What Makes a Good Student Historian? August 25, 2012
Posted by Beachcombing in : Actualite
What makes a good historian? Beachcombing was wondering about this as part of his preparations for the new term, now just a couple of weeks away. There is, of course, a long shopping list. But when Beach stands in front of his students on the first day of class he is always looking for two [...]
Oft hung John Lee and an urban legend June 30, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary, Modern
Beachcombing has recently had a bit of a thing about human sacrifice and capital punishment. But it is. he promises, a passing phase and has now reached its climax with a reading of Mike Holgate and Ian David Waugh’s superb The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee (2005). This book – a luscious, well-illustrated work [...]
