Thomas Holland
@tjholland.bsky.social
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
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Hey folks:
For those who asked about the conversation sponsored by the Library of America on the importance of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" in the present day, here you go:
youtu.be/Anuh_fWV4hQ?...
For those who asked about the conversation sponsored by the Library of America on the importance of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" in the present day, here you go:
youtu.be/Anuh_fWV4hQ?...
Reading Democracy in America Now
YouTube video by Library of America
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hey folks:
For those who asked about the conversation sponsored by the Library of America on the importance of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" in the present day, here you go:
youtu.be/Anuh_fWV4hQ?...
For those who asked about the conversation sponsored by the Library of America on the importance of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" in the present day, here you go:
youtu.be/Anuh_fWV4hQ?...
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Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
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A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.
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Just finished: “Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Hoard Power and Wealth - and What to Do About It,” coming early June 2026
[And you thought I was unpopular on this site before…]
[And you thought I was unpopular on this site before…]
August 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Just finished: “Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Hoard Power and Wealth - and What to Do About It,” coming early June 2026
[And you thought I was unpopular on this site before…]
[And you thought I was unpopular on this site before…]
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Apparently Victor Hugo had back problems and so for the fifteen years he lived in Guernsey he wrote at this little standing desk, changing the slant from time to time to bring him relief from pain.
August 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apparently Victor Hugo had back problems and so for the fifteen years he lived in Guernsey he wrote at this little standing desk, changing the slant from time to time to bring him relief from pain.
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Richard Whatmore & Lasse Andersen, "John Pocock and the Jealousy of Trade" (2025)
A fascinating essay on the impact of Istvan Hont on J. G. A. Pocock's work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A fascinating essay on the impact of Istvan Hont on J. G. A. Pocock's work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
John Pocock and the Jealousy of Trade
At the end of The Machiavellian Moment, J. G. A. Pocock was unclear about what happened to the classical republican/civic humanist tradition. Significantly, he did not make the anticipated point, f...
www.tandfonline.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Richard Whatmore & Lasse Andersen, "John Pocock and the Jealousy of Trade" (2025)
A fascinating essay on the impact of Istvan Hont on J. G. A. Pocock's work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A fascinating essay on the impact of Istvan Hont on J. G. A. Pocock's work.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Heron posing for a photo (iPhone shot)
May 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Heron posing for a photo (iPhone shot)
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If you’re interested in inequality and the future of democracy, @drodrik.bsky.social on @ppfideas.bsky.social with David Runciman is essential listening.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
For the final ep in this mini-series David talks to the leading economist @drodrik.bsky.social about the case he made in the early 2000s that globalisation was unsustainable in its current form. How does he think this prediction has been borne out?
Find us...🎧 ppfideas.com
For the final ep in this mini-series David talks to the leading economist @drodrik.bsky.social about the case he made in the early 2000s that globalisation was unsustainable in its current form. How does he think this prediction has been borne out?
Find us...🎧 ppfideas.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
If you’re interested in inequality and the future of democracy, @drodrik.bsky.social on @ppfideas.bsky.social with David Runciman is essential listening.
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📣 #BeyondNeoliberalism — updated site now live 📣
Check out the full schedule, speaker bios, and more.
Join our mailing list for updates — and get on the waitlist for the plenary with Rana Foroohar @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social and @drodrik.bsky.social.
beyond-neoliberalism.org
Check out the full schedule, speaker bios, and more.
Join our mailing list for updates — and get on the waitlist for the plenary with Rana Foroohar @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social and @drodrik.bsky.social.
beyond-neoliberalism.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📣 #BeyondNeoliberalism — updated site now live 📣
Check out the full schedule, speaker bios, and more.
Join our mailing list for updates — and get on the waitlist for the plenary with Rana Foroohar @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social and @drodrik.bsky.social.
beyond-neoliberalism.org
Check out the full schedule, speaker bios, and more.
