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Nihilastra - Nihil Verum Est

nihilastra

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”-

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

In Scotland, as in many other countries, the outbreak of the French Revolution seemed to announce the dawn of a new age. News of the French Revolution was greeted with

HMCS SACKVILLE

HMCSSACKVILLE1

The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service was established on 31 July 1942, & on 9 October 1942 a young woman named Ada Hazen Mackay signed up. The Hiring Board’s observations

Lironsie 🥀

Lironsie

Historical figures you didn’t know weren’t white— a thread 1. JesusJesus was a jewish, middle eastern man, born in Israel— and quite obviously, being a middle-eastern man, there’s no way

ScottishPanda

PandaScottish

[thread]As we approach "the last throw of the dice"I would like to do something I haven’t done enough ofCongratulations to 37.4% of the electorateOn the 23rd June 2016 you wonCongratulationsNo

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

What is happening in UK trade post-Brexit (EU and global) is what I always feared - a government not getting a handle on the day-to-day issues that cost business and

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

This is the 23rd instalment of #deanehistory.“Don’t pub quiz me,” Emily Thornberry once famously declared to an interviewer who had the temerity to ask her about a statistic. Unusually for

Ram ভেঙ্কাতৰামান

JumbuTweeple

#FarmBillMy Take :1/n1. All and every action of opposition over last 7 years has had only purpose ,target Vote Banks.( VB)s2. Vote Banks in India as in blocks have every

Lewisham Deptford Young Labour

LewDeptYL

Today is the 40th Anniversary of the New Cross Fire.On Saturday 17th January 1981, Yvonne Ruddock was hosting a 16th birthday party at her home in Deptford. More than a

Joanne Bell

jobellerina

"We all abhor racism in whatever form, wherever it comes but nothing has been a greater instigator of antisemitism than the proclaimed Jewish state itself"Ken Loach is a stone cold

Andy

bigandylock

Just having a flick through some of the less-serious moments when on battlefield tours. These tours would be flippin’ gloomy without moments of silliness - a dreaded coach stand-off on

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

YesCymru

In January 1959, The Times published the following: “Malta cannot live on its own ... the island could pay for only one-fifth of her food and essential imports; well over

Amy Fallas

Amy_Fallas

Inspired by this week's (great) Drinking with Historians on evangelicalism with @varsha_venkat_ & @prof_gabriele, I want to share what my homeschooling US history textbook looked like & how Trump's current

Green Flag Award International

GreenFlagAwdInt

187years ago today- the 'Select Committee on Public Walks' sparked an #Historic #Green #RevolutionBy linking #PARKS to #HEALTH @#Parliament- it led to the creation of 100's of the world's

Miqdaad Versi

miqdaad

Richard Sharp (incoming BBC chair) found Maajid Nawaz "impressive" & why he donated to Quilliam in 2017 & 2019ICYMI: Quilliam's 2017 grooming report was called "shoddy pseudoscience" & debunked by

john milbank

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James Hawes notes that Harry Potter turned round the fortunes of public schools. Their products now over-dominate acting, media, sports, Oxbridge. But have state schools and universities learnt from this

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