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New translation of Suetonius out now! Dinosaur lover. ‘A leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory
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Joined January 2011
Today on @TheRestHistory, we resume our life of HORATIO NELSON!!! Nelson has just won his great victory at the battle of the Nile. Now he arrives in NAPLES. Awaiting him there: Lady Hamilton, revolution & the most controversial episode in his career... https://t.co/UUiTlhO9c1
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It's NELSON MONDAY AGAIN!
Today on @TheRestHistory, we resume our life of HORATIO NELSON!!! Nelson has just won his great victory at the battle of the Nile. Now he arrives in NAPLES. Awaiting him there: Lady Hamilton, revolution & the most controversial episode in his career... https://t.co/UUiTlhO9c1
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🚨NEW SERIES🚨 🍕NELSON: SLAUGHTER IN NAPLES🍕 🔫Fresh from the greatest triumph in British naval history up to that time in the Battle of the Nile, Admiral Nelson sets sail for Naples: the 3rd-largest city in Europe, and the most mysterious. There he will capture Malta, help
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Some lunchtime listening. Best enjoyed with pizza…
Today on @TheRestHistory, we resume our life of HORATIO NELSON!!! Nelson has just won his great victory at the battle of the Nile. Now he arrives in NAPLES. Awaiting him there: Lady Hamilton, revolution & the most controversial episode in his career... https://t.co/UUiTlhO9c1
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So many men, women, & children burnt, many imprisoned & in prison starved, divers exiled, some spoiled of goods & possessions, a great number driven from house & home, so many weeping eyes, so many sobbing hearts, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc... John Foxe on the reign of Mary I
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At last on @TheRestHistory - HE'S BACK!!! 🇬🇧 SIX new ANIMATED episodes on HORATIO NELSON kick off today: 🇮🇹 Bloodbath in Naples. 🇩🇰The Battle of Copenhagen. ⚔️Death and Glory at Trafalgar. ⚓️Club members can hear them ALL NOW. Come aboard at https://t.co/qIkWhLk5SM.
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There are five more episodes to come in this epic series. - Nelson turns a blind eye - More Emma-themed shenanigans - Apotheosis at Trafalgar - Just how much of a massive hero was Nelson? You can get the entire series here right away: https://t.co/NNgwZQXyfF
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And here is a little amuse-bouche...
Today on @TheRestHistory - setting the scene for the continuation next week of our series on NELSON - we explore the life of NELSON'S LOVER: THE SCANDALOUS LADY HAMILTON. How did a one-time housemaid & streetwalker become Europe's 1st female celebrity? https://t.co/UUiTlhO9c1
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Tomorrow, folks! 🇬🇧⚓️🇬🇧
Starting this Monday on @TheRestHistory, the second half of our epic series on Britain's greatest hero - HORATIO NELSON
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My favourite advert ever. A perfectly pitched performance from @alanshearer to set up the punchline…
Grateful to @holland_tom for reminding me about this amusing McDonald’s ad from 1999 featuring his Goalhanger stablemate @alanshearer 🙋🏼♂️
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They’re calling it one of the great podcast drama performances of all time
@holland_tom Fabulous work on Sherlock & Co bringing a splendidly creepy character to life!
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Tomorrow, folks! 🇬🇧⚓️🇬🇧
Starting this Monday on @TheRestHistory, the second half of our epic series on Britain's greatest hero - HORATIO NELSON
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Starting this Monday on @TheRestHistory, the second half of our epic series on Britain's greatest hero - HORATIO NELSON
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Starting this Monday on @TheRestHistory, the second half of our epic series on Britain's greatest hero - HORATIO NELSON
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Today on @TheRestHistory, a special bonus for our beloved club members, as I am joined by the great @wmarybeard to discuss everything TROJAN WAR Achilles - what’s going on? Did Homer exist? Schliemann - fraud or genius? Did the Trojan War really happen? https://t.co/6os2sAqi8S
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📣The first episode is OUT NOW on the greatest epic in all of history, the Trojan War, available exclusively for members of The Rest Is History Club. @holland_tom and @wmarybeard discuss: 🧑🦯Was Homer a real person? ⚔️Did the Trojan War actually happen? 🏛️Why the story of the
🚨NEW SERIES🚨 🏛️Starting THIS FRIDAY, @holland_tom is joined by @wmarybeard for a four episode odyssey through ancient history... 🐴Oct 10th: THE TROJAN WAR🐴 ☀️Oct 17th: ALEXANDER THE GREAT☀️ 👑Oct 24th: JULIUS CAESAR👑 ⚔️Oct 31st: GLADIATORS & SPARTACUS⚔️ Tom and Mary will
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This fantastic series - a bonus treat for our @TheRestHistory Club members - starts today and runs every Friday for the next few weeks. Personally, I can't wait to hear what these wonderfully charismatic storytellers have to say! To listen, sign up at https://t.co/qIkWhLkDIk.
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🚨NEW SERIES🚨 🏛️Starting THIS FRIDAY, @holland_tom is joined by @wmarybeard for a four episode odyssey through ancient history... 🐴Oct 10th: THE TROJAN WAR🐴 ☀️Oct 17th: ALEXANDER THE GREAT☀️ 👑Oct 24th: JULIUS CAESAR👑 ⚔️Oct 31st: GLADIATORS & SPARTACUS⚔️ Tom and Mary will
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There's only one neighbourhood for your 18th century retail needs...
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'It hath been in all ages and in all countries a common usage of all offenders to make defence of their lewd and unlawful facts by untruths and by colouring and covering their deeds (were they never so vile) with pretences.' William Cecil - not a fan of rebels
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