Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Guest Post: Sweet potatoes, Donald Trump – and the Special Relationship

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Rebecca Earle , University of Warwick Two days after the US presidential election, The Independent reported that “Donald Trump has spoke...
Sunday, June 04, 2017

Guest Post: Faggots, punks, and prostitutes: the evolving language of gay men

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Peter Robinson , Swinburne University of Technology Joe Jackson’s 1982 hit Real Men was the first time I had heard gays referred to as ...
Friday, June 02, 2017

Guest Post: A brief history of Polari: the curious after-life of the dead language for gay men

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Paul Baker , Lancaster University In early February, the Church of England College expressed regret that in an evening liturgy in Cambri...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Guest Post: Boxing Day's journey from Pepys to shopping petitions and parliament

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by Nelson Blackley , Nottingham Trent University British members of Parliament have been debating whether shops should remain open on Bo...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Guest Post: How did we come to celebrate Christmas?

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by Bronwen Neil , Australian Catholic University Christmas is literally “the mass for Christ”, the day on which Christians celebrate th...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Why young children often prefer wrapping paper and boxes to actual presents

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by Julie Brierley , University of Hull We’ve all been there: you spend an unthinkable amount on a child’s toy – lulled by the promise that...

Guest Post: What would you have eaten for Christmas in medieval times?

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by Iona McCleery , University of Leeds With Christmas almost upon us, there will be plenty of frenzied present shopping and meal plannin...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Guest Post: A short history of three very famous Christmas carols

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by Peter Roennfeldt , Griffith University Singing and Christmas seem to go naturally together, like plum pudding and custard. Even thos...