Second this. His work bringing to life Mouradgea D'Ohsson's tableau on the empire inspired and coloured my undergrad thesis. A real loss to Ottoman Studies worldwide.
I remember enormously enjoying & benefiting from his work on Süleyman the Magnificent & C16th Ottoman government. And of course this, which he coauthored two years ago, might be one of my favourite pieces of writing ever… https://t.co/ZfY6gpGhMQ
@jamesdbromfield @_amberww can definitely agree that it’s an easy distraction - think the entire journo/politico world has fallen back into this tired debate on both sides though
@jamesdbromfield It's calling into question the fact that £1.35m of taxpayer's money per year is being put into maintaining his status as a prominent public figure and if he's using that platform impartially, people have a right to be annoyed. If he was paid less, I reckon people wouldn't care
someone should remake the ‘love is beautiful’ Heathrow montage from love actually in Dubai airport at 2:30am where everyone wants to sleep but cant get into their gates yet
was expecting to complain about how busy battersea power station was on Boxing Day - but it was actually rather pleasant. Best thing? There’s not too much to do