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Gale partners with libraries and educators around the world to create positive change and outcomes for researchers and learners.

The Gale Review is our international blog where you can meet our publishing teams, archivists, guest academics and student ambassadors as they unearth fascinating primary sources that have yet to be studied – or explore frequently studied topics from exciting new angles.

Arts and Culture
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Society and Politics

“That’s How an RBMK Reactor Explodes…Lies” – Understanding the Climax of HBO’s Mini-Series “Chernobyl” with Gale Primary Sources

By Gale Ambassadors / December 13, 2019

| By Harry Walker, Gale Ambassador at the University of Birmingham | Being Harry Walker wasn’t easy in the Spring...
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For Students
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Society and Politics

Was Oxford University Labour Club “Moving Towards Communism”? How Primary Sources Can Help You Track the History of Your Student Society

By Gale Ambassadors / December 10, 2019

| By Grace Davis, Gale Ambassador at the University of Oxford | The term “primary sources” gives me slightly traumatic...
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Gale Ambassadors
Society and Politics

“What we may expect”: The Corrupting Power of Power

By Gale Ambassadors / December 6, 2019

│By Ellen Grace Lesser, Gale Ambassador at the University of Exeter│ We have all heard the maxim, “Power corrupts”. This...
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Gale News

The Acquisition of Gale Primary Sources at the University of Johannesburg Supports Efforts to Decolonise the Curriculum

By Gale Review Team / December 4, 2019

| By the Gale Review team | The global movement to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ focuses on creating a more accurate...
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Gale Ambassadors
Society and Politics

Gangster’s Paradise: Exploring British Media Coverage of American Organised Crime

By Gale Ambassadors / December 3, 2019

│by Matthew Trenholm, Gale Ambassador at the University of Exeter│ Everyone loves a villain. From Robin Hood to the Peaky...
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Anniversary
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Remembering Rosa: When One Word Sparked a Civil Rights Movement

By Gale Ambassadors / December 1, 2019

| By Emily Priest, Gale Ambassador at the University of Portsmouth | On December 1st, 64 years ago, one simple...
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Gale Ambassadors

A Rott-en Reputation: Opposing Viewpoints of the Rottweiler

By Gale Ambassadors / November 27, 2019

│ By Evelyn Moran, Gale Ambassador at the National University of Ireland, Galway│ As a proud two-time Rottweiler (or Rottie)...
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Current Issues
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A Woman’s Role? Why Feminism Is Still Very Much Necessary

By Gale Ambassadors / November 25, 2019

│ By Chloe Villalon, Gale Ambassador at the National University of Ireland Galway │ With a new decade just around...
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Arts and Culture

Cultural Appropriation or Swiftian Satire? Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado

By Gale Review Team / November 22, 2019

| by Masaki Morisawa, Senior Product Manager, Library Reference, Tokyo | Last year, an American high school student’s twitter account...
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Arts and Culture
Gale Ambassadors

Off with Her Head? The Initially Mixed Reaction to Queen’s Iconic Song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

By Gale Ambassadors / November 20, 2019

│ by Lily Deans, Gale Ambassador at the University of Birmingham │ Over the past year, the cinematic world has...
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