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12 Nov, 14 tweets, 3 min read
Who are the people most chronologically removed from us to have statues in London? Boudicca, Trajan - then who? Richard I?
Aha - excellent! Alfred the Great!
(Gods & Homeric heroes don’t count)
Public statues - so not statues in museums
Good call!
St Augustine
Confucius outside King's College
Confucius
Boudicca
Trajan
St Augustine
Alfred the Great
St Vladimir
Richard I

(Public statues, so not in museums, no gods, no purely legendary heroes.)
Yup, will take St Paul
Confucius
St Paul
Boudicca
Trajan
St Augustine
Alfred the Great
St Vladimir
Richard I
Thanks, everyone - very much appreciated! There's the wisdom of the crowds, and then the wisdom of my followers...
Confucius
St Paul
Boudicca
Trajan
St Augustine
Alfred the Great
St Vladimir
Thomas Becket
Richard I
Oooh, yes, excellent - Cleopatra!

Confucius
Cleopatra
St Paul
Boudicca
Trajan
St Augustine
Alfred the Great
St Vladimir
Thomas Becket
Richard I

Yes, I suppose so. Though now I'm wondering about Jesus and Mary...

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So what has the Government done?

Go on - guess.
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This is a very blunt judgement from the Planning Inspectorate.

SUSTANTIAL & PERMANENT HARM to our most significant prehistoric landscape.
Why has the Government over-ruled such clear advice?

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Why did the Planning Inspectorate recommend tthe Government should turn down the #StonehengeTunnel?

Because it threatens "substantial harm" to the Stonehenge landscape, which is - as the Planning Inspectorate reminds the Government - a World Heritage Site
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And so I curl up with @James1940’s new book, #Sicily43.

Looking forward to it hugely, as I ever do my brother’s books...
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How wonderful - a statue to Mary Wollstonecraft! theguardian.com/books/2020/nov…
Her grave in St Pancras is a very moving place of pilgrimage.
Well, it's not a statue OF Mary Wollstonecraft. Also, FWIW, there is a statue of her son-in-law at University College, Oxford, that is absolutely stark bollock naked. Image
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How does one actually apply to be chairman of the BBC?

Asking for a friend...
I mean, I watch TV. I could do with the money. I’m sure I’d be great!
Already starting to put my team together. What @jonawils doesn’t know about the career of John Nettles isn’t worth knowing.
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