Saturday, 17 September 2016

Teaching History at a Secondary School

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Teaching History “ The best way to teach is to be chaotic and confusing ” Professor Richard Feynman In April 2016 I was invite...
Wednesday, 13 April 2016

The Early Stewart Kings. Suggestions for reading.

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Yesterday I received a tweet asking me to recommend books on James I, James II and James III, the Stewart kings of Scotland in the late Midd...
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Saturday, 16 January 2016

"The Bedrock: Poems on Themes from the Great Tapestry of Scotland"

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“The Bedrock: Poems on themes from the Great Tapestry of Scotland” by Henry Marsh I have posted reviews of Henry Marsh's poem...
Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Wall displays in a history class-room

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Yesterday there was a tweet asking for ideas for what to put on a history teacher's class-room wall. So this seems a good moment fo...
Saturday, 4 April 2015

An Introduction to Edinburgh history

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This morning I gave a short talk on the history of Edinburgh , at the request of a friend. For various domestic reasons (nobody’s fault) ...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Introducing "Getting to know Edinburgh"

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Nipping off to the shops as early spring sun made Edinburgh magical. I thought “I must write about this”. So I did, and a guide book gra...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

Creationtide explained

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During September I have been using the Twitter hashtag #Creationtide. This is an article explaining what it meant that I wrote for our ...