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The end of HistoryIndoors? The role of the historian in the twenty-first century
Sadly, HistoryIndoors is coming to an end after four years of delivering history talks. It has been a rather remarkable ride and we are so very grateful for all the interest that people have given to the project. But reflecting back, the project offers us many insights into the future of history.
In recent times we have been seeing history departments close or get absorbed into other departments; people arguing about the rewriting of history and some people asking me why on earth did I decide to do a history degree?
In this talk, however, Michael will share his thoughts about what the HistoryIndoors project has shown him about the role and purpose of History in our contemporary society, and that in fact it may well have a bright and positive future.
Join him at 7pm as he reflects over the last four years
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The Indian Army and its officer corps in the wake of the 1857 RebellionThe Indian Army and its officer corps in the wake of the 1857 Rebellion
The Indian Army and its officer corps in the wake of the 1857 Rebellion
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The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India was the biggest challenge to the British Empire since the American Revolution. In the wake of the uprising, the East India Company's (EIC) governance of India was replaced by crown rule. Almost immediately, commissions were set up in both Britain and India analysing the causes of the Rebellion, which had had a significant military dimension, identifying mili...
The British in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1816-1861The British in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1816-1861
The British in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1816-1861
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The talk would be concerned with the British merchant and banking community in Sicily during the period 1816-1861. It is necessary to provide some background about the "British Decade" in Sicily 1806-1816 and the British Constitution in Sicily 1812 before starting to examine the extent of the British community on the island , especially in the cities of Palermo and Messina. The talk would conce...
The Car Indispensable the Train InflexibleThe Car Indispensable the Train Inflexible
The Car Indispensable the Train Inflexible
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I am a car; I am more than a machine on four wheels. I share your working days and your leisure hours. I am your home on wheels; I am your good companion… I am your escape to happiness. British Pathé, I am a Car, 1954, Reel: 2721.02. www.britishpathe.com [accessed 14/11/2023] This 1954 advert from Austin motors sums up everything that the motor car had come to represent by the dawn of the 1950s...
The Short Castles by the Marshy ShoreThe Short Castles by the Marshy Shore
The Short Castles by the Marshy Shore
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In May of 2020 during lockdown, Manchester Metropolitan University Master’s student Arwyn Owen noticed a curious series of earthworks on LIDAR data a short distance from home. These series of interesting lumps and bumps had previously gone unrecorded until that date, situated within the sleepy parish of Llangwyllog, located within the heart of Anglesey, Wales. The intrigue of the site only grew...
Flags And Formalities: The Start of Civil War in EnglandFlags And Formalities: The Start of Civil War in England
Flags And Formalities: The Start of Civil War in England
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Although 381 years ago, to this day there are many different viewpoints about when the Civil War in England officially broke out. This brutal conflict - a war without an enemy - has been primarily pegged to 22 August 1642, because on that day, King Charles I raised his royal standard in Nottingham. The anniversary is even marked as 'Nottinghamshire Day'. A formal act, this logically seemed to f...
Caen, Cobra and Confusion - Montgomery and the Normandy ConundrumCaen, Cobra and Confusion - Montgomery and the Normandy Conundrum
Caen, Cobra and Confusion - Montgomery and the Normandy Conundrum
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“I Corps will capture Caen.” Of all the operations connecting the overall Normandy Campaign, none has generated more comment by historians and those who oversaw the various Allied formations involved, either directly or indirectly. What was it that made him insist both during and after the campaign that the operation went according to plan? If Monty was right, then who was wrong and what is it ...
“Sweets to the Sweet”: Food Culture and Reciprocity in Eighteenth Century Istanbul“Sweets to the Sweet”: Food Culture and Reciprocity in Eighteenth Century Istanbul
