When my earlier tweet went viral, people asked a lot about how representative it was of imperial railways. 🔭
I'm always happy to share this absolute beauty of a map, which gives you the full extent of colonial railways in Southern Africa c1903
Feb 22, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Ike Matthews, who in 1898 wrote about his 25 years of rat-catching, worked extensively for the railways:
“I have also caught Rats and taken young ones out of the nest from under railway sleepers where trains have been running and shunting operations carried on every day…”
His favourite trick was to enter a Third Class carriage, wait until it was full, then produce his crate of caught live rats from under his seat:
"to the amusement of some and the disgust of others"
Oct 15, 2019 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Thread: So I actually took the time to read that Happiness article people were tweeting about today and was profiled in The Times. Its...bizarre
Before I comment I want to be clear - I'm not a data historian. But I do work on the history of fear to some extent. I'm also fascinated by how people interact with the past, think about it, study it, and represent it outside of the discipline of academic History.
