To the elite 20% of society. Parato assigned two broad overlapping types: the Foxes and Lions…
Terry Jones taught History to adult students taking Foundation courses at a College of Higher Education prior to their entry into full-time degree courses at Warwick and Coventry Universities. Since taking early retirement, he has travelled widely in Eastern Europe, pursuing a life-long interest in 19th and early 20th century European history. He has been a GCSE and "A" level tutor with OOL since 1996.
The Legend of Black Peter
With the dying of the old Norse religion, the church appropriated the Woden legend to conform to Christian beliefs.
Opinion: Hail to the Chief
European history provides many examples of liberal politics followed by a resurgence of autocratic dictatorship.
In Point of Fact
It has been an accepted principle of democracy since the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I in 1649, that Parliament supersedes rule by executive prerogative.
The Last time Russia Sailed West…
Misfortune and incompetence continued to dog the fleet as it progressed slowly on into the Mediterranean…
Opinion: Brexit and the Politics of Europe
As of the 23rd June, the EU’s federalist agenda has come under threat, rejected by the Brexit vote.
On a Road to everywhere: Migration’s nothing new
In essence, none of the issues of migration are new. Historical population shifts, though we may not choose to realise it, are part of human history; Vikings, Saxons, Franks and Normans were all originally migrating peoples to this country.
Anthropology, King Kong and the Giant Ape of Sumatra
Von Koenigswald concluded from microscopic examinations of the dental specimens that the animal would have stood approximately 9 foot tall, weighed 540kgs and had an arm span of about 12 foot, making it far bigger than any ape living in the modern period.