Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Obituary – Eva Kor

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for the remarkable Eva Kor. She was the victim of Joseph Mengele at Auschwitz, who became a forgiveness advocate, deadicting her life to Holocaust awareness. She testified in 2015 … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – obituary Norman Stone – perhaps the rudest historian…

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to The Guardian’s review to Margret Thatcher’s favourite historian – Norman Stone. Right-wing, undoubtedly brilliant, his survey texts were perhaps his real strength. I have also included one of his last lectures below. … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Understanding the significance of D Day. Something to read, watch and listen to.

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

There have been so many moving articles written to mark the 75th anniversary of D Day it is hard to know where to start. The following BBC interviews with  survivors might be as good a good place as any. Below is … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – IGCSE – something to think about – Roe V Wade today

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Mr Kydd

All, There are few more sensitive issues than abortion, and I certainly do not see it as my job to tell you what to think about it. However, as we study Roe V Wade in 1973 as part of our … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – IGCSE – Who was Rosie the riveter?

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here, you will an article exploring the identity of the famous Rosie the Riveter. It is well worth a read – not least for the insight the casual sexism of the caption next to Naomi Parker. This … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – what was the Tudor sweating sickness?

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Mr Kydd

Following on from today’s lesson, the following pages help us understand what the English Sweat or the Sweating Sickness was. Click here for a description of it. “The disease began very suddenly with a sense of apprehension, followed by cold … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to – historians in discussion. #VersusHistory

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to the excellent #VersusHistory website to hear historians discuss and debate. Upper Sixth historians should click here to get to a very sharp podcast analysis of Soviet industrial policy. Mr Kydd.

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Obituary: John Lukacs, iconoclastic historian who wrote a best-selling tribute to Churchill

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a Scotsman obituary for the Hungarian historian John Lukacs. Perhaps his most famous work was his tribute to Winston Churchill – “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat”. I always remember him for being … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Later Tudors – something to read – Rival Queens – Kate Williams (University of Reading)

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 … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to / discuss – Strange Fruit – the most shocking song of all time?

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an excellent BBC article on Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. It was recorded 80 years ago today. Have a look and see what you think. On 20 April 1939, the jazz singer … Continue reading →

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