“Sweets to the Sweet”: Food Culture and Reciprocity in Eighteenth Century Istanbul
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“Tatlı yiyelim, tatlı konuşalım” (“Let’s eat sweet, let’s speak sweet”.) - Traditional Turkish Saying. The above phrase is a traditional Turkish saying utilised when people wish to sit together and discuss pleasant things which will traditionally be accompanied by eating sweets. Traditions of Turkish, and indeed pan-Mediterranean hospitality put great meaning and significance on sharing a table...
Ready for her Close-Up: Mary I in FilmReady for her Close-Up: Mary I in Film
Ready for her Close-Up: Mary I in Film
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Mary I has seldom been the central character of films and television. Most often, Mary comes second to Elizabeth I, to Edward VI, to Henry VIII, and even to Jane Grey Dudley. In productions such as Elizabeth (1998) and even Horrible Histories (Series 3-4) Mary’s role is simplified to her perceived identity as a weak woman ruled by her faith and her husband. Other works, such as The Tudors (2007...
“Little Men Have Made History” - the Rise and Fall of the 35th (Bantam) Division“Little Men Have Made History” - the Rise and Fall of the 35th (Bantam) Division
“Little Men Have Made History” - the Rise and Fall of the 35th (Bantam) Division
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As the Summer of 1914 drew to a close, posters across Great Britain and Ireland declared “Your King and Country Need You”. Field Marshal Lord Kitchener’s call for 100,000 recruits for the British Empire’s ‘New Armies’ was met vigorously by the population of Britain, and by the September 1914 almost half a million men had enlisted. However, not all who answered the call were accepted into “Kitch...
Playing Up, Playing the Game: Sport & the Eurasians of colonial SingaporePlaying Up, Playing the Game: Sport & the Eurasians of colonial Singapore
Playing Up, Playing the Game: Sport & the Eurasians of colonial Singapore
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The British Empire, as it expanded across continents, brought many things in its wake - new weapons and ways of war, new methods of manufacturing, new germs, new ideas, new religion - and all were used as proof of the British Gentleman’s God-given destiny to rule the far reaches of the world. Once established, these imperial adventurers, planters and traders, soldiers and scientists, clergymen ...
The Legacy of the Terrible and Awful Siege of Colchester 1648The Legacy of the Terrible and Awful Siege of Colchester 1648
The Legacy of the Terrible and Awful Siege of Colchester 1648
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375 years ago, England experienced one of its worst sieges in its history. In 1648 Colchester was sieged by the Parliamentarian forces during the British Civil War which led to residents eating cats and dogs. As Colchester now looks back at its history in a year of historical spectacles, the conflict is becoming quite the talking point. To add to the conversation, our historian Michael Sewell w...
The Battle of MaldonThe Battle of Maldon
The Battle of Maldon
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In August 991, an English army was defeated in battle by a Viking force at Maldon on the Essex coast. The battle was commemorated by an epic poem, which was probably intended as a stinging rebuke to the corruption and ineffectiveness of King Ethelred ‘the Unready’, a king whose rule would be infamous. Central to the drama of the poem is Earl Byrhtnoth, commander of the English army, and his def...
Sport & the Eurasians of Colonial SingaporeSport & the Eurasians of Colonial Singapore
Sport & the Eurasians of Colonial Singapore
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The British Empire, as it expanded across continents, brought many things in its wake - new weapons and ways of war, new methods of manufacturing, new germs, new ideas, new religion - and all were used as proof of the British Gentleman’s God-given destiny to rule the far reaches of the world. Once established, these imperial adventurers, planters and traders, soldiers and scientists, clergymen ...
The British Army and “Regimental System” - 1868 to 1911The British Army and “Regimental System” - 1868 to 1911
The British Army and “Regimental System” - 1868 to 1911
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When the British Expeditionary Force marched to war in the late Summer of 1914, it was comprised of 77 individual infantry battalions. These battalions were drawn from regiments across the Regular Army, and for many of the men marching in the BEF’s ranks, the regiment would form the centrepiece of their military lives. The ’Regimental System’ that lay at the heart of the British Army’s identity...

