James NickelsThe Threat of Love & LimeranceAn old proverb claimed that “love is giving somebody the ability to destroy you, but trusting them enough not to”. This is both conveyed…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
James NickelsRevolution on Film: Historical Inaccuracy and Propaganda in the Silent Era of Russian CinemaOctober 1917 marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and beginning of a new Bolshevik era but was not necessarily the only revolution. It…Dec 14, 2018Dec 14, 2018
James NickelsWas the October Revolution a Workers’ Revolution?Vladimir Lenin called October 1917 a ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’, but is this true?Oct 13, 2017Oct 13, 2017
James NickelsThe Role of Nationalism in the Dissolution of the Soviet UnionThe dissolution of the Soviet Union is a watershed moment in history, but how did it fall?Oct 13, 2017Oct 13, 2017