Chloe VS History: time travel that delivers a glimpse of the future

Perhaps we see something of the future when we look to the past. Chloe VS History, a YouTube channel, presents significant chapters of our history, hosted by a buoyant young woman named Chloe, a would-be time traveller, and seen through the lens of what is presumably a smartphone. While it’s moot point, the smartphone, or whatever recording device Chloe uses, seems to go unnoticed by the multitudes of people she encounters. Be that Ancient Rome, on board the Titanic, or in Tudor age London, capital of the United Kingdom, among other places. Could it be the locals — where there are people present — think she is holding a hand mirror of some sort? Regardless, Chloe’s enthusiasm for her subject matter is infectious. I studied history in my final year of high-school, and have the feeling the class would have been at least ten times more engaged, if we’d had the option to learn about historical events in this fashion. The concept, the brainchild of British content creator Jonathan Laramy,…