Category Archives: Enrichment

Enrichment – something to listen to and something to watch. How terrible was Ivan?

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a BBC Radio 4 “Your dead to me” programme discussing Ivan the Terrible. At the time he was known as Ivan Grozny (the purifying storm) and his only ally was Elizabeth I … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – somewhere to go – The British Library’s Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens exhibition

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Mr Kydd

Click here for Phillipa Gregory’s review of the exhibition. In it she states “the exhibition is steered by its content, and many of the documents perpetuate the traditional contrasting of the two queens. It was in the interests of both … Continue reading →

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History Society – something to discuss. Should we still be tracking down Holocaust war criminals seventy six years after the Second World War ended?

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a BBC article exploring the trial of a 100-year-old SS guard – Josef S – who is accused of complicity in the shooting Soviet prisoners of war and the murder of others … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – somewhere to go. The British Museum – Nero exhibition (until 23rd October)

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get a link for the excellent Nero exhibition at the British Museum. It is on until 23rd October. I have been, and it is excellent. Now that we can start to get back to … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to. Radio 4 – a user’s guide to disinformation.

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to historians such as Robert Service and Richard Evans discuss how there is nothing new about fake news. It is excellent enrichment, and I recommend it to you. Mr Kydd. Programme description. Phil … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read. Black London: History, Art & Culture in over 120 places

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a review of Black London by Avril Nanton. The book contains maps, photographs and a timeline of black history. It also includes a potted history of the HMT Empire Windrush. Have a … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to. The significance of the death of Elizabeth I in 1603

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will Melvin Bragg’s Radio 4 “In Our Time” programme on the significance of the death of Elizabeth I. It is well worth a listen. “Melvyn Bragg and guests John Guy, Clare Jackson and Helen Hackett … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Lee Evans, record-setting US sprinter and 1968 Olympic activist, dies aged 74

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to The Guardian obituary for Lee Evans – Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400m, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory … Continue reading →

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History in the News – Hidden inscriptions discovered in Anne Boleyn’s execution prayer books

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an article in today’s Independent. It explains how secret inscriptions hidden in Anne Boleyn’s prayer book have been discovered by a student. The concealed names, uncovered using ultraviolet light, reveal that the … Continue reading →

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Something excellent (but very late) for International Women’s Day.

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Mr Kydd

Clare Balding investigates whether Emily Davidson meant to kill herself at the Derby in 1913. En route she explores the brutal realities of how the suffragettes were treated, and asks if we should consider them terrorists.

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