Common sense is a historical category - and none of our questions around sex and gender are really new
Category: Bad History
‘Just practising’? The history of Adam’s rib
What about that spare rib?
Let’s talk about (assisted) dying
There’s something going on here about how we don’t want to take full responsibility for our decisions; we don’t want to think through the issues properly, instead bringing in some text from the past as if it is entirely without its own historical context.
Baubo, or not, or what?
'Baubo' and the urge to tie otherwise puzzling physical objects to equally mysterious fragments of text...
Getting the story out
Over the past few days I've been linking to some short pieces I have written for The Conversation UK. I'm a fan of this platform, and not just because of the extraordinary number of 'reads' one gets - although those are impressive. Of course, these are really hits rather than reads, and many who click… Continue reading Getting the story out
Mistaking histories 