#British

Regular readers know I have no love lost for Hastings. Much of his work is pretty lazy cash cow history aimed at the Boomer market.But does he have a point?Is
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In what mostly felt like a year of nonliving, it was an even greater necessity than usual to read about lives led by others. I read 101 books. Here's a
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#Thread on Maimuna Begum aka Indira Gandhi.As a young woman, Indira was admitted to Oxford University but driven out for non-performance. She was then admitted to Shantiniketan University, but Guru
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On @BBCOS today discussing the tragedy of exceeding 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the UK, and what led to this.19:03 for a bit and then 19:23 onwards:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnewsAlso, a few thoughts in
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THREAD/ We've conducted a representative new survey of 1,270 BAME Britons. YouGov's @TanyaSAbraham looks at perceptions and experience of racism in British society, attitudes towards the Black Lives Matter movement,
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We've been talking to people in the UK about their experiences of #COVID19 It is heartbreaking. We are still a wealthy country. #Foodinsecurity is complex. #COVID has made it more
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Thread : Today on auspicious day of Ashadhi-beej , Lord Jagannath means "Lord of the Universe" take a tour of the town with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra.
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I guess we will start today with me talking about myself, something I simultaneously love and loathe doing.THREAD I was born and raised in Ghana, West Africa. Like all Ghanaians
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Early impacts of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy ('soda tax') on household purchases: 2y after announcement, just before it came into effect, no change in the volume of, or
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Let me tell you a story. It's about six passenger flights from Wuhan that led to an unprecedented global disaster.These six flights help to explain why the entire world was
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Pls take 2 min of your time to read this thread : The Saudi ambassador to the UK has made the suggestion that Loujain& other women activists could be released
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Apparently, the trans right movement is led by philosophers like Talia Mae Betcher.In fact, it's principle architect in the UK is Stephen Whittle. And here he is, in 2014, on
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That really interesting thread by RS Archer has gone unfortunately. So here it is again. @archer_rs if you come back please continue it! THREAD BY RS ARCHER STARTS BELOW
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The story of a Tamil Saint who studied Bible with one purpose – to defeat missionaries in their domain.The story of a Crusader – #ArumugaNavalar.If we think about why we
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Inadvertently Arming China? @RadoTylecote and I for @Civitas_UK investigated the links between UK universities, research institutions, & industry partners, & Chinese military universities & arms manufacturers.A thread.https://ci
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It seems to me people are deliberately ignoring the differences between elections and referendums.Referendums are single issue votes that have seismic impacts. Massive change is enacted if change wins.That is
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