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Simon Schama

@simon_schama

The past is never dead. It's not even past (Faulkner) . Historian, writer, art critic, cook, BBC presenter but not necessarily in that order

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Matthew Syed (@matthewsyed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Iranian mullahs want nuclear war. It is a regime with two principal objectives: the destruction of Israel and martyrdom. Both would be achieved by mutually assured destruction thetimes.com/article/56bc38…

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1/6 Tehran's Chief of Police Ahmadreza Radan has been assassinated. This creature is responsible for crushing Iranian uprisings and carrying out massacres.

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Tehran's Chief of Police Ahmadreza Radan has been assassinated.

This creature is responsible for crushing Iranian uprisings and carrying out massacres.
Pax Curl (@lebkitt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hen Mazzig No. This map represents where the sirens are ringing. Since the trajectory of the missile is unclear and it is a small country this will be the result. Praying for the safety of innocent civilians everywhere.

Judea Pearl (@yudapearl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To Yair and all my friends and colleagues at the Weizmann Institute: We'll help your rebuild your damaged labs, as soon as the Barbarians are subdued. I have very fond memories from my 1976 sabbatical at your institute, and I'll do my best to tell your saga to the scientific

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Violinist Bronislaw Huberman d otd 1947. A wonderful musician, who founded the Palestine Symphony Orchestra in 1936, thereby saving many Jewish lives. But how heart-breaking: he held auditions for the orchestra in Europe - how must it have felt to tell people that they'd failed?

Violinist Bronislaw Huberman d otd 1947. A wonderful musician, who founded the Palestine Symphony Orchestra in 1936, thereby saving many Jewish lives. But how heart-breaking: he held auditions for the orchestra in Europe - how must it have felt to tell people that they'd failed?
S Sebag Montefiore (@simonmontefiore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If conducted, attacks on civilians wld be a truly moronic policy by Israel’s defence minister that cld ruin all the stunning early victories of the Israeli war against the Iranian tyranny that has repressed Iranians, despoiled Arab states and threatened Israel with nuclear

Yaakov Katz (@yaakovkatz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was on a flight from London to Tel Aviv Thursday night, set to land at 3:30 a.m. - just as the Iran attacks began. Minutes from landing, we were suddenly diverted to Cyprus. For two days I was stranded in Paphos, but everywhere I went - from the streets to the hotel to the

I was on a flight from London to Tel Aviv Thursday night, set to land at 3:30 a.m. - just as the Iran attacks began. Minutes from landing, we were suddenly diverted to Cyprus.

For two days I was stranded in Paphos, but everywhere I went - from the streets to the hotel to the
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕥🌴Siegien 🐦📷 (@margaretsiegien) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Republicans against Trump Russia was expelled from the G8 in 2014 for annexing Crimea, a clear violation of international law, yet Trump continues to pander to Putin like a lapdog, prioritizing his own ego and misguided loyalty over the interests of the free world.

Simon Schama (@simon_schama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

well, since 2022 there have been two BBC series, History of Now and Story of Us, as well as this year's Holocaust documentary....so perhaps a little breathing space called for .... but thank you for your enthusiasm!

Simon Schama (@simon_schama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fact that he doesn't know that Stephen Harper not Trudeau was PM in 2014 says it all doesn't it - eager to perform as prime ignoramus and buffoon. And that Crimea word missing from his subtle analysis.

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It’s like a prayer… and a plot twist. Through a distant relative @madonna and Pope Leo are related! Read more about the Pope’s ancestry here: nytimes.com/interactive/20…