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17 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Barely a cloud in the sky over Holy Island… Image
Do they EVER have clouds in Northumbria? Image
Mind you, the sun is low… Image
Berwick doing an excellent impression of a Venetian outpost in the Adriatic Image

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4 Dec
Settling down to watch the final episode of Get Back!
Heather’s expression as Yoko starts singing!
Yes - he looks so delighted with himself! Like a good boy who’s proud of being bad…
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3 Dec
Some exciting news: on 24 January there's a special live @TheRestHistory in aid of the 3 charities that I & @AuthorsCC have been raising £ for all year.

A GALAXY of stars!

Plus a gala dinner afterwards!

Plus a live stream if you can't make it in person!
stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/…
The event will be held in St Martin-in-the-Fields, & will be in aid of @18_keys, a charity focussed on helping homeless women secure longterm shelter; @PassageCharity; & @AMARLondon, which does incredible work helping Yazidi refugees.

More details here: tomhollandbenefit2021.com/charities
Huge thanks to @Tweetisaurus, @SebastianFaulks, @AdamRutherford, @James1940, @thehistoryguy, @almurray, @TracyBorman, @mayavision
& @MorleyRA, who will be helping @dcsandbrook
& me to tell the history of the whole wide world in 1 hour.

Please do come or watch the live stream!
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2 Dec
Some exciting news: on 24 January we are doing a special live @TheRestHistory in aid of the 3 charities that I & the rest of @AuthorsCC have been raising money for all year.

A GALAXY of stars will be taking part!

(Plus there's a gala dinner afterwards)
stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/… Image
The event will be held in St Martin-in-the-Fields, & will be in aid of @18_keys, a charity focussed on helping homeless women secure longterm shelter; @PassageCharity; & @AMARLondon, which does incredible work helping Yazidi refugees.

More details here: tomhollandbenefit2021.com/charities
Huge thanks to @Tweetisaurus, @SebastianFaulks, @AdamRutherford, @James1940, @thehistoryguy, @almurray, @TracyBorman, @mayavision & @MorleyRA, who will be helping @dcsandbrook & I to tell the history of the whole wide world in one hour.

Please do come or watch the live stream!
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1 Dec
Honestly, the pearl-clutching over this!

Is it performative?

Or is it possible that people CAN actually miss the glaring resemblances between the arguments of the Yes campaign in the Indyref & those of the Leave campaign in the Brexit referendum?

🤷‍♂️
It's not even as if it's necessarily insulting to Sturgeon to compare her to Farage. He is, after all, the most consequential British political figure of the 21st century , & the only reason he pips Sturgeon to that title is because he's won a referendum, & she hasn't.
A fun game. Are you STURGEON or FARAGE?

1 Do you yearn to escape the shackles of:
i Westminster
ii Brussels

2 When you've won independence, will you:
i Rejoin the EU
ii Become Global Britain

3 Is everything bad that happens the fault of:
i Evil Tories
ii Unelected bureaucrats
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1 Dec
I understand Scottish nationalism perfectly well! Yes, Sturgeon is left-wing, socially liberal & pro immigration; but these are ultimately epiphenomenal details. What truly motivates her is a very simple principle: she wants to TAKE BACK CONTROL
This was a very telling moment in the indyref. Yes, all things being equal, Sturgeon would prefer to be in the EU; but it's never been the core of her political being. scotsman.com/news/politics/…
Anyway, because life is too short to argue with people offended by having the obvious points of comparison between the Scottish & Brexit referendums pointed out to them, & also I have too much work to do to get into arguments on Twitter, I will leave it there!
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27 Nov
We are recording two new episodes of @TheRestHistory next week.

One of them is on RASPUTIN.

Do please let us have your questions, thoughts, etc... Image
I was, I will confess, hugely, HUGELY tempted to use a different illustration for the above tweet.

However - with my customary heroism - I resisted it. Image
Ha ha!
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