Author Archives: Mr Kydd

History Society – something to discuss. Is history is better served by putting statues in museums?

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a very thoughtful article by Simon Sharma in the Financial Times. You need to read the whole article to do it justice, but the first paragraph summarises his argument. “Statues are not … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read / discuss. The Colston statue in Bristol

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Mr Kydd

I have attempted here to pull together some of the reporting on the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol yesterday. Above are the Sky News reports, and below are some reports from the BBC. You can make your own … Continue reading →

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iGCSE enrichment – From the Kerner Report to today. The USA’s race problem.

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Mr Kydd

It will have been almost impossible for you to miss the reports of the death of George Floyd. The video is certainly a disturbing one, and the police involved face murder charges, whilst protests and riots have followed. A timeline … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read / discuss – why have the populist leaders of the world failed when faced with Covid 19?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a CNN article suggesting that the populist leaders Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro have all failed to deal with corona-virus pandemic. Is it correct, and if so is it because of their populist … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – some UCAS / Oxbridge reading to get you through the lockdown

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Mr Kydd

I know that some of you in the Lower Sixth are beginning to turn your mind to history / Oxbridge applications. If you click here you will get to someone’s list of the hundred greatest history books. Such things are of … Continue reading →

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Holocaust reflection prep

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s lesson, for prep I would like you to do the following.   Explore the following BBC web pages below. This news report (here). This account of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Paul Farnes – the last Ace of the Battle of Britain

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, If you click here  you will get the BBC obituary for Wing Commander Paul Farnes, who died this week aged 101. Farnes, a Hurricane pilot, was the last surviving ace, an accolade referring to those who brought down at … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss. Is Putin just a typical Russian autocrat?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mr Kydd

Private Eye – 22nd January 2020 All, So much of our Russian work is about levels of autocracy, central control and personality cults. It was once said of Stalin, that “all the past repeats itself, but acts only behind new … Continue reading →

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Private Eye 22nd January 2020

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mr Kydd
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iGCSE enrichment – The Second Red Scare / McCarthyism – Is this tomorrow?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to the infamous “Is this tomorrow” cartoon in full. It is not subtle stuff to our modern eyes, and sums up the paranoia and feat of the Red Scare in 1940s / 1950s USA perfectly. … Continue reading →

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