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12 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Some weekend listening for your entertainment.

First up - California!
The second episode of @TheRestHistory we recorded this week features liberty-loving @TedVallance on Magna Carta
Somehow, I got Nero into it.
And next week - Hitler.
It will be followed by an episode on Jeremy Thorpe.

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The eastern portal of the #StonehengeTunnel will be built on its doorstep.
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Statues!!!!!!
The jollity of touring an array of monuments to kings, generals & homocidal Icenian queens with top Marxist @dcsandbrook considerably enhanced by the fact that he was a wearing a Tom Holland Benefit Year 2021 cap throughout... Image
This sets up our forthcoming trilogy on statues perfectly!
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