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Thursday, 26 December 2013
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and New Year. I think the snowman in the Heino medley to be a little sinister which brings me to my fondest memories of Christmas when a child. It was a tradition in our household on Boxing Day, to tell a ghost story. My sister, Cassie and I would gather in the darkened dining room, the only illumination being the red glow of the fire, its logs crackling and hissing, which we would huddle before while father, seated in a high backed old leather chair, read to us a ghost story. More often than not it was by the master of the craft MR James. Many of the stories involved Oxford Dons, Anglo Saxon legends and archaeologists so Mr MR James has a lot to answer for! Needless to say, we were transfixed by father's tales and wonderfully scared throughout. We were both so frightened that we looked forward to it every year!
I've set this post on a timer so it ought to reach you at the witching hour and on Christmas day!
Here is a documentary on the man who collaborated with father to frighten us delightfully. Thank you for taking the time to read my posts this year.
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Tuesday, 24 December 2013
MERRY CHRISTMAS
What better way to celebrate than with Heino and company singing lots of traditional German Christmas Songs? MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
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Monday, 23 December 2013
OCTOBER 2012 ON A DIG IN THE MED
Reminiscing over the last eighteen months. The equivalent of taking the waters and recuperating last year - a short sojourn to an excavation in the Greek Islands. A wholly enjoyable and energising five days. Thanks to Lyds and all involved for arranging and obtaining the requisite permissions.
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VIENNA
With one foot in the past, Vienna is the real epicentre of Mittel-Europe. One could spend a month here and never tire of its charms and surprises. Cultured and grand, haughty bordering on arrogant but possessing an old-world charm which is alluring. Cosmopolitan yet parochial, this city is built on contradiction and this is one of its many charms.
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Sunday, 22 December 2013
BUDAPEST
Elegant and sophisticated and perhaps the junior partner in its relationship with Vienna. However, more forward thinking and innovative than its Austrian counterpart. If my photograph reminds you of the British Houses of Parliament, you would be right, as the Hungarian design was inspired by the former.
Two down, one to go...
Two down, one to go...
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
YOUR PRESENTATIONS
I thought all your presentations went well for many different reasons and that all of them had their own strengths. Well played lady and gentlemen, well played indeed!
Steve
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Sunday, 15 December 2013
Une question pour vous...
I'm sure that most of you view France as the land of Simone de Beauvior, Sartre, Descartes and Cantona: a country that boasts a rather superior capital city than our own and a culinary diversity more than we "roast beefs" can muster (or should that be mustard?). I believe you share these views rather than seeing this cultural heaven to be nothing more a handy spot for the booze cruise and cig run to the local hypermarche or the home of the l'Arc de Triomphe horse race. I would like to share this photograph with you dear reader of this blog which typifies typical French savoir faire and sophisication. You may need to click on the picture to enlarge it in order to see what the staff have written on the bottom right of the menu board.
May I also pose a question for you? In life do we wear a mask that hides the real us or do we in time become that mask?
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Pour Circe
Circe, j'espère que vous avez apprécié l'irlande. Merci pour votre correspondance intéressante sur ces mois et bonne chance pour mardi et de belles vacances en France. Noël heureux!
Steve
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
Friday, 13 December 2013
ASSIGNMENT 3: LENIN AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
I know we haven't buried Caesar yet but following your presentations we will be moving swiftly on to Assignment 3. It also gives me the opportunity to inflict you with my awful Ken Dodd gag about Lenin. What an incentive!
Steve
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ASSIGNMENT 2 PRESENTATIONS
Lady and gentlemen, on Monday, please remember to bring your PowerPoint presentation on a memory stick. Many thanks,
Steve
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THIS MAN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN SHAPING THE MODERN WORLD
The man below is one of the most important people in modern history and responsible for creating much of the modern world we inhabit. All will be revealed in Monday's lesson.
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
ASSIGNMENT 2 DEADLINE DATES
The deadline for submitting your presentation by email is Friday i.e. tomorrow. The deadline for submitting the hard-copy of your PowerPoint is Monday's lesson prior to you giving the presentation. You cannot print off your copy after you have given your presentation, so please have your hard-copy ready to give me at the lesson's start. I cannot print a copy off for you. You are responsible for doing this as this is part of your brief.
