Author Archives: Mr Kydd

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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AJP Taylor – the first TV historian.

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Mr Kydd

It has been particularly pleasing to me to see that the BBC have made available some of their lectures from the 1970s by the legendary radical historian AJP Taylor. I warmly remember my history teacher showing us his half hour programme … Continue reading →

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Enrichment opportunity – Propaganda: Power and Persuasion exhibition at the British Library.

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Mr Kydd

All, This is the link to a very special exhibition at the British Library in London which is well worth a visit this summer. Moreover you with youth on your side (ieyou are under 18) get in free. The Propaganda: Power and Persuasion … Continue reading →

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Changes to the front page

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

All, Just a quick post to say I have tried to tidy up the front page a bit. As you can see there are now two new pages – revision and debates. I have taken the posts on these topics … Continue reading →

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The History Society.

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Summer 2013 – The Russia season (part one)   Welcome back Year Twelve, and especially welcome to your Russian dictatorships course. To get you in the mood for the extraordinary journey that you are about to undertake the History Society … Continue reading →

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