#Britain

Übermensch

Trackmann

How did the British learn how to grow tea? They stole tea plants and workers from China and used Chinese expertise in India to grow the tea. That ended Chinese

Kate's Rangers

KatesRangers

THREAD:Since lockdown, there has been a rise in domestic violence nationwide. We wanted to explore the work of The Duchess of Cornwall with these issues. She has been heavily involved

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

Let's take a moment to take a deeper look at the @CWGC's Non-Commemoration Report.Uncomfortable reading for many.It is also... just the faintest glimpse of a crushing problem. /1#FWW #WW1 #SWW

Kishore Kumar

kishorenkumar

[Thread] 5 years ago today I joined Google. To put that in context for myself - Larry Page was still CEO, Tez was barely an idea and Google hadn't launched

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

7./ I'm a big supporter of WHO, but it didn't cover itself with glory in January. As @LawDavF has pointed out in a thread in March the idea the UK

Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي

aliShihabi

The Saudi National Day falls on Sep 23. It has been 88 yrs since King Abdulaziz created the Kingdom by uniting its multiple emirates. Had he not been able to

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

OwsWills

In 1823, scientists excavating mammoth remains in Paviland Cave, Gower made an intriguing find: a partial human skeleton covered in red ochre, accompanied by periwinkle shells and carved ivory.What they'd

Ben Fulford

BenFulford1

It’s time for the #SST21 plenary panel on @AnthonyGReddie’s Theologizing Brexit, with @SelinaRStone & @harvmins with Dulcie McKenzie in the chair. Been looking forward to this for a while! AR

Rima

therimaahmed

In honour of #VEDay75 I thought I’d post some WWII images/stories we don’t usually see. Nice to remind ourselves of the facts of history, and ensure that important parts of

Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)

UntoNuggan

Been thinking a lot lately how in AP European history the Renaissance was described as this universally wonderful time of discovery, but also a lot of European colonialism borrowed heavily

Nicola James 💚🌹#BlackLivesMatter

NAJ562

THREADLatest update re Mark Howell case vs Iain McNichol / Labour Party. Seat pairing pattern emerges:UK-wide, grassroots reports of pairs of neighbouring seats in 2017. One safe Labour, the other

Dianne Woodward

WoodwarddianneJ

The argument continues; let the weak go to the wall & save the #economy versus please let's not overwhelm the #health #system & put #Frontliners lives at risk. Bottom line:

They Were There

TheyWereThere1

Around now, exactly 80 years ago today, these gentlemen sat or stood outside the Officer's Mess for a photograph to honour the return of their Station Commander, Squadron Leader George

❌Missy Killion- Rudicil ❌

MissyKillion

Did you know ?The Irish slave trade began when 30,000 Irish prisoners were sold as slaves to the New World. The King James I Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political

Alasdair Rae

undertheraedar

Short map thread, inspired @ScienceAndMaps earlier this week. Many people are familiar with @OrdnanceSurvey grid references (e.g. summit of Ben Nevis is NN 166 712) - those two letters you

Dr Anton Howes

antonhowes

You see blue plaques dotted all over Britain, commemorating such-and-such a famous person who lived in a building. They seem, at first glance, just a nice reminder of history. But