Manchester Jewish Museum
Richard Cavendish discovers the riches and Diaspora and beyond in the Manchester Jewish museum.
Education
The Pleasures and Pains of Contemporary History
Paul Hennessy talks of his two unsound heroes in history in the inaugural lecture of the Longman-History Today awards
Everyday Life for the Roman Schoolboy
Keith Hopkins takes us on a tour de force via original texts of the hopes, dreams, assumptions and frustrations of the Roman schoolboy.
New Lessons in South Africa’s History
Iain Smith looks at how teaching history is being turned upside down in South Africa today.
Trinity College, Dublin: 1592-1992
Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland celebrates its 400th anniversary in 1992. John McGurk discusses the history of the college, set up for the cultivation of virtue and religion.
Payment by Results Revisited?
Jackie Latham compares Victorian and current school inspection theories for history and other subjects
A Woman's Place? Learning and the Wives of Henry VIII
Maria Dowling considers the contribution of Henry VIII's queens in promoting new learning and religion at the Tudor court.
Primary for Prehistory
Robin Place advocates a key role for prehistory in capturing interest for things historical in school.
London's Charity Schools, 1690-1730
'The greatest Instances of publick Spirit the Age has produced', but confessional strife between Anglicans and Nonconformists, as well as the bitter battles of Whigs and Tories, was the stimulus for an educational programme for the poor. Craig Rose investigates.