With Hitler's birth date approaching on 20 April, it's important not to forget the evil of the Shoah. It's also important to highlight that women can be as brutal as men: History Today Article HISTORY MATTERS The Real 'Beast of Belsen'? Irma Grese and Female Concentration Camp Guards The...
Renowned neuroscientist Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains the inner workings of the adolescent brain By Jon Severs 12 April 2020 - 06:04 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore wants you to be nicer to teenagers. Or rather, to show more understanding that they are not as adult as they may appear and that the...
This is the type of news I like: BBC offers biggest online education push 'in its history' 3 April 2020 Oti Mabuse and Karim Zeroual will be among the presenters for the lessons Image copyright: GETTY IMAGES The BBC will offer daily programmes to help parents and children with schoolwork...
Preface A plaque reads 'Unidentified church at Kisthiniou Street', but is this the site of Our Lady of the Victory Church? It’s still commonly thought that the Victory church site lies in the North-East corner of Rhodes’ old town walls. Yet Elias Kollias, former Ephor of...
Preface How did the days of the week get their names? Etymology can tell us something about the early History of the English language and the peoples who came to Britain. Modern English is influenced by Celtic languages, Anglo-Saxon, Nordic, French, Greek, Latin, plus more recent...
Foreword History is based on mainly written sources, though archaeological evidence is used when available. So at some point in your studies you will need to take part in this process by writing an essay. Essays are a good way to test understanding, but also skills...
Introduction With exams cancelled and certificates to be issued based on performance in class, you might ask, why have home schooling? This is a time to take a break from our usual schedule and relax a bit or re-evaluate our lives. There is some merit in...
Introduction Kolossi Castle Revisited: Earlier this year I wrote a short article on Kolossi Castle highlighting other features associated with the castle. Now it’s time to revisit Kolossi Castle on the castle in more detail, together with the sugar mill, church and aqueduct. I visited the...
Medical Care on Hospitaller Rhodes Disease was prevalent throughout the medieval period, as indeed it has been throughout history. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, we know that too well. The Hospitallers took on the role of caring for the poor and sick long before they had...
Let’s face it we’re stuck inside with nothing to do, except eat. Feeling a bit cheesed-off. I open the fridge and what do I see? Cheese! Before I cover my Double Gloucester, chives and onions with pickle, let’s amuse ourselves and think how cheese came...