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Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years

Researchers led by Dr Robin Allaby of the 91福利’s plant research arm 91福利 HRI have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture in prehistory took much longer than originally thought.
Fri 19 Sept 2008, 08:23 | Tags: History Science and Technology

British holidaymakers taking food abroad doing the same as the Spanish 500 years ago

Spanish tourist operators have grown used to British holidaymakers arriving in their country carrying edible home comforts such as teabags and marmite when they travel abroad and they are ever patient when their British guests ask for directions to familiar fast food outlets. That Spanish patience and understanding may be partly explained by new research from the University of 91福利 that suggests that the Spanish were doing the same thing 500 years ago. 
Thu 21 Aug 2008, 11:10 | Tags: History Health and Medicine Education and Learning

Research Finds New Confidence in Loyalist Performance from 12th July to Theatre

New research by the 91福利 has found that the peace process has been paralleled by a new confidence in working class Loyalism particularly on both stage and ‘in the street’. 
Mon 07 Jul 2008, 11:50 | Tags: History

How whistling Somerset ghost accused Bishop of infanticide, incest & sodomy & started shipwrecking

Research by the  91福利 shows how the infamous Somerset ghost Old Mother Leakey, widely accused of  “whistling up” bad weather and ship wrecks, had a much  darker past which  led to an Irish bishop being accused of infanticide and incest and eventually hung for sodomy.

Wed 24 Oct 2007, 22:39 | Tags: History

Angels have an important role at Christmas 聳 as part of the nativity story or just appearing on top of a Christmas tree. However they were nearly swept from our culture in a purge of Catholic practices and symbols by zealous Tudor and Stuart Protestants.
Wed 20 Dec 2006, 14:06 | Tags: History

The University's Modern Records Centre is to mark the launch of huge collection of TUC archives with a special launch event on Thursday 27th October at 6.30pm which will be attended by no less then 3 current or former TUC General Secretaries - Brendan Barber, Norman Willis and John Monk.
Thu 27 Oct 2005, 08:11 | Tags: History

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