Author Archives: Mr Kydd

History in the news – Charles V: French scientists decode 500-year-old letter.

If you click here you will get to a news article from The Guardian, explaining how “a team of researchers in France have cracked a five century-old code that reveals a rumoured French plot to kill Charles V. It took … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to listen to – BBC Witness clips

It is a bit late for Black History Month, but you may like to explore / listen to the various interviews with people who were there at key moments in civil rights history, from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a … Continue reading

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UCAS taster days search engine link / a day in the life of an undergraduate historian at Oxford.

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Book Review –

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe What brings strong personalities to power?’ asks the historian Ian Kershaw. ‘And what promotes or limits their use of that power?’ Those two questions are at the centre of this book, … Continue reading

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Enrichment – somewhere to go. The 2022 Stenton lecture

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Enrichment – something to discuss – how vulnerable is American democracy?

Mr Kydd.

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Enrichment – something to watch – Traumazone (on the BBC iPlayer)

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Enrichment – something to listen to:- Napalm Girl: Spreading forgiveness 50 years on

If you click here you will get a chance to listen to something rather special. It is a 20-minute podcast from Kim Phuc Phan Thi. She became famous as the girl in the Napalm photo of 1972 in the Vietnam … Continue reading

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Enrichment – Debating. The Gresham Competition

If you click here you will get to information about the Gresham competition. Year Twelves only I am afraid. If you want to know more, please come and find me. Mr Kydd. What is The Gresham Competition? Gresham College is … Continue reading

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Enrichment : Something to listen to. BBC Sounds – You’re dead to me…

All, Welcome back. If you click here you will get to the website of the excellent Radio 4 programme – You’re dead to me. This is excellent enrichment for you on topics as diverse as Mary Seacole, the history of … Continue reading

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