Tom Holland
New translation of Suetonius out in February! Dinosaur enthusiast. ‘A leading English cricketer’ - The Times. Podcast: theresthistory.bsky.social
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- Today on @theresthistory.bsky.social (a coda to our recent series on KING LEOPOLD’s CONGO) we have the great novelist, John Banville, on the extraordinary life and death of the Irish nationalist knighted for services to the British Empire, ROGER CASEMENT. You can hear it here: therestishistory.com
- WAY OUT bsky.app/profile/vint...
- Mountainman- Eleanor Rigby [USA, Psych Lounge](‘71) the darkest version of this song I’ve heard, Vietnam vets in Southern California turn on, tune in and dropped out redd.it/10b8rse youtu.be/0Zhcv29SULg
- Sorcery, secrets & angelically-inspired wife-swapping today on @TheRestHistory, as we explore the extraordinary career of Elizabeth I's great magus: DR JOHN DEE. Brilliant scholar, inventor of the phrase 'British Empire', & searcher after occult truths. linktr.ee/restishistory
- Tomorrow’s episode of The Rest Is History is on the great Tudor magus, DR JOHN DEE
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- No nobler sight than Bamburgh
- Today on @TheRestHistory - a coda to our recent series on KING LEOPOLD'S CONGO - the most famous work of fiction ever written about European colonialism: Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS. From Poland to the Congo to the Thames: the horror, the horror! linktr.ee/restishistory
- Today on @theresthistory.bsky.social, continuing our series on HORROR IN THE CONGO, we reach the climax of the story: A CONSPIRACY UNMASKED. The extraordinary story of Edmund Dene Morel, & how he revealed to an appalled world the truth about King Leopold's fiefdom. linktr.ee/restishistory
- Thursday's episode - a coda to this series - will be on Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS
- Courtesy of @genkigalcycling.bsky.social, a 1939 article about my great-uncle, Charlie Holland. He was indeed a great all-rounder: not only did he race in the Tour de France & the 1936 Olympics, but he trialled for Aston Villa & Warwickshire CC
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- That’s amazing - thank you! And he really was a great all-rounder: trialled for Villa & Warwickshire
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- Thank you - I hope you both enjoy it!
- Today on @TheRestHistory, in the final episode in our series on THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS, we explore the humiliations & triumphs experienced by CLAUDIUS! Snot, spindly legs, coups, gladiators, aqueducts, ancient Britons, adultery & mushrooms all feature! linktr.ee/restishistory
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- The evidence is that he survived!
- An absolutely top interview with moi in the Telegraph, which as well as noting - correctly - that I look 35, ends with the tremendous detail that I was the 2024 AuthorsCC Fielder of the Year www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
- Tomorrow on @theresthistory.bsky.social - HORROR IN THE CONGO
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- What would Rome's great biographer of the Caesars have made of the leader of the world's current apex superpower? I have hazarded a guess for @TheTimesBooks. So here it is: The Life of Donald Trump by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
- Pondering the aftermath of Hastings, and Edith Swan-Neck searching the battlefield for the corpse of Harold, and what should I see?
- And then an otter!
- I am so sad to learn this. Bob Moore was one of the great historians of his generation, and his books were massively influential (on me, FWIW, not least). He was unfailingly kind and generous - a wonderful man. My deepest commiserations to all his family. RIP bsky.app/profile/rich...
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- I was reading The First European Revolution only this morning, and wondering how he was. I admired him so much, and learned so much from him.
- My father, the medieval historian Bob (R.I.) Moore, died peacefully this morning after a long and increasingly-not-fun battle with cancer.
- I am so sorry for your loss.
- Magnificent work, @waterstones.bsky.social
- "It is no simple matter to decide whether he behaved more disgracefully when ending a marriage, or living as a husband." I complete a life of Donald Trump for @thetimes.com, written in the style of Suetonius.
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- He also trialled for Aston Villa
- Today on @TheRestHistory, continuing our series on THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS, it's the most notorious Roman emperor of them all: CALIGULA!!! Was he really bad? Was he really mad? What about the incest? Making his horse a consul? How & why was he killed? linktr.ee/restishistory
- Continuing our series on THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS, we explore the enigma that is TIBERIUS. How is he best remembered – as a withered, blood-bespattered pervert, or as a war hero who twice saved his country, & became the Prospero of ancient Rome? linktr.ee/restishistory
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- It's very much of its time (as no doubt mine is as well!)
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- The episode is focussed on Suetonius' portrayal of Tiberius (and I think Tacitus massively overdoes the damage done to Tiberius' reputation).
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- Thank you for coming!
- My translation of Suetonius’ life of Tiberius - one of the most influential character assassinations of all time - is out in a fortnight, together with the other LIVES OF THE CAESARS. Available for pre-order from @PenguinClassics here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/279727...
- Today on @TheRestHistory - SEX SECRETS OF THE CAESARS! Introducing a series on the lives of Tiberius, Caligula & Claudius, we explore the themes of sex & violence in imperial Rome. Were the emperors really as mad & bad as they are so often portrayed? linktr.ee/restishistory
- This series is inspired by the imminent publication of my new translation of SUETONIUS for @PenguinClassics. It is available for pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/279727...
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- Bless him!
- Tomorrow on @theresthistory.bsky.social - THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS!
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- Thank you - though the credit is all Dominic's.
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- I'm so glad you enjoyed it
- In an unprecedented development, I have gone on a podcast to talk about Christianity bsky.app/profile/ppfi...
- NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in our series on revolutionary ideas is a conversation covering two millennia with the historian @holland-tom.bsky.social exploring the never-ending upending of human understanding brought about by Christianity. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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- You don't rule the waves by being sporting
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- I Claudius? It certainly got me hooked...
- Today on The Rest Is History we explore the origins, development & consequences of one of the profoundest changes in all history: the emergence of humanity as an urban species. But just how did THE WORLD'S FIRST CITY serve to transform human nature? linktr.ee/restishistory
- "The boy stood on the burning deck..." Today on @TheRestHistory , the thrilling climax to our series on HORATIO NELSON. As the sun sinks over Aboukir Bay, THE BATTLE OF THE NILE begins. What follows is the most astounding naval drama of the 18th C... linktr.ee/restishistory
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- Tomorrow - unbelievable drama on @theresthistory.bsky.social, as we continue our series on NELSON! Glory, then disaster, as he boldly disobeys his admiral's orders, captures 2 ships, almost single-handedly defeats a much larger fleet – & then, carried away, loses his arm... linktr.ee/restishistory
