Tom Holland
@holland_tom
New translation of Suetonius out now! Dinosaur lover. ‘A leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory
Today on @TheRestHistory, the most romantic monarch in Scottish history: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. Inheriting the throne when only 1 week old, menaced by Henry VIII, forced to take refuge on a lonely island, how will she survive THE ROUGH WOOING? 🏴 🏴 🏴 linktr.ee/restishistory
A post-religious people groping after what religion once provided
This puzzled me too but @holland_tom helped me understand it, I think. It may have began as a protest about racially motivated police brutality in the US, a gesture taken specifically during the US national anthem for example - but it then morphed into a form of prayer, a prayer…
In all seriousness, can someone explain to me why being a fascist is unacceptable, but openly being a communist is perfectly fine?
In all seriousness, can someone explain to me why being a fascist is unacceptable, but openly being a communist is perfectly fine?
Time for another summer holiday reading recommendation: @holland_tom's splendid new edition of Suetonius's "Lives of the Caesars." His introduction is wonderfully well done.
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Oh joy! “Brachiosaurus” and “pretzel” are from the same root. @holland_tom
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 🏴Mary, Queen of Scots: Birth of a Legend🏴 Mary, Queen of Scots unique ancestry stood betwixt three kingdoms: Scotland, England, and France, giving her a claim to each of them. How did she become queen at just one week old? And betrothed to a French prince by…