Guardian fandom friending meme!!!

[china_shop]

Our lovely fandom continues to grow beyond our wildest expectations! Comm membership has just hit 100 98 (and we got impatient)! *shameless champagne and ballooooons*

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And now, without further ado...

Since some of us are new to Dreamwidth, and some of us are new to Guardian, it seems like a good time for a Dreamwidth friending meme. Come and meet new people! (Re)Populate your DW circle!

To participate, just copy the text below, paste it into a new comment and tell us about yourself. (All information is optional.) Then read through other people's comments and say hi / follow them as desired.

<strong>About You</strong> <strong>DW username:</strong> <strong>Languages:</strong> <strong>Offline location:</strong> <strong>Other online locations:</strong> (ao3, twitter, tumblr, pinterest, etc.) <strong>I like:</strong> (het, slash, femslash, gen, other, poly, all of the above) <strong><i>Guardian</i>-specific stuff</strong> <strong>Drama, novel or both?</strong> <strong>Fannish about canon, actors, related shows, RPF or some combination of these?</strong> <strong>How long have you been in the fandom?</strong> <strong>Where can we find your fanworks, if any:</strong> <strong>Other points of interest regarding your <i>Guardian</i> fannishness:</strong> <strong>Posting habits</strong> <strong>How long have you been on Dreamwidth? Where were you before that?</strong> <strong>What do you post about:</strong> <strong>Your other fandoms include:</strong> <strong>Post frequency:</strong> <strong>Access policy:</strong> <strong>Anything else we should know about you?</strong> <strong>Random Guardian</strong> insert <i>Guardian</i> pic/gif/novel quote/thought/link of your choice here!

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Comments

[firestar]

Oooh, any recs on the history front? I love the medieval period but it focuses mainly on England and not so much the rest of the UK. Um, and if you have any recs for the civil war period, I'd love that too - see the previous reason - though I know it's later that the medieval era. >.>

[solo]

You mean the English Civil War? I got interested for a while in the Scottish side of that, and if you're interested in that you could check out James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose, who was quite a guy! The most authoritative book about him is still the one by Ted Cowan, 'Montrose: For Covenant and King', first published 1977 but republished with revisions 1995. God that makes me feel old.

For Scotland... depends on what interests you? If you're interested in wars, try Geoffrey Barrow's 'Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland' (3rd edition) - it's one of the most readable academic history books I've ever come across and deals with the 1st War of Independence.

[firestar]

Yes! Sorry, should have specified. I will look into both of those, thank you.

As for what interests me, kind of everything? Like, I have Opinions on how history in school - at least in my own experience - focuses almost exclusively on the world wars. It wasn't until I got to university that there was really any variety. Even so, what we did learn was very England-centric, and that's just... not representative of the island as a whole? The first Tudors were, iirc, Welsh and that's hardly touched on and Welsh history as a whole was just... not taught at all. Note, I am English and I assume Welsh history is taught in Welsh schools, but it's not something I've ever been taught - same with a lot of Scottish history, but at least the Stuarts got touched on at one point? - and it's so frustrating to me. How're we supposed to understand the tensions in the UK even now, when these things aren't taught? AAAAAAAARRRRRGH. *pulls out hair*

[solo]

Actually before we got education devolved to our parliament, hardly any Scottish history was taught in Scottish schools, beyond some primary school level stuff about Robert Bruce and Robert Burns. Thankfully that's changed now, but there's still a lot of anglocentric stuff simply because, for example, WWII gets taught as a 'British' thing and that inevitably means focus on London.

The ignorance of most English people about their Celtic colonies is stunning - witness what some prominent newscasters and politicians have recently had to say about Ireland... But as you say, that's at least partly the fault of the education system.

For an accessible overview of Scottish history, I think one of these two is probably best.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198714882/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198206151/

The one by Chris Harvie starts in prehistory and goes right up to 2014. :)

[firestar]

*facepalms* Imperialism at its finest. Because clearly only English history matters. >.<

Fucking Brexit, istg. D: It's bringing out the worst kind of rhetoric. And no lie, I'm kinda nervous about how things are going to play out over there once Brexit's done. The Good Friday Agreement is only about 20 years old and if everything goes tits up I'm not sure how long it will hold, given that memories and grudges are long.

And thank you for the recs! I've got Neil Oliver's Brief History somewhere and at least one of the TM Devine books, but those two I haven't come across.