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31 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Today's episode of @TheRestHistory is the first of our two part special looking back at the thrills & spills of the #WorldCupOfGods.

Today: from Moloch to Bridget, and from Xipe Totec to Prince Philip.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/58-…

open.spotify.com/episode/1eNqXO…

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TRIGGER WARNING: features child sacrifice, flaying and auto-castration.

Also: staff at King's College, London, should on no account listen to this episode. standard.co.uk/news/uk/king-s…
The episode also features a bit of an 'Oh do stop it, Aggers' moment.
Yes, it's here: web.archive.org/web/2006021708…

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1 Jun
What a very Protestant nation we remain!
"Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands."
It's amazing that Anglicanism, that great compromise made by English Protestantism with the country's Catholic past, is once again, 4 centuries on from the Puritan heyday, facing demands for graven images to be toppled, lest succour be given to sin.
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22 May
With only half an hour to go until @jonawils does the draw for the #WorldCupOfGods at 8 am, here is a short bonus episode of @TheRestHistory, in which @dcsandbrook & I cast our eyes over the qualifiers.

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And here he is - the one and only @jonawils, live from Wandsworth in south-west London, WITH THE DRAW FOR THE #WORLDCUPOFGODS!!!
Well, some thrilling matches to come!

@jonawils will be back with his analysis of the draw before the first four matches kick off at 10 am.

In the meanwhile, for those who may have missed it, here are @GaryLineker, @maxrushden & Top Sports Pundit @wmarybeard with their tips
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21 May
Only a day to go now until the biggest sporting event of the summer, folks - the @TheRestHistory World Cup Of Gods!!!

Here, to whet your appetites, is a promo video, in which various sports pundits reveal which god they're backing for the Cup.

#WorldCupOfGods
Seeds are:
Athena (1)
Loki (2)
Apollo (3)
Dionysus (4)
Isis (5)
Odin (6)
Zeus (7)
Mithras (8)

Also qualifying: Anubuis; Augustus Caesar; Bridget; Cybele; Ishtar; Moloch; Prince Philip; Xipe Totec

The draw will be tomorrow at 8 am, live with sport's @jonawils. ImageImageImageImage
The qualifying rules: only those gods who at some point in the course of history ceased to be worshipped are permitted to compete.

(Obviously, this has served to rule out a number of big number contenders. But we're staying a sports tournament, not a war of religion.)
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15 Apr
Today's episode of @TheRestHistory is about 1940: Blitzkrieg, the fall of France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz.

Our guest is - who else? - @James1940
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Brilliantly informed & original answers from @James1940 to some classic questions. What was the key technology in the defeat of France? How close did Britain come to losing the War? Could Operation Sea Lion ever have succeeded? Just how decisive was the Battle of Britain?
My favourite line from @James1940 in today's podcast: "Chamberlain is a total lad in 1940."

(Do listen to find out why he's not wrong...)
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11 Apr
On 24 April, there will be the quiz to end all quizes. 7 sports stars setting the round, in aid of @PassageCharity, @18_keys & @AMARLondon.

Just one episode in what is undoubtedly the biggest sports story of the year: my @AuthorsCC benefit.
Details are on the flyer. 24th April: 7 rounds of questions set by a galaxy of @AuthorsCC legends: me, @jonawils, @AdamRutherford, @peterfrankopan, @ZaltzCricket, @SebastianFaulks & Marcus Berkmann.

It's free to enter, but all donations will be very gratefully received.
More grateful than I can say to @jonawils @amolrajan @VaseemKhanUK @thehistoryguy @_andyduff for their gloriously sporting contributions to the promotional video.
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11 Apr
Today, having already done tours of Roman, Anglo-Saxon & Medieval London, I am going to take the obvious next step. Yes, folks – it’s #TudorLondon!

“The town which Brutus sought,” as Sir Thomas Wyatt put it…
The 16th century was a time of seismic change in the capital, fuelled above all the impact of the Reformation. Monasteries & abbeys across & beyond the capital were dissolved, sold off, converted or demolished. The fabric of London was profoundly transformed.
“Fair houses in London were plenteous, and very easy to be had at low and small rents, & by reason of the late dissolution of religious houses many houses in London stood vacant, & not any man desirous to take them.”

Tudor London was a good place to be investing in real estate.
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