Politics
In Politics, there are six key areas of opportunity to develop you super-curricular knowledge for studying Politics at a higher level.
1. Keeping abreast of current affairs.
2. Recommended reading
3. Podcasts
4. Documentaries
5. Television
6. Debate
1. Current Affairs
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2. Recommended reading
Politics: Ideas in Profile - David Runciman (In Y4)
A Very Short Introduction to Political Philosophy
Tony Benn’s Diaries
Sapiens: Yuval Noah Harrari
The New Silk Roads by P. Frankopan
Orientalism by E. Said
Utopia for Realists – Rutger Bregman
3. Podcasts
Talking Politics - History of Ideas.
The NS Podcast
Political Thinking, Nick Robinson
A History of Political Thought
4. Documentaries
Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution (BBC iPlayer)
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Fahrenheit 11/9 (Netflix)
13th (Netflix)
5. Television
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Have I Got News For You
6. Debates