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Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
Pizarro’s ‘Line in the Sand,’ and our own lines to cross
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Article by Sam Ellis. Edited by Emery Staines. Technically speaking, this is an article about a speech that failed; a speech intended to be inspirational, that frankly, fell flat. It was delivered on a beach along the west coast of…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
‘Two Minutes of Genius’: The Gettysburg Address of 1863
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Written by Bradley Bosson. Edited by Francesca Guardo. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” These were…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
‘Big Jim’ Irish Trade Union Orator
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Written by Ellen Tranter. Edited by Emma Ward. Jim Larkin was a docker, trade union activist, socialist and accomplished orator. His speeches advocated a revolutionary socialism, and he desired to effect a profound social transformation of Irish society. Speech-making dominated…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
You Can Never Trust a Politician – But is this a Bad Thing?
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Written by James Lewis. Edited by Anushka Minshull. There is a lot of talk that those who are attending university or recent graduates (of which I am a part) are the most politically apathetic generation. Unfortunately, and it pains me…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
A Tudor Execution Speech
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Written by Shannon Birds. Edited by Emma Ward. Imagine the scene. A small crowd swarms outside the Tower of London on a very early May morning in 1536 to witness the execution of (someone accused of being) a treasonous, incestuous concubine.…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
Pope Urban II and Clermont
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Written by Nathaniel Robinson. Edited by Joscelin Woodend. It is winter 1095 and Europe faces a growing threat from the Muslim world. The Holy Land has long been under Muslim control and Christian pilgrims are in danger in their travels.…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
Issue 5.4
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All articles are © 2013-14 of the individual authors – no unauthorised copying. The NH Logo is © 2013-14 Charlotte D’Arcy – no unauthorised copying. All other images are in the public domain, as the copyright has expired, or they…
Issue 5.4 - Speeches & Speakers
“The People’s Princess” versus “The Most Hunted Person of the Modern Age”: Oratorical Reactions to the Death of Princess Diana
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Written by Kathryn Robinson. Edited by Eleanor Winn. In the mists of my memory I recall a picture of my four-year-old self watching on the television in my living room a man sitting at a piano and singing into a…