Category Archives: Enrichment

Enrichment – something to read. Elizabeth’s spy network

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Mr Kydd

All, Below, please find a couple of articles exploring the Elizabeth’s spy network. It is a fascinating topic, and particularly timely for the Lower Sixth, as we are currently exploring the Catholic threat to Elizabethan religion. If you click here … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – A something to read – A rivalry in letters

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you follow the hyperlinks (part one and part two) you will get to an excellent article from Ryan Hunter exploring what we can learn about the two queens, and their attitudes from their correspondence. As he suggests, “Mary, Queen of Scots … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read.

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you can read a review of “Rival Queens” by Professor Williams in The Herald. The book suggests “that story needs re-tuning”, and would be excellent summer reading for Year Twelve historians. “Mary crossed the Solway Firth to England in the hope her cousin … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Something to listen to. In Our Time – William Cecil

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Mr Kydd

All, Something rather special for you today. If you click here you will get to last night’s In Our Time on Radio 4. In it, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact on the British Isles of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most … Continue reading →

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Something to watch – England’s Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve, As we move to the Mid Tudor source work, can I strongly recommend that you watch this  excellent series on Lady Jane Grey from the wonderful Helen Castor – one of my favourite historians. It is particularly helpful … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to watch – Elizabeth’s secret agents

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Mr Kydd

The first of the four part series aired tonight. You can watch them here. Please do – it is excellent enrichment for our course. The trailer below gives you a taste. If you want more from the BBC’s Tudor season … Continue reading →

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Places to visit (soon) – The Greenwich Maritime Museum to see the Armada Portrait.

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to the Greenwich Maritime Museum page on the famous Armada Portrait. Recently saved for the nation, this iconic portrait of Elizabeth I commemorates the most famous conflict of her reign – the failed … Continue reading →

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‘Incredibly rare’ William Caxton print discovered – in the University of Reading

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a BBC report on a find in the University of Reading’s special finds department – two pages of previously unknown print by Claxton. “Erika Delbecque, special collections librarian at the university, described the find … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – things to watch. Timewatch: The Mary Rose

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to the BBC iplayer and Dan Snow’s Mary Rose Timewatch programme. It is excellent – particularly if you are thinking of archaeology as a degree course. You may also like to click here to visit the BBC’s online … Continue reading →

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History Today -why the Amada failed.

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve, If the click here you will get to Geoffrey Woodward’s 1988 article considering the reasons why the Armada failed. He concludes “when the responsibility for the failure of the Spanish Armada is apportioned, the lion’s share of the blame should go … Continue reading →

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