This war, which lasted for almost ten years, divided America.
Dr Kathryn Bates is a graduate of archaeology and history. She has excavated across the world as an archaeologist, and tutored medieval history at Leicester University. She joined the administrative team at Oxford Open Learning twelve years ago. Alongside her distance learning work, Dr Bates is a bestselling novelist, and an itinerant creative writing tutor for primary school children.
The man who helped engineer a nation
Although he had the plans for the Clifton Suspension Bridge passed in 1831, it took until 1864 for the entire project to be completed.
The Ides of March
A famous confrontation between the southseer Spurinna and the emperor is believed to have inspired William Shakespeare to write his play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in c.1599.
John Steinbeck
He would perhaps be best known to recent GCSE students for his 1937 novella Of Mice and Men, having been one of many texts studied at that level for a number of years.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Each year the Trust asks a different question or addresses a new theme to help commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
Anne Bronte
The Irish novelist George Moore was to call Anne’s debut novel, Agnes Grey, “the most perfect prose narrative in English literature.”
What is Wassailing?
From the Middle Ages onwards, wassailing slowly divided into two types of celebration…
Jane Austen
It was Jane’s brother Henry who helped Jane to arrange a publisher for her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, in 1811. Her next novel, which was to become her most famous, Pride and Prejudice, followed soon after.
Watergate
Nixon had a secret tape-recording system in his offices to record conversations between his colleagues.
The National Citizenship Scheme
UCAS strongly backs the scheme, and recommends that students include NCS in their personal statement.