Matthew Kidd Email & Phone Number

Historian, educator, and business owner with a strong focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century English history. As Departmental Lecturer and Course Director at the University of Oxford, I teach the next generation of historians how 'ordinary' people interpreted and shaped political movements, ideologies, and identities at the local level.In addition to my academic role, I an founder and Lead Researcher for Archive Mole, a research service that provides bespoke solutions, including document copying and analysis, to academics, students, researchers across the world.My research has led me to manage two major heritage projects at Oxford: ‘Their Finest Hour’, which digitised over 25,000 artefacts from the Second World War, and ‘Lest We Forget’, which preserved First World War stories and artefacts. My academic work includes publications including 'The Renewal of Radicalism: Politics, Identity and Ideology in England, 1867-1924', and contributions to debates on nationalism, socialism, and class identity, including an oral history study on social difference in post-war Britain.Deeply committed to public engagement, I have appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio, and podcasts, sharing insights from my projects and research. Through Archive Mole, my teaching, and public history projects, I try to bridge the gap between academic research and a broader audience, preserving history for future generations.