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Professor of Modern History at University of Exeter.
Feb 7, 2020 16 tweets 3 min read
Now: @farahlatif on Narrative (Un)writing of the Trump Presidency: Seeking Catharsis Through Political Satire. Trump’s rhetorical traits: spontaneous and unpredictable.
Sep 21, 2018 32 tweets 3 min read
#BorderingonBrexit2018 Now: Fintan O’Toole. keynote address on the Pleasures of Self Pity. Brexit makes sense for a nation that feels sorry for itself, but the mystery is how Britain as a modern prosperous nation came to define its political future through self pity.