HGS History and Politics

The award-winning* Twitter account of the History and Politics Department @heckgrammar.

*HGS Year 11 yearbook, 2019.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

The Migration of the Angles and Saxons to Britain in the 5th c. AD.

[Politics Boost @PoliticsReview1]

February’s issue of Politics Review has dropped. Remember, if you subscribe electronically you can access the entire Politics Review database on our new and very user friendly website. Get your school library to subscribe and get access to all the subject reviews!

[Heckmondwike Grammar School @HeckGrammar]

Year 12 students had a fantastic day on the trip to Oxford University yesterday. Here they are about to go into the Ashmolean Museum and at the Radcliffe.

[HGS Eco Committee @hgsecocommittee]

@HGS_History.... https://t.co/xfBEExlSbn

[HGS History and Politics @HGS_History]

BBC News - General election: Labour would need record swing to win - BBC News
https://t.co/Azu4jcnLYV

[HGS History and Politics @HGS_History]

BBC News - Iowa caucus 2024: Donald Trump win big victory in Iowa caucuses - BBC News
https://t.co/c4rdJiyLWd

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Should parliament be consulted before military action? https://t.co/oXD9g8UbyM

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

10 masterworks of painting that inspired iconic movie scenes - a thread 🧵

1. “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt - “Shutter Island”, directed by Martin Scorsese

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Just 9,000 years ago Britain was connected to continental Europe by an area of land called Doggerland, which is now submerged beneath the southern North Sea.

Doggerland was a mix of marshes, swamps, wooded valleys and hills, and most likely inhabited by humans during the Mesolithic period (10,000 to 8,000 BCE). It was teeming with migrating wildlife and served as a seasonal hunting ground for humans.

However, as ice melted at the end of the last glacial period, sea levels rose and Doggerland eventually became submerged, cutting off the British peninsula from the European continent by around 7,000 BC.

Dogger Bank (shown on the map) briefly remained an island before submerging underwater. The area today is known among fishermen to be a productive fishing bank and is very shallow at only about 50 to 120 ft (15 - 36 m) deep.

Over the years fishermen from the North Sea have dredged up hand-made bone artifacts, textile fragments, paddles, dug-out canoes, fish traps, a 13,000-year-old human remain, a woolly mammoth skull and a skull fragment of a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal.

[Heckmondwike Grammar School @HeckGrammar]

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Reverse Advent this year. Without the support and donations the amazing work of the @salvationarmyuk couldn’t continue!
Special thanks to our students helpers for organising and packing the parcels.

[HGS Music @HGSMusicDrama]

Some lovely pics from last Sundays concert 🙂🎶

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” ― Vincent van Gogh

The most beautiful paintings of the night sky 🧵

1. Starry Night Over the Rhône, Vincent van Gogh (1888)

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

British travel advertisement compares Cornwall to Italy, 1907.

[Architecture & Tradition @archi_tradition]

Many of England's cathedrals were built during the medieval period, and their construction often took decades, or even centuries to complete.

Let’s take a look inside some of the most magnificent interiors 🧵

1. Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

BREAKING: Dem wins the Louisiana sheriff’s race by one vote.

When people say that every vote counts, this is what they mean.

[HistoricTownsTrust @hist_towns]

🎉 It's publication day! We're delighted to launch our first historical map of Cambridge, available online and in all good bookshops. Some familiar names in this snippet! @Peterhouse_Cam @FitzMuseum_UK #beyondthebicycles

[HistoricTownsTrust @hist_towns]

🗺️ Did you know that Cambridge was once home to a castle built by William the Conqueror? Here's a sneaky peek at our first historical map of Cambridge which launches tomorrow and we couldn't be more proud. #beyondthebicycles

[Vindolanda Trust @VindolandaTrust]

Beautiful late afternoon winter light at Roman Vindolanda. #Vindolanda

[UCL Constitution Unit @ConUnit_UCL]

📜 BRIEFING | The rule of law: what is it and why does it matter?

Last week, an MP said that the government should "ignore the law".

Last year, a Unit briefing said that MPs have ultimate responsibility for upholding the rule of law.

Read more 👇
https://t.co/3rBUsvF3rm

[Women & Equalities Committee @CommonsWEC]

🔎 How do select committees make a difference? 🔍

Watch our Chair @carolinenokes explain how @HouseofCommons select committees can influence government policy and what important areas we’re currently working on 👇