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Is the face in the crowd really a young Adolf Hitler’s?

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Most of you will have seen this picture before. It shows the declaration of war in 1914, featuring what appears to be a young Adolf Hitler. The photograph was used by the Nazis to illustrate Hitler’s life-long loyalty to Germany. However, … Continue reading →

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What should the historian think about the death of Nelson Mandela ?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Well the obvious answer to that is it is up to you. Moreover, many of you will have a clear understanding  of what Nelson Mandela did to destroy Apartheid from your GCSE coursework.  Yet, since studying Mandela, you will have moved … Continue reading →

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Presenting the Past – How the Media Changes History

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Or, as those of us at the History Society on Tuesday reflected when we discussed teh Battle of the Somme – the Blackadder effect. This BBC Radio 4 programme discusses the relationship between the past and the media. The programme discription states … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Italy

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Something (mainly) to support AS students with their document work. BBC Radio 4 are in the process of running a three part series on Italian Unification called  The Invention of Italy. Episode two was on tonight, and appears to be most useful … Continue reading →

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Black History Month

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Witness: Black History For Black History Month, you may like to listen to interviews with people who were there at key moments in civil rights history, from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, to surviving Robben Island with … 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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