Upper Sixth, As I showed you in the lesson, please click here for the excellent BBC timeline of the countdown to war. This chronology will really help you as you practice / get confident with with the gobbets and typicality. … Continue reading
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If you click here you will get to Alastair Smart’s article in the Daily Telegraph review of the National Portrait Gallery’s “Real Tudors: Kings & Queens Rediscovered” exhibition. “The curators are keen to stress how coloured our vision of the Tudor monarchs has … Continue reading
All, The Making History website, developed by the Institute of Historical Research, is dedicated to the history of the study and practice of history in Britain over the last hundred years and more, following the emergence of the professional discipline in … Continue reading
The 28th June marked the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This event is usually seen as the trigger that set off a chain of events that culminated in the First World War. However, the long term causes of that … Continue reading
After you have read the article from the Financial Times below, you might like to have a look at this BBC report on an Asian project where “educationalists and historians have been meeting across borders to attempt the seemingly impossible – … Continue reading
If you click here you will find Gideon Rachman’s article from the Financial Times. In it he argues that “the imposition of an authorised version of events turns education into brainwashing“, and continues “politicians, like academics or ordinary citizens, will naturally have … Continue reading
If you click on the excellent satrical map of Europe on the left, then you will be familiar with most of the countries that are represented. However, if you click here you can see the extent that Europe’s borders have hugely … Continue reading
All, Year Thirteen historians will, in their Russian dictatorships course, soon be considering turning points in history. In particular, you will investigate war – to quote Trotsky – as the locomotive of change. If you click here you can watch Niall Ferguson discuss … Continue reading
Events in the Ukraine are both confusing and potentially very far reaching for Russia and indeed all of Europe. As ever, history has informed much of present day developments. If you want to know more, then please click on this excellent … Continue reading
Following on from the discivery of the remains of Richard III, I have posted on the question – why should historians be interested in the remains of monarchs ? Indeed, as many of you know, there is presently a campaign … Continue reading
