Happy birthday to ⁦theo young-smith⁩, to whom ⁦The Rest Is History⁩ owes so much

Happy birthday to the world's best producer, pictured working hard on The Rest Is History.

The English need to get a grip. The Confessor promised the throne to William upon his death, and Harold “Oathbreaker” Godwinson had no business getting stuck in. Plus, the Pope gave William his papal blessing for the conquest of England - need I say more??

This you?

Mr Rubio, with this post you have sealed your legacy as an enemy of international law and basic human decency. History will judge you harshly. In the meantime-, the rest of us are standing with Francesca Albanese, a tireless servant of minimum ethical standards.

Strawberries and cream on pasta... TV on the floor... Blair's visage peaking out ominously above it... Highly disturbing image

2020: The Rest Is History 💜 How do you make history feel modern? Ask hosts Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland, who use their @GoalhangerPods podcast to discuss (and at times, debate) the past, using primary sources and archives to add detail to their colorful descriptions.

This is somehow even more offensive: Palestinian people either get a state, or they get to not be mass bombed every day. You get one!

The New York Times set its editorial integrity on fire the past 22 months to whip up support for Israel's endless war and the thanks they get is a defamation threat

You couldn’t make this shit up. The Free Press arguing why the press should not be free to go to Gaza.

and we scheduled those episodes in that very night!

Senator John Fetterman enjoying a nice floor sandwich this Friday afternoon at DCA🇺🇸🦅

I’ve created a public Spotify playlist with every ep. of The Rest Is History so I can listen on shuffle. Had to drag every ep. in (800+ and more than 650 hours worth). If you retweet might get your minutes even higher. Dominic Sandbrook Tom Holland theo young-smith open.spotify.com/playlist/0PHZV…

If you want to understand what racism, dehumanization, & double standards look like, I have seen more outraged tweets from British centrists & conservatives today over racist Israeli football hooligans being banned from a game in the UK than I ever did from these same people over

Shoemakers of Northamptonshire The first film for my project Nation of Artisans Directed by Christian Cargill

Today it's five years since the launch of The Rest Is History. After hundreds of episodes, tours of the US and Australia, West End shows and concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, making the show is more fun than ever. Thank you to our wonderful team, and to all our listeners!

Album cover by my very own uncle, the late, great Mati Klarwein

When it comes to Israel, the BBC is too frightened to accurately report the news – even when we can all see what happened with our own eyes. Israeli soldiers were caught on CCTV executing two Palestinian men in the West Bank, shooting them in the back after they had surrendered

thank god for the ceasefire

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