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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
And my first Civil War battlefield is — Basing House! ImageImage
Prepping for @childs_jessie’s forthcoming book on the siege (for which I cannot wait!)… penguin.co.uk/books/1109862/…
The King & Martyr gazes down upon our lunch… Image
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4 Jan
The big cricket news that everyone is waiting for: who will be selected for my Norse Gods XI in tomorrow's first round match in the 2022 @AuthorsCC Book Cricket Tournament?

The team will be announced at 21.00 this evening.

There's a lot of competition for places.

EXCITING! ImageImageImageImage
Team selection:

1.Thor
2.Huginn
3.Frigg
4.Freya
5.Odin
6.Loki
7.The Midgard Serpent†
8.T. Holland*
9.Brunhilda
10.Fenrir
11.Sleipnir

The Midgard Serpent - who else? - keeps wicket. Fenrir and myself to open the bowling. Loki returns after suspenstion for cheating. ImageImageImage
Details of tomorrow's match.

Opposition: @peterfrankopan's Lefties XI

Location: Valhall Oval

Time: 15.30
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1 Jan
Happy new year everyone - let's hope it's a good one, without any fear!

And how better to mark the new year than by heading off to the West End, there to embark on a tour of the #BeatlesLondon?
4 Duke of York Street – now the fabulously louche Gaslight of St James’s – was once the site of Brad’s Club, where (according to an interview she gave in 1964, at any rate) Pattie Boyd was brought by George on their first date. #BeatlesLondon
6 Masons Yard - just behind @TheLondonLib - is where Peter Asher, Barry Miles & John Dunbar opened the Indica Gallery, with the help of £5000 from Paul. John met Yoko here for the 1st time, at a private view of her show Unfinished Paintings & Objects. #BeatlesLondon
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29 Dec 21
Enjoying a spectacular view over the beautiful Chalke Valley
#Muddy
But what’s this? @james1940 turns out to have a 1942 Dodge parked in a hanger in a remote barn! Phew!
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28 Dec 21
On the fourth day of @TheRestHistory's Christmas:

- Herod slaughters the innocents of Bethlehem (c. AD 1)

- The Tay Bridge Disaster inspires one of the great poems of Scottish literature (1879)
Listening back to this, I realise that I inadvertently said 'Jerusalem' instead of 'Bethlehem' at one point - for which many apologies. My only excuse: I was racing to finish a chunk of writing for Christmas that featured Jerusalem a lot.
I also seem to have described Herod Agrippa as Herod's son rather than grandson.

Apologies - I'd had a rough day...
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23 Dec 21
Ten churches with a Christmas theme!

One hour in which to describe them!

Can @MorleyRA do it?

Today's festively-themed @TheRestHistory: BRITAIN'S TOP TEN MOST CHRISTMAS CHURCHES

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/133…
open.spotify.com/episode/0CHJsB…
play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-…
[SPOILER ALERT: do not read the thread below if you want to listen to the episode without knowing Rachel's choices.]
Britain's Top Ten Christmas Churches, as chosen by @MorleyRA

1. Chichester Cathedral, and the urinating Director of Music
2. St Mary’s, Watton, Norfolk, and the alms-box
3. Barchester Cathedral. Not real.
4. St Chad’s, Shrewsbury, Shropshire and the Scrooge prop
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17 Dec 21
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
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