Robert Poole
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When US astronauts were blown away by their first view of Earth from space, forty years ago this month, the moment re-energized One World ideals of unity and peace, writes Robert Poole, even as the Cold War raged.
Published November 12 2008
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Robert Poole contributes to our occasional Film in Context series, with a look at the way in which Stanley Kubrick redefined our views not only of the future, but of space itself. Published January 3 2001
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Robert Poole revisits the ‘Calendar Riots’ of 1752 and suggests they are a figment of historians’ imagination. Published December 1 1999
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If you want to know the time, argues Robert Poole, you should ask an historian. Published December 1 1999
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Robert Poole examines the continuity over centuries of a tradition in northern England.
Published July 31 1984
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