Marc Morris

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

Jenrick always reminds me of Manny's unpleasant boss in the first episode of Black Books.

Was he the one with all the wives?

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Fantasy, meet Reality...

Tonight's final episode of King and Conqueror sees the climactic confrontation between William and Harold.

Tonight's final episode of King and Conqueror sees the climactic confrontation between William and Harold.

Harlech

Caernarfon

Beaumaris

Conwy

Join me next summer for a tour of Edward I's magnificent castles in north Wales. www.traveleditions.co.uk/tour/great-c...

On Friday 10 October I'll be giving a talk about Edward I at St Peter’s Community Centre in Bexhill. Starts at 6.30pm. Tickets (£5) available on the door.

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Freelance Work Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…

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"People are smoking them, building houses out of them... They'll be eating them next!"

Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury No 10 announces decision although role will not legally be taken on until January, before an enthronement service

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"In our defence, we are now essentially just a Farage mouthpiece, so the need for quotes is superfluous."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

“I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish. Today at a meeting of the Royal Society’s Council, I led a discussion regarding some of those threats. “Science thrives when individuals and institutions have the freedom to carry out research without fear of discrimination, censorship, or other restrictions that would hinder their work. In support of that, Council believes that it is not the role of the Royal Society to police the personal political opinions of individual Fellows and disciplinary procedures should not be initiated because of a Fellow’s social and political views. “However, the Society can and will criticise Fellows who act in a way that runs counter to the values of tolerance, courtesy and respect for others that allow science to flourish. Elon Musk’s contribution to the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is an example of a growing tendency towards the use of the language of violence, and narratives of division and polarisation. This language and these narratives threaten the values that enable science to thrive and the Royal Society rejects them, from wherever they originate.”

The Royal Society has met to discuss Elon Musk – and they’re NOT removing his fellowship. They are criticising him publicly, but stopping short of actual removal.

This feels like the kind of compromise that will please *absolutely nobody*.

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

I know we're desensitized, but it's important to note, again, that today's events would have led to the immediate impeachment & removal of any president from at least Truman to at least Obama. We're hundreds of miles on the interstate past Richard Nixon's high school prank-level crimes compared to 👇

"Don khaki, *pick up a rifle* and head for the front lines", to quote him in full.

Harlech

Caernarfon

Beaumaris

Conwy

Join me next summer for a tour of Edward I's magnificent castles in north Wales. www.traveleditions.co.uk/tour/great-c...

UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

💥 The independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk must be fully restored to safeguard the UK’s electoral integrity from a future authoritarian government, our new report warns. Covered exclusively by Rowena Mason in today’s @theguardian.com 👇

Netanyahu:

"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"

Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.

Ignorant of Jewish history.

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting

Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

Publication day! My book on the Knights Hospitaller, 'Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain' is now out. Available in all good and evil bookshops: www.amazon.co.uk/Warrior-Monk...

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

On Friday 10 October I'll be giving a talk about Edward I at St Peter’s Community Centre in Bexhill. Starts at 6.30pm. Tickets (£5) available on the door.

Not really. I always enjoy visiting these ones. This is about tour no. 15 and they are always thrilling.

Harlech castle

Beaumaris castle

Caernarfon castle

Conwy castle

Just finished a tour of castles in Wales. Details of next year's tour here: www.traveleditions.co.uk/tour/great-c...

Tenterden and District Local History Society Meetings - Tenterden, Kent Tenterden and District Local History Society (Founded 25th November 1955) T&DLHS Membership Calendar 2025 - 2026All events take place at Highbury Hall TN3...

This time next week I'll be in Tenterden to talk about the Anglo-Saxons: www.mytenterden.co.uk/events/tente...

Tenterden and District Local History Society Meetings - Tenterden, Kent Tenterden and District Local History Society (Founded 25th November 1955) T&DLHS Membership Calendar 2025 - 2026All events take place at Highbury Hall TN3...

This time next week I'll be in Tenterden to talk about the Anglo-Saxons: www.mytenterden.co.uk/events/tente...