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May 27, 2021 Instead of digging through archives in Paris and Geneva, history Prof. Helen Tilley, a single mother, spent the spring of her sabbatical researching and writing on the bed while her then-11-year-old daughter completed virtual assignments next to her.  Tilley, a Northwestern faculty member since 2012, was on research leave in Cambridge, England. When COVID-19 caused worldwide shutdowns, Tilley and her daughter remained in their rented townhouse bedroom, which didn’t have room for a desk.  Her daughter would interrupt her several times each day about making lunch, walkin...

The refurbished Rusten House. Photo: Helen Musa. QUEANBEYAN’S former hospital has been reborn as a restored art centre, with the official opening of the new Rusten House Art Centre this afternoon (April 22). Members of the arts community, historical society, healthcare services and families of key figures throughout the history of Rusten House joined project staff to witness the unveiling of a plaque to mark the official opening of the new art centre that has transformed the previously run-down building. Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Mayor, Tim Overall, said that Rusten House was an...

Updated: February 9, 2021, 1:43 pm © DCT Media Winston Churchill received the Freedom of Aberdeen in 1946. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up He was one of the most famous figures in the history of the 20th century. And she was a refugee from the horrors of Nazism who arrived in the north-east of Scotland just before the start of the Second World War. Yet, while there might seem to be little in common between Sir Winston Church...

The Jewish refugee who welcomed Winston Churchill to Aberdeen in 1946 © DCT Media He was one of the most famous figures in the history of the 20th century. And she was a refugee from the horrors of Nazism who arrived in the north-east of Scotland just before the start of the Second World War. Yet, while there might seem to be little in common between Sir Winston Churchill and Ernestine Young, they met in unlikely circumstances when the wartime leader received the Freedom of Aberdeen in 1946. Churchill had plenty of connections with Dundee, where he had served as an MP for many years, but did...