To Londinium, there to do another tour of Roman London in aid of my benefit year. Incredibly grateful to all those who have helped us raise money for the homeless by buying places on the tour. #THBY2021
Details of the benefit year, & of the 3 charities we are raising money for, here: givergy.uk/tomholland/
Huge excitement as we reach London’s most improbable antiquity: a chunk of the Roman wall in the bay of an underground car park
My thanks again to everyone who paid to come on my two tours of Roman London this weekend. This is the cause you were contributing towards. Hugely, hugely appreciated.
On today's episode, Eleanor Barraclough - Snorri Sturluson-style - takes us into the world of the NORSE SAGAS. There are dragon-ships, blood-feuds, trolls & a skaldic poem about cricket.
Here, for fans of sagas about brave warriors venturing across the icy ocean, are some lines I wrote in honour of @AuthorsCC, on the occasion of our tour to Iceland four years ago. #NorseEpic
"Tom Holland is bowled while trying to hoick to leg."
According to Daniel, Michael is the particular protector of Israel. In Galatia, his shrine featured 'thaumaturgical fish-nibbling.' At Ravenna, he was shown sporting the purple cloak & buskins of a Roman general.
He was an angel with a truly multi-cultural appeal... #Michaelmas
"And there was war in heaven: Michael & his angels fought against the dragon; & the dragon fought & his angels, & prevailed not." #Michaelmas
Guten Morgen! A special edition of @TheRestHistory today, as we mark Sunday's election in Germany, & Angela Merkel's forthcoming retirement, by looking at her predecessors as Chancellor.
Licensed to explore how JAMES BOND holds up a mirror to Britain's anxieties, neuroses & changing sense of its place in the world: today's @TheRestHistory is all Ian Fleming & 007.
This week on @TheRestHistory, we released 3 new episodes: a 2 parter on the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, & a survey of the decolonisation of Africa.
Here is the first of our two episodes on the Persian invasion: