Megan is a final year PhD student who, at the time of writing in November 2022, is currently completing a study of the commemoration and care of First World War dead by the Imperial (later known as Commonwealth) War Graves Commission in the United Kingdom. She also currently serves on our editorial board, and is in charge of uploading our blogs.
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By Charlie Hall
Asking a historian to choose their favourite primary source is a cruel assignment indeed. Any piece of historical scholarship we embark on necessarily involves engagement with a great volume of primary material, especially those of us who work on the abundantly well-documented modern period. With whichever primary sources we look at, we hope that we will gain an insight into the past – not just how events unfolded, or why, but also how contemporaries reacted to these developments. This enables us to humanise historical actors and witnesses and to draw out their stories in a way that has resonance for modern readers.
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