Join our mailing list for updates — and get on the waitlist for the plenary with Rana Foroohar @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social and @drodrik.bsky.social.
beyond-neoliberalism.org
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Likewise, if someone brings a loudspeaker to a beauty spot they're essentially claiming control over the whole area. They're decreeing that no one else is allowed to enjoy it in peace. We might accept that now & then, but there's a point at which liberals can intervene to roll back power over others
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Likewise, if someone brings a loudspeaker to a beauty spot they're essentially claiming control over the whole area. They're decreeing that no one else is allowed to enjoy it in peace. We might accept that now & then, but there's a point at which liberals can intervene to roll back power over others
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Not necessarily. In essential shared public spaces - like buses or the tube - playing loud music is an exercise of power over others. It compels them to listen to it & means they're no longer free to sleep, relax or work. Liberal societies often limit one person's freedom to protect that of others.
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Not necessarily. In essential shared public spaces - like buses or the tube - playing loud music is an exercise of power over others. It compels them to listen to it & means they're no longer free to sleep, relax or work. Liberal societies often limit one person's freedom to protect that of others.
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"Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead" - so good from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead
To understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man
www.economist.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Britain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, dead" - so good from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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100 years before Piketty, the aptly named economist and Liberal MP Leo Chiozza Money used newly available death duty data to map wealth inequality in the UK. Thought this visualisation was pretty striking
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
100 years before Piketty, the aptly named economist and Liberal MP Leo Chiozza Money used newly available death duty data to map wealth inequality in the UK. Thought this visualisation was pretty striking
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
Arbroath, Scotland 🏴 Pt. 2
April 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Arbroath, Scotland 🏴 Pt. 2
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Please join us on Tues 8 April @ 12pm EDT (at Harvard or via Zoom) when Maya Jasanoff (@europeatharvard.bsky.social) will speak about 'The Birth of the Family Tree'. Lunch will be served following the seminar! Click for further info, abstract and Zoom link:
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/jas...
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/jas...
MAYA JASANOFF
The Birth of the Family Tree
histecon.fas.harvard.edu
April 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Please join us on Tues 8 April @ 12pm EDT (at Harvard or via Zoom) when Maya Jasanoff (@europeatharvard.bsky.social) will speak about 'The Birth of the Family Tree'. Lunch will be served following the seminar! Click for further info, abstract and Zoom link:
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/jas...
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/seminars/jas...
Arbroath, Scotland 🏴
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Arbroath, Scotland 🏴
100 years before Piketty, the aptly named economist and Liberal MP Leo Chiozza Money used newly available death duty data to map wealth inequality in the UK. Thought this visualisation was pretty striking
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
April 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
100 years before Piketty, the aptly named economist and Liberal MP Leo Chiozza Money used newly available death duty data to map wealth inequality in the UK. Thought this visualisation was pretty striking
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
Money, Riches and Poverty (1905)
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Robert Lighthizer, then USTR, is a good read for a Trump admin perspective on the talks. the tone of humouring an old friend with limited expectation of success
April 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Robert Lighthizer, then USTR, is a good read for a Trump admin perspective on the talks. the tone of humouring an old friend with limited expectation of success
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Bus stop outside St. Thomas' Hospital in London….Know your parasites!
March 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bus stop outside St. Thomas' Hospital in London….Know your parasites!
Introducing the new fragrance: Peasants’ Revolt, 1381
March 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Introducing the new fragrance: Peasants’ Revolt, 1381
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It may be time to panic in the UK … perhaps !?
March 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It may be time to panic in the UK … perhaps !?
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A fantastic opportunity to work with Dr Niamh Gallagher, one of my colleagues at St Catharine's College
Three-year postdoc at Cambridge on 'Ireland and the "ends" of the British Empire'. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50601/
Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A fantastic opportunity to work with Dr Niamh Gallagher, one of my colleagues at St Catharine's College
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Very much enjoyed talking to @polphilpod.bsky.social about Plato’s figure of the tyrant in the Republic. Plato like all ancient Athenians worried endlessly about how democracy slides into tyranny & his psychological account of tyranny is deeply insightful.
"it (2016) reoriented how we were reading The Republic and thinking about it"
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/pt
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/pt
PLATO'S TYRANT with Carol Atack
A deep dive into all things Plato & The Republic with Dr Carol Atack. Particularly his description of tyranny and the tyrant, do they apply today, and how we might read Plato in the light of our curre...
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Very much enjoyed talking to @polphilpod.bsky.social about Plato’s figure of the tyrant in the Republic. Plato like all ancient Athenians worried endlessly about how democracy slides into tyranny & his psychological account of tyranny is deeply insightful.