Incredible. I just finished reading Perspectives by Laurent Binet, which is set in Renaissance Florence and really brought this world to life.

Thanks so much. It really is frustrating - the fact that the specimen papers aren't there is just bizarre!

#historyteacher

If anyone could send over a full past paper, it would be most appreciated. I've tried AQA but not had any luck.

That sounds great! I think a common issue students often have is thinking 'everyone in the past was stupid', which is important to challenge. The history of science really helps dispel this - I've taught the Royal Society as part of A Level History for a while now and it's absolutely fascinating.

Brilliant... anything at the intersection of history and science always goes down well in our family!

This looks great, Alom! Looking forward to it.

Wrote a blog about how racists who only like white men telly keep saying 'over-representative'. My argument: ATB only has a few Black characters and they were all real people, really there, so how can it be?

A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻‍♀️

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My choices (depending on exactly where I was) would be;
Mildreds, Pizza Pilgrims, Franco Manca or Dishoom (if you really want a treat).

We also lived in London for a long time, so it was great to recognise the place names. I forgot to add but my son actually went as Adam for World Book Day as his school and showed the book to the class. Thanks again for the response, he will be thrilled!

Thanks so much for the reply - I can't wait to show my son! I thought the alternative history was fascinating and the way empire, class, ethnicity and migration were depicted was really well done. It led to really interesting conversations about all of the above.

My son and I absolutely loved Tyger, so would be incredibly happy with any of the others!