History: Britain's Overlooked History

Join us to dive in an out of the last five centuries as we explore overlooked and surprising incidents from Britain’s past and ask why they are not better remembered today.

Each week you will have the opportunity to look at an event, movement or theme that has been overlooked, downplayed or forgotten about. Whether or not you are already familiar with any of these events, there will almost certainly be some that are new to you. You will have the chance to explore them with other participants, learning about them together as we explore writings from the time in question. While there is a different topic each week, we will nonetheless find ourselves asking some of the same questions. You will have the chance to explore questions such as: Why are some events remembered and others forgotten? Who gets to decide which aspects of the past are most often discussed? And would it make any difference if some of these events were more widely known about? This course is open to you whether or not you are used to studying history, and whatever your views on the issues involved.