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  • @marcus21886
    @marcus21886 17 днів тому

    Saint Magaret of Scotland pray for us

  • @DanielGrainger-e5c
    @DanielGrainger-e5c 2 місяці тому

    Hi there, i wonder if you could contact me , i would like to share / ask for some information on Y station’s as I actually own a former Y station bunker!

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 2 місяці тому

    Does anyone know the specific transmission format of Lorenz? Frequency shift, and start and stop bits, in particular? I want to write a Lorenz emulator.

  • @GoldenBayPress
    @GoldenBayPress 2 місяці тому

    very interesting thank you so much for posting

  • @0820-t8l
    @0820-t8l 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for this great video!

  • @stlouisix3
    @stlouisix3 3 місяці тому

    St Margaret, 😊Queen 👸 of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, please 🙏 pray 🙏 for me, O my mother. Amen❤😊❤

  • @AnnJohnOehlers
    @AnnJohnOehlers 4 місяці тому

    Brilliant, Josh. Thank you from Singapore

  • @LaboriousCretin
    @LaboriousCretin 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing the video. Y stations link into kryptos as a hidden rule in plain sight. Also station X, camp X, hydra radio, project gold cryptographic tunnel. 18:39 Project X bats. XD. X ship D-Day, TypeX, Agent X. X a normal spy reference XX Double cross WW2 double agents. Tata Treasure, Tricycle, Garbo. X2 Branch OSS. XXX Tripple cross. U-bhan Alexander plats and Rosa Luxemburg and ghost stations. Rosa , Rose of the winds, compass rose, growing roses. Spy reference. They missed a lot by not putting in X's for the spaces and solving the steps of K0/LEX. LEX meanings. Alexander, defender of man kind. ( E,A check KO K3 ). Laws, rules, keep off, protect, help, to turn aside. Alexander son of tiamat, goddess of dragons. A hydra. The light and dark plays throughout it in layers and rules/laws. K0/LEX holds the keys, layer checks and cross checks. K0 SOS ( O,U Underground ) (SS Underground SSO) ( Slowly underground see SOS SUS ) ( underground slowly see OSS ). RQ ( R Q,U illusion ) ( Radio illusion ) ( Removed illusion R,L K1 and K3 checks ) ( illusion removed LR )

  • @lazydog67
    @lazydog67 7 місяців тому

    Excellent presentation, I'm really glad I gave it a look as I've learned a few things. I did wonder about life in the Indian Army after the rebellion.

  • @angelabby2379
    @angelabby2379 7 місяців тому

    why did you delete Dido Belle's video??

    • @HistoryIndoors
      @HistoryIndoors 7 місяців тому

      Hey, We are just in the process of reviewing all our past talks to make sure they are copyright okay! We are just finishing the HI project this Tuesday and will hopefully start work on all the old talks making sure they are good to go again :)

  • @lazydog67
    @lazydog67 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this presentation. It seems nothing much has changed on the railways at least since the 1930's. Zach's comment that public transport should be pleasant to travel on as well as practical made me smile... wouldn't that be a nice thing to experience??

  • @JPezzzz
    @JPezzzz 8 місяців тому

    Where’s your other videos on Eurasian history? Looks like it’s been removed.

    • @HistoryIndoors
      @HistoryIndoors 8 місяців тому

      Thanks for your message! We are currently just going through old videos to check referencing and the like. They will be back soon :)

    • @JPezzzz
      @JPezzzz 8 місяців тому

      @@HistoryIndoorsNoted. Your videos has taught me so much about my roots. Thank you.

  • @shirleymcgeoghegan3718
    @shirleymcgeoghegan3718 8 місяців тому

    Wife of the Conqueror, Matilda, is a descendant of Alfred through Margaret, but that is seldom mentioned as part of their claim to the throne, and it should be, though it’s unpopular to mention anything positive like a Wessex connection to their reign.

  • @bigwoody4704
    @bigwoody4704 8 місяців тому

    Deguingand wasn't at the St Paul meetings IKE,Churchill,Patton, Miles Dempsey all heard his empty promises

  • @bigwoody4704
    @bigwoody4704 8 місяців тому

    Monty stated he would take it in 1 day your opinion presenter is irrelevant.Then he starts his horseshit Oh I'm holding down the Germans. It's obvious the British History treats it's readers like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed shit Monty wasn't pulling shyt,the Gerries were already there for the road network and the airfield. Bernard they already drove into the channel and if not for the heaviest bombing of the Normandy campaign and Naval guns off shore - would have been Dunkirked again

  • @bigwoody4704
    @bigwoody4704 8 місяців тому

    Mikey you need to stop cracking open beers and start with your 3500 books

  • @bigwoody4704
    @bigwoody4704 8 місяців тому

    Truth that's what

  • @radiofreeearth
    @radiofreeearth 8 місяців тому

    Watching from Wisconsin USA. Very interesting! Look forward to more from you in the future. I watch a lot of archaeology vids, and you are good at doing this.

