China's Good War
- Film: An introduction to the African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Film: The Kennedys and the Gores
- A-level Topic Guide: USA in the 20th century