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The real work of the working class
The history of the labour movement is less about class struggle than the fight for universal values
David Edgar
https://t.co/z0JjRKGSVl
On the podcast | Nick Higham explains why the story of the decline of Roman Britain, and the rise of England, is more complicated than you might have assumed
🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts
Perhaps C20th political & social history fascinates you, perhaps you're more interested in Anglo-Saxon kings, or would like to learn about the ancient Athenian statesman and naval commander Themistocles.
What will you discover? https://t.co/zllzjKrO2i
Having a cup of tea & catching up with the papers. Loving this feature in the Sunday Express about Kathy Harriman, who wrote for the @Daily_Express during the war. Wartime Letters by Kathleen Harriman, edited by Geoffrey Roberts is published by @YaleBooks https://t.co/pWKD47rYq9
Loved this book: "Postmodern culture has little affection for ‘hierarchies’ but the act of discrimination is a regular feature of everyday social life ... Why should we pass judgements on rock bands and football teams but not on poetry?"
Are we hardwired to fall for autocrats? Jonathan R. Goodman asks this and more on the evolution of human behaviour in Invisible Rivals, out 17th June https://t.co/PzKkCi4IRV
HUGE THANKS 🙌 to Professor @hannaediamond of @cardiffuni 🏛️ for sparing me the time to deliver a great rage 😡 that Josephine Baker should be remembered for more than 'prancing around in a banana skirt' 🍌💃 — and we discussed some very surprising espionage 🕵️♀️🗝️.
Coming to Patreon in June 🎧🔥
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Thousands of Germans who died in Britain during the first and second world wars were laid to rest in local graveyards. New this month, Burying the Enemy by @tlgrady68 uncovers new details of how British people tended to the graves of enemy fallen.
https://t.co/xLs5ry7gW6
New next month from Yale, a richly illustrated account of the medieval fascination with magic.
The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts by Anne Lawrence-Mathers will be published on 11th March.
https://t.co/knfsh2kMwA
Coming soon, @tlgrady68 will explore the little-known history of enemy deaths on the home front during the First and Second World Wars.
Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those Who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars will be published on 25th March https://t.co/r5ezE099z1