  • @wuzgoanon9373
    @wuzgoanon9373 8 місяців тому

    Watching from middle Tennessee, USA. Intriguing finds you have made. It's great that you've found something so close to your home to investigate and share with others. Best of luck with your PhD studies. Thank you for sharing.

  • @WelshWoman23
    @WelshWoman23 8 місяців тому

    brilliant, Diolch!

  • @danielplantagenet8385
    @danielplantagenet8385 9 місяців тому

    Great show lads! Dan from North London!! 👑⚔️🛡️

  • @sirwolfnsuch
    @sirwolfnsuch 9 місяців тому

    Great stream!

  • @lazydog67
    @lazydog67 9 місяців тому

    I really enjoyed this talk, thank you for sharing. I'm going to get a couple of books to add to my already tottering TBR pile (!)

  • @michaelkenny8540
    @michaelkenny8540 10 місяців тому

    D'Este did not just say The British had 'bags of soldiers left' 1:08:00 but rather he openly wrote that Churchill was deliberately 'hiding' soldiers in the UK to avoid sending them into France and this was to further Imperial ambitions after the war was over. In effect the claim was that The British were letting the Americans do most of the fighting. Stephen Hart did a comprehensive demolition of D'Este's lies in his book 'Colosal Cracks' (Praeger 2000) Chapter 3 'Casualty Conservation' page 49

  • @michaelkenny8540
    @michaelkenny8540 10 місяців тому

    1:01:26.. The reason for the 'GOODWOOD 500 tank-losses' claim is much simpler. The SINGLE source for this number is the post war Battlefield Paper(CAB 44/249,) that has a detailed casualty report in Appendix B for 'Casualties-GOODWOOD/ATLANTIC 18/21 July 44' that is sourced from 'MORU Report No. 23 Battlefield Study Operation GOODWOOD October 1946'. The problem is that a) the source report has a simple error where the first days casualties are counted twice and b) its the total of all tank casualties 18-21 July on all fronts of all the operations. Casualties are not total losses. A detailed account exposing this error can be found in Napier's 'Armoured Campaign In Normandy (Casemate 2015) chapter 7 from page 228. The 500 tank-loss figure for GOODWOOD is completely bogus.

  • @michaelkenny8540
    @michaelkenny8540 10 місяців тому

    At 36:13 an important fact is skipped over. Bradley was supposed to start COBRA whilst GOODWOOD was in play. It was going to be a two-stage attack where Monty would move first and Bradley a day (or two, cant pin it down) later COBRA would start. The delay was because the air force could not 'carper-bomb' both attack avenues at once so they needed to stagger it. However Bradley got stuck at St Lo and was unable to start his attack as promised. Monty accepted his excuses and allowed him to delay his part of the attack and went ahead on his own. The weather was not the reason Badley delayed COBRA because he had already told Monty he could not get to his start line before the rains started on July 20th. Perhaps if Bradley had not been 'too slow' and 'too catious' then we would have had a breakthrough earlier. It is strange how Bradley's failure to support his commander never gets a mention.

  • @lazydog67
    @lazydog67 10 місяців тому

    Excellent presentation, entertaining and thought provoking in equal measure.

  • @stephaniewoznicki2641
    @stephaniewoznicki2641 10 місяців тому

    My great grandmother I celebrate her Saint Day on November 16th every year. I cannot wait to visit Scotland again and walk in her footsteps.

    • @kellycallen3195
      @kellycallen3195 8 місяців тому

      She is my 29th great-grandmother. Bless her beautiful soul.

    • @southernsunshine1149
      @southernsunshine1149 5 місяців тому

      @@kellycallen3195 so cool! She’s my 26th GGM! Hello cousin.

  • @davidgrey943
    @davidgrey943 11 місяців тому

    I am from New Zealand I have been Interested in the Y service that Amateur radio operators.

  • @heidismith2783
    @heidismith2783 11 місяців тому

    Very helpful and clearly explained! Thank you!

