# schoolsreopening statues britishhistorymatters blacklivesmatteruk badenpowell churchill otd maryqueenofscots naiveart collage allourstories blackbritishhistory americanrevolution americanhistory googledoodle blackhistorymonth blackbritishwriting todayinhistory thisdayinhistory history historyfacts ukhistory sports sportshistory cricket women womensports womenshistory beforewindrush wallbook

Executed in 1587, the tragic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
Trouble just seemed to follow her around.
Cut paper collage ©Amanda White

0 7
2020-02-08

John Blanke was a 16C black trumpeter in the royal courts. John is thought to be shown here in the Westminster Tournament Roll - a 60ft long illustrated manuscript of Henry VIII’s extravagant pageant held to mark the birth of his male child

16 34
2019-08-05

“...to truly understand the American outlook in the 18th Century, it is necessary to learn about the British conflicts of the 17th Century - especially the English Civil War.”
.
Learn more in Ch 19: The (follow link in bio)
.

11 26
2019-06-29

Loving the for the start of

It's Mary Prince's 230th birthday - the first woman to publish a slave narrative in Britain

Just one of the many texts we study on the MA in

23 36
2018-10-02

1942: 45 technicians from Jamaica & Bahamas arrived in Bolton to work in wartime factories (& were welcomed with a civic reception)

Read a report about their work & conditions (by a West Indian visitor from the ILO) at https://t.co/4URUQGqcfr

0 0
2018-06-19

CELTIC QUEEN SETS FIRE TO LONDON https://t.co/xIhnaOkPEw from Timeline of British History

1 1
2016-03-02