#OnThisDay 1305 William Wallace was captured and handed over to the English, in spite of the lucky Lego Han Solo he had been given a short time earlier.
Marc Morris
@marcmorris.bsky.social
Medieval historian. 'If it works for Marc Morris, it works for me.' (Scarlett Johansson)
It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
Next month I'll be chatting about the Bayeux Tapestry with Michael Lewis, curator of the British Museum's exhibition, at the Queen's Park Book Festival. queensparkbookfestival.co.uk/collections/...
The Bayeux Tapestry: A QPBF Special Event
In September 2026 The Bayeux Tapestry - one of the most important and unique cultural artefacts in the world - will return to the UK for the first time since it was created almost 1,000 years ago. To ...
queensparkbookfestival.co.uk
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
Off to #Preston for a fun kids event this afternoon at 2pm, I’ll be joined by my illustrator Jenny Taylor for a lovely historical draw along session — a few tickets left if you want to come along theharris.org.uk/product/you-...
Diane Abbott here speaking at a Stop Some Wars rally, calling Putin's continuing brutal war against Ukraine "the NATO campaign against Russia". FFS. youtu.be/SMBjoiMskxA?...
Diane Abbott MP
YouTube video by StoptheWarCoalition
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SEPTIEMBRE 📚 'La conquista normanda de Inglaterra', de Marc Morris 🔗 www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...
The Norman Conquest, now available in Spanish. www.despertaferro-ediciones.com/revistas/num...
La conquista normanda de Inglaterra - Desperta Ferro Ediciones
La conquista normanda de Inglaterra de Mac Morris: Guillermo el Conquistador, la batalla de Hastings y el nacimiento de una nueva era...
despertaferro-ediciones.com
Returning to the South-East for the next phase of Dover Castle visual interpretations. Glad I took the time to label and organise every part of my 3D model and kept detailed notes. It's a complex project to navigate, with thousands of elements. Long project ahead, so see you on the other side ;)
Chris, have you considered doing a movie about the thirteenth-century earls of Norfolk?
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
ft.com
Oh, well, that's all right then. I'm sure history won't judge you as culpable for hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI
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Michael Green and Sebastian Fox still in the running though. spectator.com/article/gran...
Grant Shapps misses out on Tory selection
The Tories are stepping up their seat selections, amid increased speculation that a new Prime Minister will mean an early election. Kemi Badenoch has talked extensively about the importance of attract...
spectator.com
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
FFS - The Times used to be a vaguely serious paper. (Chart shows 5 days of movement on ten year gilts).
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2w agoBorrowing costs rise after Andy Burnham speech
Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not
Direct foreign interference in British politics - we have rules against foreign governments funding parliamentary groups, but this is fine?? Seriously?? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
theguardian.com
🔴 Yesterday @lucasamin.bsky.social and I revealed numerous concerns about Palantir's £330m NHS software, and the lobbying campaign behind the contract Today Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs have all told us that government should end Palantir's contract democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ditch-pala...
Ditch Palantir's £330m NHS contract, MPs and campaigners tell Burnham
After our investigation revealed ‘clunky’ and ‘slow’ software, internal complaints and a £30,000-a-month lobbying operation, pressure is mounting to trigger Palantir ‘break clause’
democracyforsale.substack.com
The half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game
Fifa to break rules with 30-minute half-time show at World Cup final
thetimes.com
🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
democracyforsale.substack.com
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. I work with historians and archaeologists to reconstruct our nation's built heritage assets using archaeological and measured survey data and by developing detailed 3D models. Website: bobmarshall.co.uk
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