  • @kimberleybarca3477
    @kimberleybarca3477 11 місяців тому

    nice program

  • @banditqueenbanditqueen9110
    @banditqueenbanditqueen9110 11 місяців тому

    Thank you, Joanne and Amy. I was watching the catch up. Fantastic presentation and I can't wait for more balanced images and portrayals of Mary in the future.

  • @enriquerau7881
    @enriquerau7881 11 місяців тому

    'promo sm' 🔥

  • @lazydog67
    @lazydog67 11 місяців тому

    Excellent talk Mark, apologies for not seeing it live. I found your observation that little was done at the time of the 35th's establishment to how the division was to be sustained once battle was joined. I think the same could be said regarding the modern day British Army as a whole. As for the Bantam's, so for the British Army of the 2020's. The more things change, eh??

  • @joshdecruz3881
    @joshdecruz3881 Рік тому

    Fantastic visuals, great story

  • @HistoryIndoors
    @HistoryIndoors Рік тому

    You can watch the second part of Josh's talk live on Tuesday 19th September at 7PM here: ua-cam.com/video/bY4AcCczX7I/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HistoryIndoors We thank you for your support and hope to see you soon 😃

  • @Sennmut
    @Sennmut Рік тому

    Nice to see a Saint venerated for being something other than "Virgin and..." whatever. Women who marry and have children can be saints as well.

  • @harry-thepug76
    @harry-thepug76 Рік тому

    It is a very interesting &:informative subject. Well produced & presented!!😊

  • @maryfrump7937
    @maryfrump7937 Рік тому

    What disease does Knute have? Thalasemia maybe?

  • @maryfrump7937
    @maryfrump7937 Рік тому

    So is Lady Godiva 😂

  • @maryfrump7937
    @maryfrump7937 Рік тому

    Family

  • @dorispolidano2993
    @dorispolidano2993 Рік тому

    Melbourne, Australia

  • @stlouisix3
    @stlouisix3 Рік тому

    😊St Margaret, Queen of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 please 🙏 pray 🙏 for me❤😊❤

  • @joshdecruz3881
    @joshdecruz3881 Рік тому

    Discover the Thunder Shooter, Roy Smith, whose scoring record for Singapore matches Haaland!

  • @AlexRogers-i5p
    @AlexRogers-i5p Рік тому

    Thank you for bringing to light a brilliant man that any nation should be proud to call one of their own. Having read "Robert Blake Admiral and General at sea by William Dixon 1852, your discussion helped flesh out many nuances I had about the book. Could get to you recommend another book to read?

    • @pirateracingnz9846
      @pirateracingnz9846 8 місяців тому

      There is another book by Powell I am waiting to take delivery of.

  • @jepkratz
    @jepkratz Рік тому

    Fascinating subject, and an enlightening presentation. Thank you both.

  • @theresabauer2138
    @theresabauer2138 Рік тому

    Promo_SM ☺️

  • @sue5158
    @sue5158 Рік тому

    Thanks for the talk. I descend from Margaret. I knew nothing about her.

    • @HistoryIndoors
      @HistoryIndoors Рік тому

      Many thanks for your comment and glad you enjoyed the talk!

    • @UPLINKUSA
      @UPLINKUSA Рік тому

      That's cool sue5158. I just found out in the past few months that I am one of her descendants also.

  • @deerhound1952
    @deerhound1952 Рік тому

    Fascinating and enjoyable talk, thank you. I first heard about Margaret through genealogical research so good to learn more about her life and her legacy.

  • @kevcaratacus9428
    @kevcaratacus9428 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed the video, I have excavated several places inside the eastern half of the Roman city over the past 30 years ( sadly the western half is privately owned by lord verulam, who has destroyed much of the archaeology bc he refused to stop ploughing until 2005 when the public asked an MP to help stop the destruction caused by deep ploughing, lumps of mosaic & other parts of building foundations had been dragged from subsoil in situ up to the surface of the topsoil. Lord verulam was paid to stop ploughing. He could've left that part as set aside, but the family didn't care about the history or damage they had caused. Thankfully the park protects the eastern half. The only reason the theatre remains is because its not easy to flatten & plough , plus it earns them money, he charges people to visit the theatre. :/