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A History Of The World In Clickbait Headlines
Something a bit lighter from Alexandra Petri in The Independent. If you click here you will get to her article explaining the history of the world in clickbait headlines. My favourite – Johannes Gutenberg Develops Incredible New App Enjoy, Mr Kydd.
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Does David Starkey put people off academic history ?
David Starkey is unquestionably one of, if not the best known historian in Britain today. He also has a reputation for being one of the rudest men in the public eye. Indeed, The Huffington Post recently described him as Katie Hopkins … Continue reading
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Examination dates
All, Please find your examination dates shown below. Monday 27th April (am) Year Ten (internal) mock paper. Wednesday 13th May (pm) AS Paper 1, USA Wednesday 20th May (pm) AS Paper 2, British HALF TERM Monday 1st … Continue reading
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Window-Shopping Through the Iron Curtain. An insight into a lost world…
There is a lovely article here from the BBC news magazine about the work of David Hlynsky. After the collapse of the Iron Curtain he photographed as much as he could of the quickly disappearing Communist world. The article focuses on the a tantalising set of … Continue reading
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Diggers to uncover Leveller ?
If you click here then you will get a lovely article from today’s Independent about Robert Lockyer. It suggests that as Crossrail continues, “archaeologists could be about to unearth the musket-shot-riddled remains of one of Britain’s great left-wing heroes. Executed by firing … Continue reading
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Viewpoint: Why the shadow of the First World War and 1989 hangs over world events.
If you click here then you can read an excellent article from Jeffrey Sachs on the BBC magazine website. In it he reflects “this has been a year of great geopolitical anniversaries. We are at the 100th anniversary of the … Continue reading
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Book Review – Joan of Arc: A History, by Helen Castor
If you click here then you will be taken to the Times Higher Education review of the wonderful Helen Castor’s Joan of Arc. In it, Rachel Moss praises “an elegant account that sets a charismatic Maid of Orleans in political context“. She … Continue reading
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Enrichment – Medieval city ‘detected’ by experts
All, If you click here then you will get to a BBC report explaining how archaeologists from the University of Southampton have built up a detailed plan of Old Sarum (Salisbury) using modern techniques. These included “magnetometry, earth resistance, ground penetrating … Continue reading
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History Society – The fall of the Berlin Wall – turning points in history
You may have seen in the news that this month saw the twenty fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you click here you will get a detailed account of the events of that day from the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading
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Ten interpretations of who started the First World War…
Another helpful post from the BBC magazine pages. If you click here you will find ten different views of who was most to blame for the First World War. 1. Sir Max Hastings – military historian – Germany 2. … Continue reading
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