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.