by Dr Miriam Moffitt
Hindsight is wonderful. It allows us to write history with the knowledge of how things actually played out. And of course, the passage of time also places distance between us and the past, taking the heat out of situations because we already know the outcome. Contemporary accounts, in contrast, reveal the messiness and uncertainties of the people who are actually involved in the events. And they reveal what people thought about issues at the time, and how their opinions might have changed.
The Archive of the Month for August focuses on the coverage of disestablishment in the…
