[15th June 2010 - 10.00]
There’s much excitement in my school. It used to be split-site, with two buildings separated by a main road and some playing-fields.
Now,...
[11th May 2010 - 11.00]
I’ve been helping to interview prospective history teachers, and as ever the process is both exhilarating and difficult. The candidates were...
[12th April 2010 - 11.00]
What do ‘Chinese’ Gordon, Bill Clinton and yours truly have in common? I’ll try to avoid any unduly intrusive attempts to answer by...
[11th March 2010 - 15.34]
Let’s come straight to the point. What is history in schools for? I ask because the answer, though currently widely debated, seems to be far...
[21st January 2010 - 14.00]
A historical controversy touched my school last term, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It generated several column inches in the...
[14th January 2010 - 14.13]
It’s 2010, and we’re still waiting for school history’s next big idea.
I don’t think there’s been one for forty years....
[10th December 2009 - 12.22]
I don’t know about you, but I’m fed up with conspiracy theories. They’re everywhere. If they continue to metastasise throughout the...
[4th November 2009 - 15.17]
A student has just asked me an unexpectedly difficult question. They’re always doing this: it’s one of the reasons I do what I do. This...
[20th October 2009 - 10.38]
October, not April, is the cruellest month, at least in schools. The gloss has well and truly worn off the new school year, whilst ahead stretch long...
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