Sir Richard Evans

Regius Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cambridge; Co-Editor, Journal of Contemporary History.

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

I've migrated to Bluesky, so, no more posts here. Anyone following me please transfer to Bluesky.

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

In the November issue of BBC History Magazine, @RichardEvans36 explores why so many Germans followed Hitler to the end and asks, what motivated the Nazis?

Pick up your copy in store now, or subscribe online: https://t.co/hsMP7tOZ1C

[Blackwell's @blackwellbooks]

The Wolfson History Prize 2024 shortlist is here! 🎉 Discover the incredible books that have made the cut. #WolfsonHistoryPrize #HistoryBooks #Shortlist
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[Matthew Evans @MJCEvans1995]

My local Parkrun - a cracking event!

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Feargal Sharkey, "Just a matter of weeks ago Ofwat clarified that sewage should only be dumped in exceptional circumstances" @Feargal_Sharkey

"The claim today.. If water companies reduce their leakage Ofwat allows them to charge customers more money"

"If they reduce their customer complaints Ofwat allows them to charge more money"

"If they reduce the pollution incidents Ofwat allows them to charge customers more money"

"Sounds like a good idea until you realise the water companies self report those incidents"

"The allegations today, because of that very system they under report.. So Ofwat charges customers more money, and we should have that refunded"

[The Reading Agency @readingagency]

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize Shortlist has been announced by @WolfsonHistory.

Congratulations to all of the selected authors! 🎉

Find out more about the shortlist and how to get your hands on a free digital pack 👉️ https://t.co/yvyA7BQHpi

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

The shortlist for the @WolfsonHistory Prize has been revealed

https://t.co/pPSP968KOQ (£)

[Martin Bentham @martinbentham]

Books on NHS and Mandelas' marriage shortlisted for top history prize https://t.co/O31reYLRxZ #wolfsonhistoryprize @wmarybeard

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

@CultureExploreX For everyone else the Sistine Chapel is a nightmare, crammed with people with attendants shouting at them to move along. But just to the side there are wonderful rooms full of German Expressionist and other modern artworks. Nobody seems interested.

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

THE DICTATORS is published on 5 Sept. I recruited 64 contributors to write about 64 different dictators from ancient times to the present.

Preorder your signed copy now.
https://t.co/lkWnAACqlO

Here are all 64...

Pisistratus - Rene Lavanchy
Alexander the Great - Matthew Binkowski
Fabius Cunctator - Tom Holland
Julius Caesar - Mark Fox
Augustus - Peter Wiseman
Attila the Hun - Alexander Stafford
Wu Zetian - Charles Corn
Genghis Khan - Dominic Selwood
Napoleon Bonaparte - Alex Puffette
Francia - Alex Middleton
Simon Bolivar - David Walsh
Napoleon III - Sir Robert Buckland
Vladimir Lenin - Nick Thomas Symonds MP
Benito Mussolini - Vanda Wilcox
Josef Stalin - Lewis Goodall
Kemal Ataturk - Alex Churchill
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar - Tom Gallagher
Adolf Hitler - Sir Richard Evans
Fransisco Franco - Simon Heffer
Enver Hoxha - Julia Langdon
Chaing Kai Shek - Roifield Brown
Mao Tse Tung - Jonathan Clements
Juan Peron - Gareth Russell
Ho Chi Minh - Robbie Hawkins
Walter Ulbricht - Robert Waller
Josip Broz Tito - Connor Hand
Alfredo Stroessner - Adam Boulton
Todor Zhivkov - Dimitar Bechev
Ngo Dinh Diem - Lewis Baston
Gamal Abdel Nasser - Bim Afolami
Janos Kadar - Roger Gough
Papa & Baby Doc Doc Duvalier - Tim Stanley
Hendrik Verwoerd - Simon Marks
Lee Kwan Yew - Jack Brown
Ferdinand Marcos - Lewis Simons
Joseph Desire Mobutu - Harry Lambert
Nicolae Ceausescu - Emma Burnell
Fidel Castro - Ben Kentish
Jean-Bedel Bokassa - Brian Klaas
Kim Il Sung, Jong Il & Jong Un - Peter Caddick- Adams
Hastings Banda - Adrian Massie-Blomfield
Suharto - John Murray Brown
Idi Amin - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Erich Honecker - David Blanchflower
Hafez al-Assad - Charles Pitt
Augusto Pinochet - Colleen Graffy
Pol Pot - Gerry Hassan
Muammar Gaddafi - Daniel Kawczynski
Deng Xiaoping - Neil Stockley
Ayatollah Khomeini - Con Coughlin
Saddam Hussein - Nadhim Zahawi
Daniel Ortega - Rosie Illett
Robert Mugabe - Toby Harnden
Leopoldo Galtieri - Iain Dale
Hosni Mubarak - Layla Moran
Manuel Noriega - Sam Marks
Slobodan Milosevic - Alvin Felzenberg
Isaias Afwerki - Justin Hill
Aleksandr Lukashenko - James Cooramasmy
Hugo Chavez - Rory Carroll
Vladimir Putin - Owen Matthews
Basher al-Assad - Brooks Newmark
Xi Jinping - Cindy Yu
Mohammed bin Salman -Jonathan Rugman

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

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[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

Thanks, Frank - hope you enjoy reading it too!

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

I can thoroughly recommend a new book by the brilliant @RichardEvans36 called Hitler’s People, which comes out on 13 August. It offers a series of short biographies of key figures who created and served Nazi Germany to the bitter end.

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

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[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

@DrRScully My wife is sceptical. "Who'd be interested in your life?", she says.

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

https://t.co/z1x0ixFslJ Nice interview by Tim Adams. But there are mistakes too. The book's not just about prominent Nazis. The article misspells Hobsbawm and Wodehouse. It was not the Royal Society of Literature but the British Academy. I only have one dog.

[Sir Richard Evans @RichardEvans36]

Corrected version:
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