Steve
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Saturday, 7 December 2013
Thursday, 5 December 2013
"DRY RUN" MONDAY
Don't forget that Monday morning is the dry-run for your PowerPoint and video presentations in order to sort out any teething issues. It is not the presentation but geared to sorting out any technical and presentational issues. Wole, I've sent you a message on Google+. David and Lauren, Jim was going to give you the work-sheet when he saw you in the other class you all attend.
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MS EMILIE AUTUMN
This is Ms Autumn the creator of the
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The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls. Lyds
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THE ASYLUM FOR WAYWARD VICTORIAN GIRLS
As Mr Evans often refers to me as "wayward" and although I feel more Edwardian than Victorian I would like to draw your attention to:
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The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls Quotes at:
I particularly like this quote for all who have been pained (worse than hurt) by the betrayal or insensitivity of others. This one is for Mr E, which does describe one aspect of him to a "t" although he'd never admit it, being the all rounder and good egg that he is. At least he doesn't have to explain the sword of Damocles to me... Indeed, he can describe it in his fluent Latin and I'd understand. Lyds
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
MEAD: BASICALLY ANGLO-SAXON BEER
Any guesses who was interested in this historic drink?
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TODAY AT THE EXETER AGORA
A wonderful, truly historic city. My 18th visit to this gem this year.
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A QUESTION FOR YOU...
You're probably wondering what token of seasonal thanks to give your housemaid or Moroccan house-boy, most likely to sugar the bitter pill of retrenchment in your household in the New Year. Naturally, brandy for your cutter but nothing more than a small, perfunctory seasonal greetings card for his presser. Yet stranger, take some time to ponder this... Can we have too much choice in life? Is choice always and without exception good for one?
BTW someone in the photograph looks familiar, perhaps showing a penchant for pastries after a tour of duty in the trenches...
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013
HISTORY ALL AROUND US: QUARRY BANK MILL, STYAL, CHESHIRE
Quarry Bank Mill is run by the National Trust and an amazing place to visit, especially if you're interested in social and economic history. There is working machinery and just up the lane the apprentice house which housed orphans who worked in the cotton mill. Give yourselves plenty of time in order to spend an unhurried day exploring the mill, the apprentice house, Styal village and its churches.
Here is a link to the property:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quarry-bank-mill/
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ANGLO-SAXONS!
An interesting period in British and European history. Chilly in the trenches this time of year though! Thank you Historic Media.
Lydia
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THE CUCKOO CLOCK SPEECH
"You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
Lydia
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THE RIESENRAD
This is a one of my favourite scenes from one of my favourite films, "The Third Man". Set in Vienna naturally. Dots and cuckoo clocks indeed!
Lydia
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VIENNA: MY KINDA TOWN...
Ah memories... Shh, don't tell a soul, but Mr Evans used to sport a 'tash and it was not for Movember! I have seen photographs of said 'tash and said Mr Evans, in extreme close proximity to one another. He did look like Mr Midge Ure or perhaps Mr Midge Ure looked like Mr Evans. Vienna is certainly a wonderful city to visit, especially if you enjoy European history. Wrap up warmly as it can get chilly even in March and especially in October. I wasn't born when this was released but I do like it because it brings back many happy memories, many of which are recent. What music do you like or associate with a memory?
Lydia
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FOR LAUREN AND DAVID: HEINO SINGS A BERLIN MEDLEY
Have a great time - hope you learn all these songs before you leave. Happy Birthday for next week Lauren and don't forget my musical ice rink!
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PRESENTLY LISTENING TO
THE NORMAN CONQUEST: THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS AND THE FALL OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
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Saturday, 23 November 2013
PRACTISING MY PARTY PIECE FOR SAM AND OLLY'S WEDDING
Friday, 22 November 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
Sunday, 17 November 2013
ASSIGNMENT 2: SUFFRAGISTS AND SUFFRAGETTES VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJBdPFfnZHU&feature=player_embedded
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ASSIGNMENT TWO: IMAGES FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS
Type in "Suffragette" to the search box to obtain access to 123 images.
