Nick Maxwell Museum of London 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN +44 (0)870 443851 www.museumoflondon.org.uk Mon.–Sat. 10am–5.50pm, Sun. 12 noon–5.50pm by Tony Canavan The Museum of London is housed in a relatively new building, specially constructed for it. In the spacious reception area you are greeted by a large satellite photograph of London, giving you an idea … Read more
The Irish College in Rome was founded in 1628 by the committed and resourceful team of Franciscan Luke Wadding and the cardinal protector of Ireland, the Jesuit Ludovico Ludovisi. It went through a series of administrations, but after a period of closure during the French occupation of Rome and its aftermath (late eighteenth/early nineteenth century) … Read more
When Mike Quill, the Kerry-born leader of the Transport Workers’ Union of America (TWU), died in January 1966, one of the most generous tributes to his memory was paid by the Revd Dr Martin Luther King. Hailing Quill as ‘a man the ages will remember’, King praised him as a ‘fighter for decent things all … Read more
Ireland’s Nazis RTÉ 1, Tuesday 9 & 16 January 10.15pm Hidden Histories Presented by Cathal O’Shannon for Tile Films by Eamon O’Flaherty The Second World War and the Holocaust are very much alive, even 60 years after the end of the war. Cathal O’Shannon joined the RAF as a teenager towards the end of the … Read more
Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886) was the most influential historian of the nineteenth century. He made important contributions to the emergence of modern history as a discipline and he has been called the father of ‘scientific’ history. Thanks to him, methodical principles of archival research and source criticism became commonplace in academic institutions, and he is … Read more