Hugh Richards
@hughrichards.bsky.social
Director of Sixth Form. History Teacher. Historical Association Honorary Fellow and co-lead of Subject Leader Development Programme . 〓〓
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Hugh Richards
@hughrichards.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Given this another sizeable update- lots of good people who have joined in the last few weeks…
#historyteacher #edusky
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#historyteacher #edusky
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Delighted to see the excellent people responsible for History.
January 12, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Delighted to see the excellent people responsible for History.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
So the “Hitler has only got one ball” marching song.
His medical records were clearly leaked/discussed by people with plenty of balls.
How maddening must it be to hear your enemy is singing about that en masse? I hope someone told him.
Makes you wonder if Himmler *was* ‘very simmler”
His medical records were clearly leaked/discussed by people with plenty of balls.
How maddening must it be to hear your enemy is singing about that en masse? I hope someone told him.
Makes you wonder if Himmler *was* ‘very simmler”
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So the “Hitler has only got one ball” marching song.
His medical records were clearly leaked/discussed by people with plenty of balls.
How maddening must it be to hear your enemy is singing about that en masse? I hope someone told him.
Makes you wonder if Himmler *was* ‘very simmler”
His medical records were clearly leaked/discussed by people with plenty of balls.
How maddening must it be to hear your enemy is singing about that en masse? I hope someone told him.
Makes you wonder if Himmler *was* ‘very simmler”
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I just so happen to be teaching two different lessons about India tomorrow: Elizabethan exploration there with Y11 and East India Company rule with Y8. Looking forward to getting stuck into this:
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I just so happen to be teaching two different lessons about India tomorrow: Elizabethan exploration there with Y11 and East India Company rule with Y8. Looking forward to getting stuck into this:
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Imagine emails were sent like post use to be- once or twice a day.
How would things change?
How would things change?
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Imagine emails were sent like post use to be- once or twice a day.
How would things change?
How would things change?
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Within the first year of my daughter’s life, the Lionesses have won the Euros and the Red Roses have won the World Cup in front of sell-out crowds and huge tv audiences and it’s so wonderful to know she will grow up thinking that of course women play sport and of course everybody watches it
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Within the first year of my daughter’s life, the Lionesses have won the Euros and the Red Roses have won the World Cup in front of sell-out crowds and huge tv audiences and it’s so wonderful to know she will grow up thinking that of course women play sport and of course everybody watches it
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Today was Hampton Court, baby! First of three visits with Y11 for their History Around Us site study for OCR B. It didn't disappoint!
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today was Hampton Court, baby! First of three visits with Y11 for their History Around Us site study for OCR B. It didn't disappoint!
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It's not though and to say so denies Ukraine any agency.
August 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's not though and to say so denies Ukraine any agency.
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DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
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Important listen this - fascinating audio book!
August 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Important listen this - fascinating audio book!
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
In ‘heat death of the planet’ news: my parents have a *fruiting* banana palm in their Cornish garden.
Exciting but ominous… 🍌🍌🥵
Exciting but ominous… 🍌🍌🥵
August 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In ‘heat death of the planet’ news: my parents have a *fruiting* banana palm in their Cornish garden.
Exciting but ominous… 🍌🍌🥵
Exciting but ominous… 🍌🍌🥵
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13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
July 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands.
So what this country needs right now.
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until everyone got hooked on chat gpt and the like i don’t think i understood what my teachers meant when they said ‘when you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself’
July 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
until everyone got hooked on chat gpt and the like i don’t think i understood what my teachers meant when they said ‘when you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself’
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OCR is flipping awesome, every history department should do it. #historyteacher @petejackson.bsky.social #SHP25
July 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
OCR is flipping awesome, every history department should do it. #historyteacher @petejackson.bsky.social #SHP25
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71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.
July 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.
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Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!
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Sure Start is coming back.
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
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The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
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Government revives family services, supporting 500,000 more kids
Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.
www.gov.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sure Start is coming back.
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
1/2
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
1/2
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Cold War in Europe teachers! Give me your book recommendations for great personal stories about CW for an ECT colleague about to teach it for the first time, please! #Historyteacher #ALevel
(I have Stasiland, I have Beyond the Wall)
(I have Stasiland, I have Beyond the Wall)
July 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cold War in Europe teachers! Give me your book recommendations for great personal stories about CW for an ECT colleague about to teach it for the first time, please! #Historyteacher #ALevel
(I have Stasiland, I have Beyond the Wall)
(I have Stasiland, I have Beyond the Wall)
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The use of a puzzling, intriguing, scholarship-driven enquiry question is so central to my teaching. This masterclass will be brilliant!
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The use of a puzzling, intriguing, scholarship-driven enquiry question is so central to my teaching. This masterclass will be brilliant!
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This will be excellent. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social together will be unmissable! Turn up the heat I say. 💥 ☀️ 💥
Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This will be excellent. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social together will be unmissable! Turn up the heat I say. 💥 ☀️ 💥
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Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️
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Genuinely been looking forward to this arriving - and just in time for planning next year. It looks just as fabulous as book 1!
@counsellc.bsky.social
#HomeEd #History
@counsellc.bsky.social
#HomeEd #History
June 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Genuinely been looking forward to this arriving - and just in time for planning next year. It looks just as fabulous as book 1!
@counsellc.bsky.social
#HomeEd #History
@counsellc.bsky.social
#HomeEd #History