Propaganda has been a powerful tool throughout history, used by governing bodies and dissenters alike to shape opinion, control...

"A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief, it's a superstition." – José Bergamín Superstitions, signs and omens are...

The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was one of the most transformative conflicts in European history yet it's often overlooked when...

Cultural heritage embodies the legacy of human civilisation and includes monuments, artifacts and traditions, all of which connect us to...

Foreword It’s hard not to look at Steel House and imagine “sixties office block”. But that Portland stone façade was laid all the way...

Thoughts on the Ideas Discussed in the Second Epilogue of War and Peace , Regarding the Driving Force Behind Historical Events Tolstoy's...

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report this month. Behind the rightly deserved castigation that the construction companies...

London’s motorways, the nadir of post-war civil design: poorly planned, poorly executed and still a bane for Transport for London to...

That city’s sins are piled up as high as heaven. God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done. (Revelations 18.5.) Babylon: a city...

At the heart of every great social, cultural or political movement, uprooting and revolution, lies an ideology. At the heart of most...

How Harris Westminster runs behind the scenes is not something most students think about. But whilst you are sitting through your...

It is a known fact that the study of history is largely the study of men. Notable exceptions aside – Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca to...

Flooding and London are not usually two words that go together. With the exception of some brief, occasional flash floods, the capital...

The Rule of Law is the most powerful tool in shaping people’s actions, regardless of whether these laws factor in the people that they...

In the past few months, a four-letter acronym has swung local elections, changed national policy, and re-ignited a topic of contentious...

Like the majority of lectures Harris Westminster offers, “Changing Places, Making Spaces” was a highly interesting and unexpected one...

Since its invention in 1950’s California, skateboarding has been subject to varying public opinion. Started as a way for surfers to catch...

Colloquialisms like ‘every pound that avoids tax is another taken from the workers pocket’ echo their sanctimonious tone across the walls...

From Lascars to leaders: a brief historic and geographic insight on how Britain’s largest minority came to be A person of colour and a...

John Austin’s blueprint of legal positivism, contains what is perhaps the most influential premise in legal philosophy. ‘The existence of...