Category Archives: history in the news

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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Ian Kershaw on writing history about Hitler

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mr Podesta

In this interview in in the saturday Guardian, there’s a fascinating insight into what drives historians in their choices of research, in the process of writing history books, and in the way that different schools of historians views are often … Continue reading →

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