Category Archives: Site News

The History Society.

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Summer 2013 – The Russia season (part one)   Welcome back Year Twelve, and especially welcome to your Russian dictatorships course. To get you in the mood for the extraordinary journey that you are about to undertake the History Society … Continue reading →

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Could two brass coins re-write Australian history ?

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Mr Kydd

It was Captain Cook in 1770 who first brought the outside world to Australia – well perhaps. However, this article from Australian Geographic presents the possiblitity of earlier contact and trade. This is one of the ninth century Kilwa coins found on … Continue reading →

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1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Mr Kydd

There is a super little article here from the BBC website by Andy Walker. It highlights the apparent coincidence that in 1913 Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived Vienna at the same time. The article rightly suggests that this in part … Continue reading →

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Return to Stalingrad: Nostalgia for Uncle Joe alive and well in Volgograd

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Mr Kydd

As many of you know, this weekend marks the 7oth anniversary of the German surrender at Stalingrad. It is, in itself, a battle of huge significance worthy of study and report. As the most famous text on the topic – Antony Beevor’s … Continue reading →

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Where is the final resting place of Giuseppe Garibaldi ?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mr Kydd

A nice article here from the BBC about the hunt for the final resting place of Giuseppe Garibaldi. It is generated from a BBC Radio 4 From Our Own Correspondent programme, which is has a link from the webpage. As the … Continue reading →

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Obituary – David Lomon

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Mr Kydd

I must confess that I am rather disappointed that the passing of Mr Lomon has not received more attention. He was the the last surviving British-based member of the International Brigade, who fought General Franco’s fascists in the Spanish Civil War. … Continue reading →

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What is the importance of political cartoons ?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Mr Kydd

Historians of course consider and use political cartoons in different ways. You will have first come across them as GCSE standard when you looked at them as snapshot comments of the big issues of the day. There really excellent article … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Zephaniah warns ‘black children are turned off history’

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Mr Kydd

In many respects this post follows on directly from the last one – which asked what is the purpose of history was within society. Here the Benjamin Zephaniah complains about the diet of black history presented in many schools. I have to say … Continue reading →

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What is the role of history in society ?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Mr Kydd

It is an excellent question. This article from the magazine section of the BBC website discusses it with energy and style. It is really a version of the old “what is the point of a history degree ?” enquiry that those of … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Eric Hobsbawm

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Mr Kydd

“It is the business of historians to remember what others forget” – I might steal that. This week of course saw the passing of the great Eric Hobsbawm, and you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. Well, … Continue reading →

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