Simon is a freelance academic editor and, more importantly, editor of The Sidewise Historian. In another life, he was briefly an academic historian, and he has a PhD in Cold War history from University College London. Have a look at the About page for more details.
Like all television, the original Star Trek was a product of its time, and like all great television, it engaged with that political and social fabric in an interesting and opinionated way...
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Book Review: Prime Minister Corbyn, edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale
A selection of UK political counterfactuals that (for the most part) take the field seriously...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
An introduction to history and alternate reality games
ARGs offer a host of advantages to those attempting to teach people about and engage people in history, and their educational potential has barely begun to be tapped...
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Book Review: Playing with the Past, edited by M. W. Kapell and A. B. R. Elliott
A look at Matthew Kappell and Andrew Elliott's edited tome on the theory and practice of exploring history through video games...
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Not (Just) a Parlour Game
An introduction to counterfactual history
'What if' speculation is widespread and virtually irresistible – but some historians are developing it into an increasingly refined and useful tool for historical analysis...
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