@DHHistPol

News and views from the History and Politics Department @DowneHouse School, an independent full boarding school for girls aged 11-18

 Cold Ash, Berkshire, UK
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Our UIV girls had a moving trip to the Imperial War Museum Holocaust exhibition this morning.
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Yesterday Remove (Year 7) enjoyed a great day out at Hastings Battlefield and Battle Abbey learning all about the Battle of Hastings #HistoryTrip #1066 #DHHistory @DowneHouse
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Our brilliant Model United Nations team at the start of the second day of their conference in Bath, representing Egypt, Gabon and Chad. Good luck girls!
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Great day out at Parliament with our Sixth Form Politics pupils!
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Political lobbying explained: power and influence are a just handshake away thetimes.co.uk/article/polit…
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A gentler Trumpism can be a winning ticket thetimes.co.uk/article/a-gen…
How does the US election work? thetimes.co.uk/article/how-d… A really clear explanation of how the US presidential election works.

What happens if the electoral college ties? US election explained

How is the US president elected? What if it’s a tie? The electoral college system explained

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BBC News - Biden VP pick: Kamala Harris chosen as running mate bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…
Dig puts Richard the Lionheart’s victory on the map thetimes.co.uk/article/dig-p…

Dig puts Richard the Lionheart’s victory on the map

A researcher claims to have found the site of the Battle of Arsuf, the great but ultimately pyrrhic victory by Richard the Lionheart over the Muslim sultan Saladin in the Third Crusade.The battle is...

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Big money politics is ripe for funding reform thetimes.co.uk/article/big-m…

Big money politics is ripe for funding reform

Philip Collins: Capping donations might improve democracy and avoid the slippery slope to state financing of political parties

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Christians alarmed as Hagia Sophia reverts to mosque thetimes.co.uk/article/chris…

Christians alarmed as Hagia Sophia reverts to mosque

On Friday afternoon, Mehtap — a deeply religious woman from Izmir, on the western coast of Turkey — was standing outside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, gazing in

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Ailing judge raises fear of ‘brutal’ clash over Supreme Court thetimes.co.uk/article/ruth-…
Extinction Rebellion in Bath! Good example of environmental pressure group action.
Ji Chaozhu thetimes.co.uk/article/ji-ch… Fascinating life of someone who witnessed at first hand some of the most important moments in 20th century Chinese history.
What is true human nature, to be vicious or virtuous? thetimes.co.uk/article/what-… An interesting commentary with useful links to our ideologies course.

Are we vicious or virtuous when civilisation is stripped away?

A new book sets out to counter the Lord of the Flies vision that it is human nature to be barbaric and cruel, says James Marriott

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Mike Pompeo accused of paving way for own White House run thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-…
Younger voters give Trump a second chance thetimes.co.uk/article/young…

Younger voters give Trump a second chance

For years, older voters have been widely disparaged by progressives as right-wing Neanderthals with unacceptable views on political and cultural issues. It was, after all, the over-60s who largely...

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Roy Cohn, the man who taught Donald Trump to win at all costs thetimes.co.uk/article/roy-c…

Roy Cohn, the man who taught Donald Trump to win at all costs

It’s election year in the United States, so it’s time to discuss Roy Cohn.In the last few weeks of Roy Cohn’s life, in the summer of 1986, he told his friends that whatever else he had done in his...

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Who will win the 2020 US election? Latest polls and predictions thetimes.co.uk/article/9b221…
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Employers ‘prefer humanities graduates to Stem degrees’ thetimes.co.uk/article/emplo…

Employers ‘prefer humanities graduates to Stem degrees’

Arts, humanities and social science graduates are more in demand than science graduates in eight of the UK’s ten fastest-growing sectors of the economy, a study has found.Those who take subjects such...

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