Dominic Sandbrook
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Historian. Columnist @TheTimes. Podcast @TheRestHistory. Books at https://t.co/8PGLHUI7WH
Warwickshire
Joined October 2010
A MASSIVE thank you to our @TheRestHistory Club members for the lovely reaction to our books series. Tabby & I have been overwhelmed by your generous response and fantastic suggestions. And I'm thrilled to report that we will be back - in a different guise - in the New Year!
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In today's special extended @TheRestHistory, a WORLD EXCLUSIVE. Using all our forensic detective skills, we examine the Jack the Ripper suspects - and UNMASK THE KILLER. The Ripper industry ends today, because WE HAVE SOLVED THE CASE. 🔎 https://t.co/DKhOzSiykV
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In today's special extended @TheRestHistory, a WORLD EXCLUSIVE. Using all our forensic detective skills, we examine the Jack the Ripper suspects - and UNMASK THE KILLER. The Ripper industry ends today, because WE HAVE SOLVED THE CASE. 🔎 https://t.co/DKhOzSiykV
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I won't hear a word against the Germans.
@dcsandbrook books on display at the Egyptian Museum in Munich …. I can’t read German but the English versions are excellent
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🎙This week's 🎄 @spectator out loud: 🗣 @dcsandbrook compares Bonnie Blue to Emma Hamilton 🗣 @PhilipHensher on miserable literary xmas 🗣 @BeardyHowse on the Spectator in fiction 🗣 Mary Killen gives advice to @maitlis @RoryStewartUK & @elizabday
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spectator.com
On this week’s special Christmas edition of Spectator Out Loud – part two: Dominic Sandbrook reflects on whether Lady Emma Hamilton is the 18th century’s answer to Bonnie Blue; Philip Hensher...
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On today's @TheRestHistory, the crimes of JACK THE RIPPER reach a hideous climax. The murder of Mary Jane Kelly; the cultural background, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; and the end of his terrible spree. NEXT WEEK: we unmask the killer... ➡️ https://t.co/DKhOzSiykV
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On today's @TheRestHistory, the crimes of JACK THE RIPPER reach a hideous climax. The murder of Mary Jane Kelly; the cultural background, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; and the end of his terrible spree. NEXT WEEK: we unmask the killer... ➡️ https://t.co/DKhOzSiykV
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On @TheRestHistory, our JACK THE RIPPER series continues. Today: THE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN The tragic lives of Elisabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. A sinister antisemitic clue. The hunt intensifies, the police baffled. Then ANOTHER body is found... 🎧 https://t.co/DKhOzSi0vn
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The festive mood continues on @TheRestHistory today, as we reach episode three of our series on JACK THE RIPPER. A deadly night with two murders, as THE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN. Also: - enigmatic graffiti. - deerstalkers. - shenanigans with bloodhounds https://t.co/UUiTlhOH1z
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On @TheRestHistory, our JACK THE RIPPER series continues. Today: THE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN The tragic lives of Elisabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. A sinister antisemitic clue. The hunt intensifies, the police baffled. Then ANOTHER body is found... 🎧 https://t.co/DKhOzSi0vn
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No Emma Hamilton? Bonkers.
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"Arnold Bennett is the hero of this book." John Carey, The Intellectuals and the Masses.
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This is such a lovely article.
Very sad to hear about John Carey, a wonderful writer, Merton Professor and longtime chief book reviewer of the Sunday Times. I’ve thought about him most days of my adult life. Just before the pandemic I spent time talking to him about his life and work: https://t.co/2FIr9Xqm9J
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I am so sad to hear about the death of John Carey. He was my absolute hero, and meeting him as stablemates at the Sunday Times was one of the greatest thrills of my life. https://t.co/huNiNqCNlg
thetimes.com
Witty, eclectic and sometimes scathing scholar and reviewer who held sacred cows in little respect, dies aged 91
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Tom called her ‘the 18th century’s answer to Bonnie Blue’. I had to look this person up, but he’s clearly very familiar with her work. ✍️ Dominic Sandbrook https://t.co/0pf3DHqQ0a
spectator.com
For me, the past 12 months have been about one man, and that man is Alan Partridge. The veteran broadcaster’s return to BBC screens this autumn, with a documentary about mental health, was only part...
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On @TheRestHistory, our journey into the dark world of JACK THE RIPPER continues. Today: HORROR IN WHITECHAPEL The murder of Annie Chapman - the press furore - the political impact - the mood in the East End - and then the killer strikes again... 🎧 https://t.co/DKhOzSi0vn
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On @TheRestHistory, our journey into the dark world of JACK THE RIPPER continues. Today: HORROR IN WHITECHAPEL The murder of Annie Chapman - the press furore - the political impact - the mood in the East End - and then the killer strikes again... 🎧 https://t.co/DKhOzSi0vn
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A great friend of the show - formerly a deadly foe, but now forgiven - covers himself in glory once again.
I have to say that @TheRestHistory on Jack the Ripper is absolutely superb, their best ever. I have struggled to work because I couldn't tear myself away from it. It wasn't a topic I thought would interest me that much, but boy @holland_tom & @dcsandbrook proved me wrong
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