Claire | September 17, 2013
Today’s post is a guest post by an Anne Boleyn Files visitor who wanted to remain anonymous, probably because she was scared of her history teacher catching up with her! Over to Anon… When I was at school I dropped history at the age of 14. Up until then, my school history had been a […]
Claire | February 12, 2013
Today we have a guest post from my good friend, and author and history blogger, Gareth Russell. Thank you, Gareth. “… And we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we’ll talk with them too, Who loses, and who […]
Claire | August 8, 2012
Over the past few months I’ve seen lots of history themed threads on Facebook go from polite discussions to very heated arguments and accusations of bullying, and yesterday I received an email asking me to “head off” people who were seen as having emotional reactions to Henry VIII on this site. It inspired me to […]
Claire | September 30, 2011
Further to my article last week about how historical characters are being shrouded in myth and the real facts are being lost, Anne Boleyn Files visitor, Jenny Brown, has just shared a very interesting BBC article with me. Entitled Is the internet re-writing history?, this article looks at the impact of online propaganda and conspiracy […]
Claire | February 16, 2011
This is one of those questions that I wake up with in the middle of the night and then that niggle me and just won’t let go. I try so hard to be balanced and objective but I think that we all find it impossible to look at past events and historical characters without our […]
Claire | February 7, 2011
Today’s big news is that our new community website The History Files – www.thehistoryfiles.com – has just gone live! I’m so excited about this new project and I’m bowled over by the reaction and support. I’ve had 47 emails so far from people interesting in contributing! The History Files has 4 main aims:- 1. To […]
Claire | February 4, 2011
Calling all history lovers! Are you a student, historian, amateur historian, researcher or someone who just loves history? Would you be interested in having your work published on a history website which aims to be a community of historians and a place to educate the general public? Somewhere where you can also promote yourself by […]
