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Sam Wineburg

samwineburg

Why Learn History: A brief respite from election jitters: How textbooks whitewash anti-Blackness. (A threaded tweet easily adapted as lesson plan, with accompanying materials) #sschat 2. Boston Massacre: I’m sure

SS

ssozinha__

The events discussed, took place during the Great British Empire (GBE), which some say started in the 1490’s & others in the early 1600’s. The end of the empire came

David Timoney

fromarsetoelbow

I'm going to do a contrarian number on this widely-praised thread (nothing personal: I just don't agree with it).https://twitter.com/cakeylaura/status/1341412374792835073 The first point to make is that an anecdote about one

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

In July 1940, HSL 121, the last of twenty-two 64ft High Speed Launches built by British Power Boat for rescue work, entered service with the RAF. She was just in

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Looking through @ONS data on European deaths, it is v clear how poor the performance in England (and to a slightly lesser extent across GB) really is. Note the excess

Tim Evanson

TimintheCLE65

RIP, #RowenaMorrill (September 14, 1944 – February 11, 2021)She was one of the first female artists to find regular work as a paperback cover illustrator. She was nominated for the

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

It is right to ask *why* industries like fishing have declined. The problem is the blithe assumption that the answer must always be "because of the EU". The problems facing

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

I've had a bit of feedback from yesterday's thread, and I have of course read a lot of other comments about Kew's reopening, so I'd just like to add a

Ashutosh Varshney

ProfVarshney

Bose’s commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity is truly admirable| But why can’t so many Bengali intellectuals — not all luckily — see the damming flaws of this great man? Why can’t

miltonbrewery

miltonbrewery

There is a good article about the forced demise of the British pub in the FT today.https://www.ft.com/content/ac5acf54-af66-4996-9d17-85f6001a0cd1 Even tinsel-drinkers (those odd types which you only encounter in December, acting daft

TheAusterityEngine

AusterityEngine

Konosuba characters if they were British railway wagons: a thread Kazuma: RCH 7-plank wagon-Most common type of wagon-Versatile but not particularly skilled at any specific job-Able to survive a surprisingly

Steve Bullock Music

GuitarmoogMusic

This is an absolutely outstanding piece of personal writing from @rafaelbehr that very much chimed with me. Substitute Covid, depression and diabetes (all much less serious of course), and you

Terry Bouton

TerryBoutonHist

Dear Insurgents:You aren't the 1776 Patriots who overthrew British rule. You're the misguided "Whiskey Rebels" of 1794, who believed they could go to war against their government because "the people"

(You) Kipper

YouKipperLad

"Mosley made contact with responsible Black leaders and talked to them in their own homes. It was to the great credit of Union Movement that in the early 1960s an

Maya Forstater

MForstater

What do the pretty pale green ticks mean in the recent YouGov survey?"Plurality" = less than 50% agree (For every Q between 21% & 30% of people answered “don’t know”)Given

Doug Gay

DougGay

A pdf of Seán Patrick Griffin's report for the Labour Party (Corbyn/Leonard era) 'Remaking The British State' is available here. A real mixed bag it is - predictably it is

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