History by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future - Thomas Jefferson, 1787.
Simon Schama, probably most famous for his television series A History of Britain, gave an excellent talk in Dublin recently. Discussing his latest book, The American Future: A History, where he uses the quote above, he said that he regards President Barack Obama as a historian in power. Should we see this as a good thing? Is history any use to people who run the world? Are sharp narrative and insightful analysis weapons the Taliban should fear, when so far they’ve resisted A10 ground attack aircraft and Abrams tanks?
Hi everyone, Professor Bob Packett here. I trust you’re all well.
Today’s history podcast is a background to the job and qualifications, yes qualifications, to be the town crier. There are also differences in what was expected from a Greek crier compared to the Roman Praeco.
This show is about various topics criers were expected to cover from births, deaths, and crimes to elections, trials, and new laws. Criers could even be hired by individuals to send loving messages.
In this HistoryTimes.com podcast we’re going to be looking forward to a fantastic National Trust event that’s coming up on the 21st June – the recreation of the Throckmorton Coat at Coughton Court in Warwickshire. Coughton Court and the Throckmorton family share over 600 years of history, including close links to the Gunpowder Plot. On Sunday 21st June, the National Trust will be recreating the famous Throckmorton coat which was originally created within the day back in 1811 as a result of a wager, and should be a great day out! I had the opportunity to find out more from Becky Griffiths and Victoria Geary of a company called “Pretty Rubbish” who will actually be making the 21st century version of the coat.
For more information, including travel directions, why not head over to the National Trust’s Coughton Court page?
Few of us can imagine today some sixty five years later what the days before D-Day must have been like when the success of the much planned Operation Overlord relied on so many variables including the very fickle english weather. It was with these small margins at play that just after midnight on June 6th 1944 Allied airborne forces were dropped into Northern France as the vanguard to the greatest amphibiousinvasion the world has ever seen.
Today I’m happy to announce the addition of another History Times Writer joining our ranks - Tom Byrne. Already affectionally dubbed “Our Irish Roving History Reporter” Tom kicks things off today with some Irish fire in his article on William Prynne.
Simon Schama, probably most famous for his television series A History of Britain, gave an excellent talk in Dublin recently. Discussing his latest book, The American Future: A History, where he uses the quote above, he said that he regards President Barack Obama as a historian in power. Should we see this as a good thing? Is history any use to people who run the world? Are sharp narrative and insightful analysis weapons the Taliban should fear, when so far they’ve resisted A10 ground attack aircraft and Abrams tanks?
Today I’m happy to announce the addition of another History Times Writer joining our ranks - 
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