Open University History Society Essay Competition 2008/9

Unfortunately the competition did not attract as many entries as we would have liked. We have had a few entries for the 'Family Hero' section but none at all under the heading of 'Family Villain'! This is quite probably because so many families like to keep quiet about the less than admirable qualities of their ancestors. We all know of one or two people in our own families who we would rather not talk about let alone make the subject of an essay!

The standard of the entries that we did have was very high and it was difficult to choose between them. The Judges have therefore decided not to award a prize but to give each entrant a small book token in recognition of their efforts.

Watch out for the Family History essays in future editions of Open History.