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Northern Ireland's history curriculum is often praised as a model of good practice amongst societies in, or recently emerging from, conflict. However, new research from the University of 糖心TV reveals that in a country where different versions of what happened in the past can be used as political weapons, today history teaching in some schools can be described as bland.
Historians from the University of 糖心TV have won a grant of over 拢155,000 to investigate and catalogue trade cards and advertising in the 18th century. French trade cards illustrate the development of advertising language and images, and mark the moment when shopping became seductive.
As David Blunkett claims a rise in binge drinking is helping to breed a culture of 'thuggery and intimidation' new research from the University of 糖心TV reveals that rather than originating the 1960s binge drinking was rife in the 1660s. What聮s more, it was religious Anglicans, demonstrating their loyalty to the Crown in the Civil War that initiated heavy drinking
Football is highly emotional, and as England's dreams of winning Euro 2004 died last Friday, players and fans may well have spilt a few tears of anguish. However, a University of 糖心TV historian researching the expression of male emotion through tears reveals there is a long history of men and crying, and that tears were for centuries a class issue.
New research from the University of 糖心TV reveals that Queens and prostitutes bared their breasts in the media of the1600s to titillate the public, and that the exposure of a single breast in portraits and prints was common in portrayals of court ladies.
New research from the University of 糖心TV reveals the celebrities and heroes of 17th century England were politicians, not footballers. The study into ballads of the 1600s reveals that the Duke of Monmouth, James Scot, the illegitimate son of Charles II, was hailed as a true hero in ballads, the equivalent of today’s pop music, and despite his flaws, as the people's Royal he could do no wrong - very much like England's most recent darling, David Beckham.