Peter McPhee

A beautiful essay about John Hirst's distinctive and significant contribution to our historical culture.

Félicitations ! Un travail extraordinaire.

Of course in some senses Napoleon was a soldier of the French Revolution but he also ended it in 1799. There are no clear ruptures in history.

Yes, but I'm also thinking of applied science with directly related things like the roll out of decimal measures.

Yes, you're quite correct: I should have had something to say about scientific and medical developments. That's a rather 'dated' volume now.

Thank you. 91 posts!

150 years ago, 17 countries signed a treaty that affects how we live today The next time you pick up a bag of spuds from the supermarket or fill up the car with petrol, you can thank a treaty signed in 1875 for the metric system that underpins daily life.

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The commemoration of the massive (and tragic) Donghak peasant rebellion of 1894 in Jeongeup, South Korea. The columns refer to the 90 places involved and the names of the identified victims are added to each year. The ring reminds us never to forget. There is no memorial like this to 1789 in France.

Welcome to Country is not an election issue, so why are we talking about it? I think I know If this Welcome to Country furore has shifted your vote, perhaps it’s time to come clean on your motivations.

Brilliant article by Brooke Boney on why acknowledging First Peoples matters and the real reason why some people won't.

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(from Australia) suggesting that you can explain the US dysfunction by reference to Trump and his body alone just demonstrates what's with US politics and commentary.

Spare a thought for the 2,000 people of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island who don't export anything to anyone but now have a tariff of 59%. Smart people those MAGAs.

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A superb example of environmental history which integrates sensory experience, cultural identity, art, politics and economics in a beautifully written and gorgeous book.

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Alas, the easiest way to explain history is to ascribe it to a trope connected with an individual, as if the smash and grab going on in the US can be fully explained by reference to Trump

Yes, you're right. The book sounds interesting so I'll keep an open mind!

The old clichés about "Robespierre's Terror" and his omnipotent control, apparently even over mirrors and underwear. Thanks for sending.

Trump Dragged After Being ‘Fully Humiliated On The World Stage’ Donald Trump was “humiliated and exposed in a way that no previous president ever could be," said MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.

Macron made Trump “the first president in history who had to be interrupted and corrected by an ally when the president of the United States was lying and lying about that ally”

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Sometimes you need to laugh.

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A name used in my favourite Artois family… Memorial slab, with #MementoMori skull, in St Martin's, Carvin, to Robert Antoine & Barbe Catherine Duquesne, children of Jean François Duquesne & his wife Scholastique de Robespierre.
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This is completely true. It's also true that all doctors in the USA first have a BS or a BA degree from a university and it's generally considered important that physicians be capable of empathy and dealing with uncertainty. These skills are taught in the Humanities (which NIH, NSF etc do not fund).

Marianne Faithfull as Maria Theresia in Sofia Coppola's film 'Marie Antoinette': a woman in 18C costume, with powdered hair and a richly decorated black dress, seated in a lavishly decorated room with gilded furniture and plasterwork.

For #18thCenturyists, let us remember Ms Faithfull as one of the more authentic-looking figures in Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette': Maria Theresia.
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Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Are we?

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Are we?

Are we at a turning point in world history? | David Motadel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...