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Tom Holland
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Historian. New biography of Athelstan out now! Herodotus translator. Dinosaur lover. Hedgehog conservator. A 'leading English cricketer' - The Times
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The sunsets have certainly been very London Fields recently... twitter.com/daisymap/statu… pic.twitter.com/zx8wCbWk7I
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Exciting news of the planned restoration of the al-Nuri Mosque: built in 1172 by a celebrated crusader-fighter, & boasting a bent minaret that was long the definitive #Mosul landmark. ISIS - inevitably - blew it up (even though al-Baghdadi had been proclaimed caliph there). pic.twitter.com/MBIKp3uFJQ
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Before & after: pictures shown to me by the head of the library of #Mosul University. The library lost a million books, the oldest dating back to the 13th century. pic.twitter.com/MU0Hm9558P
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“The focus has to be on bridging the gap between the elite and everyone else.” A familiar proposition... #ReconstructingMosul
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To @ChathamHouse, for a fascinating panel discussion on the monstrous challenge faced those labouring to reconstruct Mosul - & the role that cultural initiatives might play. #CHEvents
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Another Quaker, Mary Fisher, similarly confronted the Ottoman sultan, Mehmet IV - who was similarly patient. "He was very noble unto me," Fisher recalled.
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"Thou hast chosen the glory of this world, and art as a stinking dunghill in the sight of God" - Mary Howgill, in a letter to Oliver Cromwell, which she delivered personally to him in Whitehall Palace, "about 10 o'clock at night." Cromwell patiently heard her out.
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Tom Holland
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Or maybe my leg was pulled?
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I don't know. I just remember it sticking in my mind as an unexpected detail.
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Mornington Crescent. twitter.com/gsoh31/status/…
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Exciting news for all admirers of King Alfred from the French World Cup squad. twitter.com/JohnBennettBBC…
H/t (inevitably) @jonawils
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I know.
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He was also supposed to have dragged a carriage round the forecourt of his house.
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Ahead of Stonehenge, Richard.
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Yes, it's great fun.
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What a lovely tweet to get!
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At Highworth, 6 miles outside Swindon, the ghost of the local squire was notorious for roaming the streets with a rope round his neck. When exorcised, the ghost said he would only submit if he were allowed to be sealed up in a vat of cider. And so he was. #VisitWiltshire pic.twitter.com/ytxKU44Cfq
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Wiltshire isn't just beautiful countryside, ancient monuments & sleepy villages. Fans of complicated road systems will thrill to Swindon's 'Magic Roundabout' – the only roundabout in the whole of Britain to have been the theme of a song by XTC #VisitWiltshire pic.twitter.com/5J9Gth9X5P
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What really makes this story is what it reveals about both John and Paul's devotion to the *music* above all else. John hates the song, Paul hates deferring to John, but in the end getting the song right – even *that* song – comes first for both of them. twitter.com/robsheff/statu…
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Rob Ford
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If it's Grayling we will probably end up joining the Euro twitter.com/bethrigby/stat…
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