If the importance of historical studies is ever in question, and we should certainly hope it isn’t, then it only takes a moment of particular significance in current affairs to illustrate its undeniable value.

When you hear the term half-life you might be drawn into thinking about decomposing atoms, but in the field of history the term also carries great relevance.

It is a simple but largely accurate rule of thumb that the further we go back in time, the hazier our historical knowledge of the periods get.

The 28th July 2014 marked exactly 100 years since the start of World War One. Although it could easily be argued that it should not take milestone anniversaries for people to reflect upon such significant historical events, the attention that will be gifted to the ‘Great War’ is, in our opinion at least, extremely important.