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Kit de Waal
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Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
I think they take donations :)
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oh! Thanks. He’s wonderful
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Of my 5 star reads.
Purge by Sofi Oksanen.
Of 5 stars published in 2025 (only read 3) The Best of Everything by @kitdewaal.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
You really do, Stu
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Spotting fake news (I'm all in favour of it) has been an important part of history teaching for many years, mind you. I wrote this blog-post over 10 years ago. It described the situation long before that.

georgehharris.blogspot.com/2013/06/what...
What is the point of studying history?
One of the pleasures (no; I really mean it) of running a history department was that from time to time student teachers would arrive on “...
georgehharris.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes!!!
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thank you!!!
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM