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@historyman.bsky.social
· Nov 14
This picture was taken on this day (14th November) 1960. For me, it is one of the most powerful and moving of all the photographs from the US Civil Rights movement
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
Only just getting round to reading William Hague’s biography of Wilberforce. It is - like his biography of Pitt - tremendous.
Funny; moving; balanced; knowledgeable.
He is an excellent writer.
Funny; moving; balanced; knowledgeable.
He is an excellent writer.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Only just getting round to reading William Hague’s biography of Wilberforce. It is - like his biography of Pitt - tremendous.
Funny; moving; balanced; knowledgeable.
He is an excellent writer.
Funny; moving; balanced; knowledgeable.
He is an excellent writer.
Best court scenes in film and television? Reply with yours and clips
I’ll start with two of my favourites.
One, the John Adams miniseries contains some really great trial scenes from the Boston case Adams defended and they culminate in some excellent speeches:
youtu.be/LHnPaDapwhQ?...
I’ll start with two of my favourites.
One, the John Adams miniseries contains some really great trial scenes from the Boston case Adams defended and they culminate in some excellent speeches:
youtu.be/LHnPaDapwhQ?...
Final Statements of the 1770 Boston Massacre Court Case - John Adams
YouTube video by Joe W.
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Best court scenes in film and television? Reply with yours and clips
I’ll start with two of my favourites.
One, the John Adams miniseries contains some really great trial scenes from the Boston case Adams defended and they culminate in some excellent speeches:
youtu.be/LHnPaDapwhQ?...
I’ll start with two of my favourites.
One, the John Adams miniseries contains some really great trial scenes from the Boston case Adams defended and they culminate in some excellent speeches:
youtu.be/LHnPaDapwhQ?...
Morning @ianleslie.bsky.social
Just a message to say that i really enjoyed John&Paul.
If I'm frank, I wasn't sure that there was much more I could learn about them but I was wrong.
Your writing has made me hear a lot of those songs in a new way
It was a very moving book and I will miss reading it
Just a message to say that i really enjoyed John&Paul.
If I'm frank, I wasn't sure that there was much more I could learn about them but I was wrong.
Your writing has made me hear a lot of those songs in a new way
It was a very moving book and I will miss reading it
July 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Morning @ianleslie.bsky.social
Just a message to say that i really enjoyed John&Paul.
If I'm frank, I wasn't sure that there was much more I could learn about them but I was wrong.
Your writing has made me hear a lot of those songs in a new way
It was a very moving book and I will miss reading it
Just a message to say that i really enjoyed John&Paul.
If I'm frank, I wasn't sure that there was much more I could learn about them but I was wrong.
Your writing has made me hear a lot of those songs in a new way
It was a very moving book and I will miss reading it
On a bit of an 80s vibe at the moment. This history of Reagan does not have enough detail of his economic policies; only gives a chapter to AIDS and doesn't mention his criminal justice policies at all but is very good on his life story and foreign policy
1/3
1/3
June 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
On a bit of an 80s vibe at the moment. This history of Reagan does not have enough detail of his economic policies; only gives a chapter to AIDS and doesn't mention his criminal justice policies at all but is very good on his life story and foreign policy
1/3
1/3
This reads as though the Jacobites were around AGES ago
April 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This reads as though the Jacobites were around AGES ago
Tomorrow marks 32 years since one of my favourite letters was published:
March 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Tomorrow marks 32 years since one of my favourite letters was published:
Richard II; Othello; Great Expectations; Bleak House; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Wasteland; The Dubliners.
Loved both Shakespeare's; loved The Dubliners; Loved OFOTCN.
Couldn't stand the rest. Makes me a philistine, don't care.
Loved both Shakespeare's; loved The Dubliners; Loved OFOTCN.
Couldn't stand the rest. Makes me a philistine, don't care.
US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
January 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Richard II; Othello; Great Expectations; Bleak House; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Wasteland; The Dubliners.
Loved both Shakespeare's; loved The Dubliners; Loved OFOTCN.
Couldn't stand the rest. Makes me a philistine, don't care.
Loved both Shakespeare's; loved The Dubliners; Loved OFOTCN.
Couldn't stand the rest. Makes me a philistine, don't care.
I am a complete beginner at gardening but with a large garden. Mainly lawn and borders. Any tips for a good book to start me off?
January 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I am a complete beginner at gardening but with a large garden. Mainly lawn and borders. Any tips for a good book to start me off?
