Author Archives: Mr Kydd

History enrichment – Elizabeth and her people exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Mr Kydd

The National Portrait Gallery in London is running an exhibition entitled Elizabeth I and her people this Autumn. In their words the aim is to explore “the story of the Elizabethans from the Queen, the nobility and gentry to the many other talented individuals … Continue reading →

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Lord Castlereagh: Europe’s forgotten father ?

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Lord Castlereagh, was one of the most successful and controversial political figures his day. He was a master diplomat, noted as the architect of the 1801 Act of Union that brought Ireland under the control of Westminster, and as a key … Continue reading →

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History Society

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Just a quick thank you to all of you who pitched for the first Society meeting. Good cake, and Nick’s review is in the comments section on the page above. It was a pretty grim way to start, but the Warsaw Rising … Continue reading →

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Things to listen to – what is environmental history ?

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get the latest edition of Making History from Radio 4. It has been recommended to me by a friend of the site (ok – Mr Podesta). What is noteworthy to us as A Level historians … Continue reading →

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Things to look at. Why is Goebbels scowling here ?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Mr Kydd

A couple of original finds from a friend of the site. If you click here you can see a series of old black and white photographs converted to colour. For me particularly noteworthy is the thumbnail image on the left of Joseph Goebbels … Continue reading →

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History Society – Autumn Term programme

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

I have published the history society programme for Autumn term. The downloadable version for you can be found here. They will usually be 3.30 to 4.30 on Tuesday (with cake) in T10. The more observant of you will have noticed that the … Continue reading →

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Archaeology in the news

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

There have been a number of archaeology stories in the news recently, and I thought it might be good to pull them together in one post for those of you thinking of an archaeology degree. I have said before that … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Penry Williams

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Sincere apologies all, but the pressures of examinations and the end of term meant that I missed the passing of the great Penry Williams in May. Many of you will have come across his text  The Later Tudors as further reading … Continue reading →

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History and Policy

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Mr Kydd

All, A colleague from another school recommended this website to me. History and Policy set themselves the mission of producing “better public policy through an understanding of history by connecting historians, policy makers and the media.” They  believe study of the past can … Continue reading →

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Henry VIII, the Saddam of the Tudor court ?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Mr Kydd

There is a  piece of comparative  / journalistic history in The Independent here. In it Professor Kevin Dutton argues that “Henry scores 174 on a “psychopathic spectrum” which starts at 168 (the “average” male scores 112). In The Wisdom of Psychopaths, out in … Continue reading →

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