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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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    23 Nov 2017

    A short video I made to coincide with my biography of Æthelstan. It's about his aunt, Alfred's daughter, the founding mother of England: Æthelflæd

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  2. Retweeted
    29 minutes ago

    This is a lovely thread to read on a Saturday morning.

    Westow Park in Crystal Palace: the source of the
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  3. 2 hours ago

    West Indies beat England, who beat India, who beat Australia, who beat Sri Lanka, who've just beaten South Africa - which must surely mean that West Indies are now, as in the 80s, the best Test team in the world!

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  4. 2 hours ago

    "Europe and other countries will not exist comfortably if people can join a group, commit genocide, and then have a few years in jail and move on with their lives.” Complicity in genocide should not treated as some gap year option for British teenagers.

    The Whole World Is Debating Whether “ISIS Brides” Should Go Home. But Yazidi Women Want Them Brought To Justice. via
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  5. 3 hours ago

    This must be what it's like being God.

    Replying to @finn_mcredmond
    To daughter age 8: ‘Don’t touch that knife, it’s very sharp’. A minute later: ‘Mummy!!! I cut my finger and it’s daddy’s fault!’
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  6. 13 hours ago

    Sigh

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  7. 13 hours ago

    I knew I should have read a book.

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  8. 14 hours ago

    I pop out for TWO MINUTES

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  9. Retweeted
    Feb 22

    Fellow corvid lovers. Part of the Ashmolean collection. A rather wonderfully shaped Iron Age spout in the form of a ravens head. Hood Hill Dorset.

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  10. 14 hours ago

    There’s nothing like an entire evening of Sky Sports to put you off betting for life...

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    14 hours ago

    A powerful leader fr expresses how most British Jews feel: infuriated & alarmed by anti Semitism in Corbynist Labour, disappointed many supposedly decent people do nothing, & awed by the courage of & others, Jewish & non-Jewish, who fight this.

    Here's our front page leader this week, on a dark day for Britain
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  12. 14 hours ago

    Stokes seems to be getting over his court case...

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  13. 15 hours ago

    The fortunes of Tottenham Hotspur

    What's the subject you have no knowledge of but because of who you follow on Twitter you now have some insight? Mine is health policy.
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  14. 15 hours ago

    No shit?

    Scottish independence divorce negotiations over the share of assets and liabilities would be “different and much tougher than Brexit”, a report published today has found.
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  15. 15 hours ago

    Go on, guys, she’s so worth it.

    I keep bouncing about the 2380's followers. And I've HAD it. I WILL hit the sacred 2400 followers. RIGHT I'm pulling out the big guns to entice all the folks to my err Twitter yard.…
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  16. 15 hours ago

    Why would he do this, when he’s already a peer?

    Labour seeks to stem antisemitism crisis... Party in advanced talks with Lord Falconer to appoint him to review its handling of antisemitism and other complaints. …
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    15 hours ago

    Perfect London thread, tracking the course of a subterranean river

    Westow Park in Crystal Palace: the source of the
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    Feb 22

    Feb 22: Feast of Máel Brigte mac Tornáin († 927), abbot of & ; original owner of the beautiful Mac Durnan Gospels, given to King Æthelstan († 939) of [MS 1370 ©]

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  19. 16 hours ago

    An article about Saudi-Chinese relations that so takes for granted that Mohammed bin Salman will prioritise $$$ over concern for his fellow Muslims that it doesn’t so much as mention the Uighurs

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  20. 16 hours ago

    Jack Letts in many ways is even more contemptible than Shamima Begum. At least she’s always been honest about her role in Isis.

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  21. 16 hours ago

    So what did Yazidi 10-year-olds do to justify being enslaved and raped by members of the organisation that you joined with wide eyes - WIDE EYES?

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    "To be honest at the time I thought it was a good thing." 'Jihadi Jack' explains his initial reaction to the Paris attacks in 2015 and his change of mind
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