March 2014 – Page 5 – Manchester Historian

John Downey, accused Hyde Park bomber, recently walked free from the Old Bailey. Ben Beach looks at the ongoing and sometimes controversial process of pacification in Ireland.

With the situation rapidly escalating in Ukraine, Vivienne Delliou-Daly questions whether the Cold War is really over, exploring the ongoing tension between east and west.

Last month, we discovered that gang culture is almost as native to Manchester as Corrie and football. Inspired by this, we have delved into history’s murky underworld and uncovered the criminal activities that have marred society throughout the centuries. From crimes of passion to the history of the mob mentality, we have reviewed the misdeeds Continue Reading

You would not expect to find those two words in the same sentence right? However, evidence has shown that the Fuhrer of the Third Reich shared the same (apparent) vision as the Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden; a vision of a blazing New York City. According to officers in the Nazi party, Hitler had expressed Continue Reading