Category Archives: Family History

What’s in a Name?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by owen

Book being read: A. K. Bennison, The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire, (2011) On the 15th of July, at 4.15 in the morning one of the most important things to happen in a person’s life, happened … Continue reading →

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Competition in Irony

Posted on March 1, 2011 by owen

Competition time!  As some of you may know, I work at Shakespeare’s Globe to fund my PhD.  In said Globe, there is a poster written by Bernard Levin called ‘Quoting Shakespeare’, all about the impact of Shakespeare on the English … Continue reading →

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A Family Historian’s Dream

Posted on October 27, 2010 by owen

Like real people, Historians are all different.  They all have different areas of interest, different time periods and different things they like about history.  For me, I study Ancient History mainly (for which there is minimal evidence) and I specialise … Continue reading →

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First World War Scotland

Posted on October 15, 2010 by owen

The University of Edinburgh has a virtual history archive project that is bringing together and making available lots of information about different areas on Scottish life during the First World War.  You can find it at http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/ It is definitely … Continue reading →

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