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New stonehenge article gives a good insight into how important science is to the study of prehistory.

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Mr Kydd

This BBC article explains how archaeologists  have worked out the location of the tomb for the original builders of Stonehenge (in Wales). Professor Wainwright  comments “It can be compared directly with the first Stonehenge, so for the first time we have a … Continue reading →

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Reading pins down new online history

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Mr Kydd

It is always good when something orginal happens close to home so, it this report from the Reading Post is really exciting. As the report states  “Reading will become the first place in the world to create an online history of itself … Continue reading →

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“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” – George Orwell 1984

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Mr Kydd

You often get more informed and reflective comment in the Sunday newspapers. So it seems here in this week’s Observer. Historian and MP for Stoke Central, Tristram Hunt, writes about falling numbers of GCSE and A Level History students. For me he … Continue reading →

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History uptake continues to decline…

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Mr Kydd

At this time every year there is a conversation in the media about grade inflation and “hard” V “soft” subjects. In truth it is a more complex topic than some would have us believe. However one fact shines through – … Continue reading →

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Informed decision please Year Thirteen

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mr Kydd

First off congratulations on a cracking set of AS results. They are a tribute to all your hard work and hours of revision. It is course the nature of examinations that some of you will want to target a re-sit in the January … Continue reading →

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Is everything I ever taught you wrong ?

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mr Kydd

Those of you that had the misfortune to be taught by me in Year Seven will of course remember that it was the Romans who brought urban living to Britain. Well it seems, perhaps not for the first time, I … Continue reading →

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Historians and the riots.

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mr Kydd

All of us will of course have been aware of the awful rioting in early August, and many of us will have heard (about) David Starkey’s comments on Newsnight. If not, or if you want to hear the discussion Verbatim then this BBC … Continue reading →

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“Earliest” Map of Britain made available as an interactive website

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Mr Kydd

This is the earliest surviving map of Britain – the Gough Map. It dates from the 1370s, and was revised in the early Fourteenth Century. The BBc article linked below comments, “drawn on two pieces of sheepskin, the 115 x … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Blitz: 70 stories for 70 years

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Mr Kydd

A bit of oral history for you this time. To mark the seventieth anniversary of the Blitz of Coventry the BBC recorded 70 stories from 70 survivors. You can access them through the interactive website on the link below. It is … Continue reading →

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Why Study History ?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Mr Kydd

The link below is very well written. It is from the History department of Hanover College, Indiana. It is a brief article on some of the reasons for studying undergraduate History. At the bottom of the page are links to … Continue reading →

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