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The Inspiring History Teaching Awards was created by Historic Royal Palaces with support from our Associate Partner @histassoc and other organisations across the UK.
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A new @histassoc blog post by @Argue2think regarding the use of a local history archive to inspire the teaching of history across Key Stages 3-5 onebighistorydepartment.com/… #historyteacher
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📚THE BOY WHO BECAME QUEEN by CHRISTINA BALIT is shortlisted for #youngquills2026 Historical Fiction Award (ages 5-8). Congratulations @balit_christina 👏 @OtterBarryBooks @histassoc
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Available at the Globe bookshop and others👇 shop.shakespearesglobe.com/p…
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Fantastic news! 🎉 My Family, the Enemy has been shortlisted for the #YoungQuills2026 Awards.
We're thrilled to see this story recognised and grateful to the young readers, teachers and librarians who continue to champion historical fiction💪
@histassoc @KarenMcCombie
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Wonderful opportunity for anyone with a Trust role / interest in History to get a CPD fix / network / scheme and plot - FREE!!!
Massive thanks to @histassoc and @UKNatArcEdu for organising / hosting history.org.uk/secondary/cat…
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Our next talk: Nick Guyatt (Prof of North American History at the U of Cambridge) will investigate Thomas Jefferson's "paradox of liberty". His most recent publication (with Christa Dierksheide) is Jefferson's Wolf: A Founding Father's Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery.
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We're looking forward to a great couple of days at the @histassoc conference!
If you're attending, come and find us on stand 17, where we’ll be sharing a first look at Fragile Worlds - the final book in our Changing Histories series for KS3, created to help teachers bring a wider range of stories, places and perspectives into the history classroom.
You can also explore the full Changing Histories series and pick up some free classroom goodies and sample materials.
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The team are still enjoying sunny Gateshead today at the @histassoc conference. It’s lovely to catch up with familiar faces and meet so many new ones too - come and say hello, we’d love to see you! #HAConf2026
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The @histassoc is in full swing!
If you're at the conference, come and say hello to the team, pick up free resources and classroom goodies, and find out more about Fragile Worlds, the final book in the Changing Histories series for KS3.
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Our team are at the @histassoc Conference in sunny Gateshead today. Come and say hello - we’d love to see you! You’ll find us conveniently located next to the croissants and coffee 🥐☕ #HAConf26
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May is Local & Community History Month. As a qualified tourist guide I interpret history and bring heritage to life. I will be the @ChesterTour guide on 16 May at 10.30am / 2pm & 22 May at 2pm. Book online at The Chester Tour or join me by the red pillar box, Chester Town Hall
ALT Red sandstone Chester Cathedral viewed from the side. Blue sky, garden and some foliage to the front
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I'm at the @histassoc conference in Gateshead this weekend, making the case for bringing History and Maths together. Our stall will have games, a pocket sundial, DIY astrolabes, a Tudor magic trick, a 16th Century world map and a quiz with cool prizes. And I'm giving a workshop.
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Festival organised by the Bossenden Wood Memorial Group. Tickets available from eventbrite.co.uk/e/swing-rio…
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The 5th Annual Lecture in Ecclesiastical History organised by the Centre of Anglican History and Theology (University of Kent & Canterbury Christ Church University & Canterbury Cathedral).
Admission free.
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In our next lecture, John Guy and Julia Fox will discuss their latest collaboration ‘Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe’ (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023), a critically acclaimed re-examination of the Boleyn courtship and marriage.
It would be impossible to not find something facinating at HA conference - still time to book. Open to anyone with a love of, or career in history.
(Psst there is also a digital package) Full programme • Historical Association Conference haconference.com/full-progra…
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WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age' by Eleanor Barraclough! 📚
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@Drawinglives Felix Mendelssohn on arrival at Curzon St Station @histassoc @BM_AG Birmingham Town Hall International Music Festival c/f @HS2ltd open doors event in last 24hrs @x_brum
Birmingham Town Hall opened in 1831 and on Felix Mendelssohn’s first visit to the International Music Festival he sketched a panorama view on arrival from Curzon St Station - @histassoc A Sense of Occasion: Mendelssohn in Birmingham 1846 and 1847 history.org.uk/historian/res… @BM_AG
