A Portrait of a Nation Divided

In early America it was Native Americans, not the English, who truly enshrined the values modern politicians and historians attribute to the English.

From rebels to evil galactic empires, the politics of Star Wars is a rich subject indeed.

Science Fiction and the American Truth

An Introduction to Looking for Charlie, the new documentary about Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and the Suicidal Clowns of New York

Lecture exploring how Disney's animated princesses have been slowly and unevenly evolving to adapt to the modern world

In this lecture we examine the history behind the name 'Redskins', looking at the history of race and racism in order to lay bare what, exactly, is so problematic with that label. This lecture ties the history of race into the current controversy...

Bad food makes great music - in this lecture Dr. Reid examines the role played by folk music in the American Civil War by examining the case study of 'Hard Times Come Again No More' and how that song came to be about better food for the Union army

In this 5 Minute History explores the importance of live theatre as a way of building community in Britain and America in the 19th and early 20th century, from Vaudeville to the Music Hall.

Celebrate one hundred years of Charlie Chaplin with this micro documentary exploring his early life and his earliest appearances as the "Little Tramp". In this five minute history, become a master of Chaplin's early years.