http://www.maryevans.com/search.php
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ASSIGNMENT 2
Link to video resources from the BBC.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g3/gallery3.htm
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The arguments for and against votes for women
More resources and sources for you to use from the National Archives.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g3/gallery3.htm
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ASSIGNMENT 2
Link to the National Archives where there are a wealth of resources for you to use in your studies.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g4/cs2/g4cs2.htm
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ASSIGNMENT 2 : THE SUFFRAGISTS AND THE SUFFRAGETTES
Link to a quiz on Victorian women's rights from the BBC History website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_womens_rights.shtml
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Thursday, 14 November 2013
NORFOLK
Good evening to the reader of my blog. I noticed we have not looked at any poems for a while. A poem much in my mind lately is Norfolk by John Betjeman. It conjures up the days of innocence spent as a young boy with his father wandering the Norfolk lanes. A halcyonic time before all the problems, fears and doubts of adulthood arrive. Haven't we all at some time wished for a return to a time of innocence and happiness - a time when pleasure came from simple pastimes, even if only for one hour?
How did the Devil come? When first attack?
These Norfolk lanes recall lost innocence,
The years fall off and find me walking back
Dragging a stick along the wooden fence
Down this same path, where, forty years ago,
My father strolled behind me, calm and slow.
I used to fill my hands with sorrel seeds
And shower him with them from the tops of stiles,
I used to butt my head into his tweeds
To make him hurry down those languorous miles
Of ash and alder-shaded lanes, till here
Our moorings and the masthead would appear.
There after supper lit by lantern light
Warm in the cabin I could lie secure
And hear against the polished sides at night
The lap lap lapping of the weedy Bure,
A whispering and watery Norfolk sound
Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.
How did the Devil come? When first attack?
The church is just the same, though now I know
Fowler of Louth restored it. Time, bring back
The rapturous ignorance of long ago,
The peace, before the dreadful daylight starts,
Of unkept promises and broken hearts.
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FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
I agree with the article but should I? I went to a boys' grammar school and my experience on the whole is a positive one. What do you think?
Steve
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/end-stagnation-and-create-aspiration-with-free-grammar-schools-8936544.html
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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/end-stagnation-and-create-aspiration-with-free-grammar-schools-8936544.html
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
EMMELINE PANKHURT
Link to an article on Emmeline Pankurst in History Today by Paula Bartley.
Emmeline Pankhurst
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
EMMELINE PANKHURST SPEECH - GREAT SPEECHES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Freedom or death
This speech was delivered in Hartford, Connecticut on November 13 1913
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/apr/27/greatspeeches
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EMILY DAVISON THE GOOD TERRORIST
An interesting article by Martin Pugh in June's History Today magazine. Follow the link.
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Emily Wilding Davison: The Good Terrorist
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Emily Wilding Davison: The Good Terrorist
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ANOTHER VICTIM OF DERBY DAY
Anmer the King's horse had to be put down as a result of the injuries sustained by Emily Davison's intervention. This was one more factor in the growing public hostility towards the Suffragettes, who viewed Emily Davison's actions as reckless and unpatriotic in targetting the King's horse.
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SUFFRAGETTE
Plenty of source materials you can use in your presentations but use sparingly to support some of the poinst you will be making.
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Monday, 11 November 2013
TODAY'S LESSON
Interesting discussion following the footage of the Derby and Miss Davison. Her death is recorded in an almost matter-of-fact dispassionate way. I thought you came up with some very good reasons why this might be so. Imagine in the age of "rolling news" how it would be reported today: endless slo-mo repeats and witnesses being interviewed, counselling being arranged, experts being wheeled into the studio to discuss the issue of women's suffrage and crowd safety; Facebook community sites and blogs being set up, people posting on newspaper sites etc.
As an aside, I thought the policeman drinking a glass of stout for breakfast particularly professional.
Steve
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SUFFRAGETTE EMILY DAVISON AND THE KING'S HORSE
Footage of the event. Remember: she did not "throw herself under the King's horse" in some act of martyrdom. She attempted to attach a "Votes for Women" rosette or scarf or a sash (accounts differ) to the beast. She had made plans to visit France some days after the event.
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Sunday, 10 November 2013
THE 1908 PAGEANT - EMBANKMENT TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 1908
Interesting article from the Observer of the time. Here's the link.
Steve
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2012/jun/17/archive-1908-suffragette-march
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Saturday, 9 November 2013
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