As part of my “Month of Posts” challenge I am looking through old, dusty saved drafts to uncover forgotten ideas that I once had for posts. Here is another example, a simple enough post of Tudor historian Polydore Vergil describing Henry VII. The A-level History course requires learners to engage with sources, both primary and […]
It would be an under-statement to say that 13th August was an unusual and erratic A-level results day. Usually teachers and students wait for the release of results in nervous anticipation, hoping that the grade that is provided is the one that has been fought for and deserved. However, due to COVID-19, this year’s results […]
The recent spread of COVID-19 has completely changed the landscape of society across the globe. The UK has been slightly behind the actions seen in other European countries, in terms of social distancing policies and the closure of pubs, clubs, shops and education facilities. But now it has finally happened here: on Friday my college […]
Last week I held an A-level History class outside of our normal room, moving it to a local Costa Coffee shop. This was due to a couple of reasons: A new shop had just opened up near the college site. The students made a convincing case for going: we could drink coffee and do history […]
Last month I posted about the intriguing and rather forgotten incident of the so-called Ralph Wilford Rebellion (my actual post title being: Who the Heck was Ralph Wilford?). Wilford was one in a long line of pretenders to the English throne during the Tudor period, impersonating the Earl of Warwick in order to provide himself […]