@jonathanhealey.bsky.social
Could a Scotsman have fought both against the Crown at Newburn and against the new regime at Dunbar ten years later?
Could a Scotsman have fought both against the Crown at Newburn and against the new regime at Dunbar ten years later?
January 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@jonathanhealey.bsky.social
Could a Scotsman have fought both against the Crown at Newburn and against the new regime at Dunbar ten years later?
Could a Scotsman have fought both against the Crown at Newburn and against the new regime at Dunbar ten years later?
If news of Jimmy Carter's death has sparked an interest in him or the period then I really recommend anything by @rickperlstein.bsky.social but especially Reaganland which is tremendous
December 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
If news of Jimmy Carter's death has sparked an interest in him or the period then I really recommend anything by @rickperlstein.bsky.social but especially Reaganland which is tremendous
One of the great annual pleasures of social media has arrived on Bluesky.
Looking forward to this:
Looking forward to this:
It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 10, 2024 at 9:32 AM
One of the great annual pleasures of social media has arrived on Bluesky.
Looking forward to this:
Looking forward to this:
Really enjoyed Republic by Alice Hunt.
There seems to have been a lot of interest in this period recently - The Blazing World; Devil Land; The Restless Republic; the new Ronald Hutton.
This is right up there with the best of them: accessible but informative; really engaging. Recommended.
There seems to have been a lot of interest in this period recently - The Blazing World; Devil Land; The Restless Republic; the new Ronald Hutton.
This is right up there with the best of them: accessible but informative; really engaging. Recommended.
December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Really enjoyed Republic by Alice Hunt.
There seems to have been a lot of interest in this period recently - The Blazing World; Devil Land; The Restless Republic; the new Ronald Hutton.
This is right up there with the best of them: accessible but informative; really engaging. Recommended.
There seems to have been a lot of interest in this period recently - The Blazing World; Devil Land; The Restless Republic; the new Ronald Hutton.
This is right up there with the best of them: accessible but informative; really engaging. Recommended.
This is one of the most fascinating; moving and interesting articles I have read in years
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 AM
This is one of the most fascinating; moving and interesting articles I have read in years
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Mr Potter; Mr Gower and George Bailey say - you are wrong
this is the greatest Christmas movie ever made and if you disagree you're wrong
November 30, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Mr Potter; Mr Gower and George Bailey say - you are wrong
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Edward Everett working for months; going to an event where he had top billing; speaking for 2 hours...
...and being completely overshadowed by what came after him.
...and being completely overshadowed by what came after him.
November 18, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Edward Everett working for months; going to an event where he had top billing; speaking for 2 hours...
...and being completely overshadowed by what came after him.
...and being completely overshadowed by what came after him.
What are the right Bluesky accounts to follow for breaking news - especially politics.
Twitter is great at it; Bluesky is not
Anyone got any ideas?
Twitter is great at it; Bluesky is not
Anyone got any ideas?
Labour MP @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social says X is "increasingly useless"
But he admits that it's a "hard habit to break", especially when it continues to be a breaking news source
Other MPs are worried about losing reach
@patrickhurley.bsky.social wants Gov to start making announcements on Bluesky
But he admits that it's a "hard habit to break", especially when it continues to be a breaking news source
Other MPs are worried about losing reach
@patrickhurley.bsky.social wants Gov to start making announcements on Bluesky
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
What are the right Bluesky accounts to follow for breaking news - especially politics.
Twitter is great at it; Bluesky is not
Anyone got any ideas?
Twitter is great at it; Bluesky is not
Anyone got any ideas?
This picture was taken on this day (14th November) 1960. For me, it is one of the most powerful and moving of all the photographs from the US Civil Rights movement
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
November 14, 2024 at 7:47 AM
This picture was taken on this day (14th November) 1960. For me, it is one of the most powerful and moving of all the photographs from the US Civil Rights movement
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
A short thread about this incredible girl:
Hey @lettersofnote.bsky.social I think moving from "X" to Bluesky justifies publishing THAT letter again.
You know the one.
The one from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr that begins "My Dear Reggie...."
You know the one.
The one from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr that begins "My Dear Reggie...."
November 11, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Hey @lettersofnote.bsky.social I think moving from "X" to Bluesky justifies publishing THAT letter again.
You know the one.
The one from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr that begins "My Dear Reggie...."
You know the one.
The one from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr that begins "My Dear Reggie...."
Sometimes people are slow to admit that they haven't read the great and famous novels.
