Interesting

My goodness – David Irving keeps an internet diary. Talks a great deal about his daughters. Calls Richard Evans, “Skunky” (complete with animated skunk). The site itself is a revisionist nightmare. I feel a little soiled looking at it.
http://www.fpp.co.uk/docs/Irving/RadDi/2009/240409.html
Googled “Salem Witch Trials bibliography” and found quite a list of resources. Like this one from the Houston Public Library.
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/salem-witchcraft-in-1692-a-bibliography

It seems Keith Windshuttle has a website too.
http://www.sydneyline.com/
Looks like it will be a good resource for Beth. He obviously hates Manne as much as Irving hates Evans. The debate between them seems a little more civilized though. The first thing on the site is a speech Windshuttle gave to a History Extension conference this year.

Wasted some time on Youtube. What is it about the appearance of Anne and Mary Boleyn in “The Tudors” that makes them look wrong? Somehow Portman and whatshername look more authentic in “The Other Boleyn Girl” (despite being improbably beautiful). Found out that Boleyn was just a posh way of writing Bullen for that social climbing family.

Work to do...

So it seems like I need to start reading about Keith Windshuttle, Salem Witch Trials, David Irving and Tudor Women. I'm probably well ahead of Audrey on David Irving but I had better investigate the latest on his website. Also be interested in the book put out about the judgement at the trial. The Crucible is my second favourite play...so I'm up to speed on that. Sadly I know almost nothing about the real witch hunts at Salem so I will need to get moving to keep up with Alice. Not sure where to start there yet. (I think there is a "reader" published so will start looking.) My knowledge of Windshuttle was good 10 years ago but have not read much since. Have a vague recollection of a recent review of his second volume of revisionist history. Will have to get up to date there, but I have time because Beth isn't sure where she is heading yet. Clearly I'm going to have to get "The Tudors" and watch it. Depends where Zan goes with it all. Saw The Other Boleyn Girl in the 2nd hand shop opposite the station in Springwood (holiday reading?). Read Wolf Hall - a cracker. Vividly remember Vanessa Redgrave in Six Wives of Henry VIII. Was a great series. Wonder how dated it is now. Interesting - "dated", how can a history TV series become "dated"?

HoHoHoHoHo

Getting a little concerned about my small but very clever class of (apparently over-extended) historians - so time for some encouragement. Three of the 2010 class got band 4 results. (Extension subjects only have 4 bands, so Band 4 is the equivalent of Band 6, it means a mark in the 40s out of 50. Very nice for ATARs.) One student scored 49/50! I consider this class to be more promising than the 2010 cohort.

So I hope to see some serious blogging before the end of these holidays. The extent of your reading over the next 5 weeks will have a major impact on you ability to write a realistic proposal early in term 1 next year.

Have a great Christmas - but look ahead to an even better Christmas in 2011.

Hi

Do your first post.