Dr Alastair Dunn
@alastairdunn.bsky.social
European | Edinburgh-born | Deputy Head | Teacher | Historian of the Middle Ages | Northern Renaissance | Romanesque sculpture | Peasants’ Revolt | victory to Ukraine
A wonderfully kind and modest man in addition to his extraordinary historical mind and advocacy for History.
May 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A wonderfully kind and modest man in addition to his extraordinary historical mind and advocacy for History.
I remember writing an essay about this for my Scottish Highers around 1991. I feel I ought to visit at some point as it took up 45 minutes of my life plus a lot of revision with Koenigsberger and Mosse.
April 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I remember writing an essay about this for my Scottish Highers around 1991. I feel I ought to visit at some point as it took up 45 minutes of my life plus a lot of revision with Koenigsberger and Mosse.
Thought I knew everything about Richard II but my eel game was poor.
April 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Thought I knew everything about Richard II but my eel game was poor.
Very sad to read this. As a teenager in the early ‘90s I was in complete awe of The Whose Line? regulars. It was like no other comedy - or indeed any other entertainment show. Absolutely groundbreaking. I hope Tony Slattery is at peace.
January 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Very sad to read this. As a teenager in the early ‘90s I was in complete awe of The Whose Line? regulars. It was like no other comedy - or indeed any other entertainment show. Absolutely groundbreaking. I hope Tony Slattery is at peace.
Wonderful. I think Sisley’s greatest works were his snow scenes.
December 28, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Wonderful. I think Sisley’s greatest works were his snow scenes.
Finding a sealed charter is just one of the finest joys of archival research.
December 18, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Finding a sealed charter is just one of the finest joys of archival research.