So I will be brave and admit that until about 5 years ago, I had never read Slaughterhouse Five.
I write this message just on the off chance that someone sees it and hasn't read the book. READ IT. 1/2
So I will be brave and admit that until about 5 years ago, I had never read Slaughterhouse Five.
I write this message just on the off chance that someone sees it and hasn't read the book. READ IT. 1/2
November 11, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Sometimes people are slow to admit that they haven't read the great and famous novels.
So I will be brave and admit that until about 5 years ago, I had never read Slaughterhouse Five.
I write this message just on the off chance that someone sees it and hasn't read the book. READ IT. 1/2
So I will be brave and admit that until about 5 years ago, I had never read Slaughterhouse Five.
I write this message just on the off chance that someone sees it and hasn't read the book. READ IT. 1/2
Good morning @victoriancommons.bsky.social
A question for you:
The Offences Against The Person Act (1861) set the same max penalty (5 years) for ABH (Section 47) and the ostensibly more serious offence of Wounding/GBH (Section 20).
I have heard that this was the result of an error.
Is this true?
A question for you:
The Offences Against The Person Act (1861) set the same max penalty (5 years) for ABH (Section 47) and the ostensibly more serious offence of Wounding/GBH (Section 20).
I have heard that this was the result of an error.
Is this true?
November 11, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Good morning @victoriancommons.bsky.social
A question for you:
The Offences Against The Person Act (1861) set the same max penalty (5 years) for ABH (Section 47) and the ostensibly more serious offence of Wounding/GBH (Section 20).
I have heard that this was the result of an error.
Is this true?
A question for you:
The Offences Against The Person Act (1861) set the same max penalty (5 years) for ABH (Section 47) and the ostensibly more serious offence of Wounding/GBH (Section 20).
I have heard that this was the result of an error.
Is this true?
The excellent @danielhewittitv.bsky.social is now on Blue-sky.
Really good on housing and modern political issues. Very worth a follow!
Really good on housing and modern political issues. Very worth a follow!
My first Bluesky post - start as I mean to go on.
I have a new podcast series out on November 18th about Britain’s housing crisis and much more - how we got into this mess and the human impact.
It will be called ‘The Trapped’ and will be available on all podcast platforms. Would love you to listen
I have a new podcast series out on November 18th about Britain’s housing crisis and much more - how we got into this mess and the human impact.
It will be called ‘The Trapped’ and will be available on all podcast platforms. Would love you to listen
November 11, 2024 at 9:46 AM
The excellent @danielhewittitv.bsky.social is now on Blue-sky.
Really good on housing and modern political issues. Very worth a follow!
Really good on housing and modern political issues. Very worth a follow!
Reposted by History Man
This is a photograph of my great uncle, Jim Ida, in 1942. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange as part of her documentation of the Japanese American incarceration. He is sitting with his family’s bags, waiting to be taken to an internment camp. (Tanforan, I believe.) He was 17.
November 10, 2024 at 10:16 PM
This is a photograph of my great uncle, Jim Ida, in 1942. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange as part of her documentation of the Japanese American incarceration. He is sitting with his family’s bags, waiting to be taken to an internment camp. (Tanforan, I believe.) He was 17.
Today is 11th November. Most people will associate that with Armistice Day*. One of the great tragedies of WW1 was that when peace was agreed between nations, it did not end the loss of life
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
November 11, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Today is 11th November. Most people will associate that with Armistice Day*. One of the great tragedies of WW1 was that when peace was agreed between nations, it did not end the loss of life
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
November 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Today is 11th November. Most people will associate that with Armistice Day*. One of the great tragedies of WW1 was that when peace was agreed between nations, it did not end the loss of life
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
(1/x)
*apologies to any Papal Schism fans who came here for 11th November 1417 Unification Coverage.
I know I bang on about Robert Caro but I'm almost evangelical about him. Everyone should read his history of LBJ and there should be a national holiday when Part 5 comes out.
If you have never read it and you have a Spotify account then Part 3 can be consumed on its own and is available for free
If you have never read it and you have a Spotify account then Part 3 can be consumed on its own and is available for free
November 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM
I know I bang on about Robert Caro but I'm almost evangelical about him. Everyone should read his history of LBJ and there should be a national holiday when Part 5 comes out.
If you have never read it and you have a Spotify account then Part 3 can be consumed on its own and is available for free
If you have never read it and you have a Spotify account then Part 3 can be consumed on its own and is available for free