S. I. Rubinstein
@si_rubinstein
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Roving historiographer. “Brevity is... wit." Слава Україні!
Joined April 2020
My Imperial History Trilogy, for @EngelsbergIdeas 👇.
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I don’t think this pertains to PE, but there are plenty of acceptable degree-level subjects that shouldn’t exist at A-Level: law, psychology, medicine, &c.
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I like the responses to this along the lines of ‘so people can get a degree in PE at university’.
Why is there an A-Level in PE?.
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RT @alexlarman: I wrote this for @TheCriticMag five years ago. I think things have only got worse since then.
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There is an unspoken, but usually observed, rule in publishing, and that is that one big-name writer does not usually attack another one publicly. The reasons for this are many, but on a practical…
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RT @yuanyi_z: I'm reviewing Sir Nick Clegg's newest book and the first pages are already showing some promise.
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RT @Valen10Francois: Something remarkable is happening in France. The PM, who will lose his job next week, went live on TV:. France's debt….
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RT @maxtempers: ‘Every other enquiry she receives now relates to neurodiversity’. > performance issues at work .> seek unfalsifiable ADHD d….
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RT @narrenhut: People are incentivized to portray it otherwise, but the recent spate of ideologically-muddled shooters really screams "end….
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RT @danwilliamsphil: New guest essay at 'Conspicuous Cognition' by the great Paul Sagar. Highly recommend! Link in next post .
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Why is there an A-Level in PE?.
Britain is becoming ever more monoglot, starting from its schools. More 18 year olds take A-Levels in PE (Physical Education) than French, German and ancient languages combined, according to a recent @HEPI_news report. I've written this week on why this is worrying. Beyond more
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RT @CornCJ: @j_amesmarriott Phoneless colleague of mine recently did a postgrad degree at Oxford. Every time he wanted to log into email on….
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RT @MahanEsfahani: An absolutely amazing (non)review which you should all read today @prospect_uk
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RT @elladorn_: From October I will be introducing the FAIRYLAND! paid tier (a bargain - a dispatch every week for £4.99/mo, I will spill al….
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RT @unherd: Considering whether medieval peasants could have sex in private reminded Peter Laslett of his time in a ‘grossly overmanned nav….
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Enlightenment is cracker's emergence from its self-imposed barrel.
Cracker Barrel matters. Why?. Woke ideology attacks both the Enlightenment & national heritage. It is both illiberal (cancel culture) and deculturating (critical race and gender). Renaming, bowdlerizing & statue toppling must be resisted to preserve cultural particularity.
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You’d expect betting shops to have been completely destroyed by online gambling. Why wasn’t this the case?.
Guess how many betting shops I found on the high street in Hampstead?. You won't find a single one. Lower-income areas don’t get that luxury, they’re flooded with them. It’s time to end ‘Aim to Permit’ and give communities a real say.
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RT @unherd: Peter Laslett’s The World We Have Lost – a portrait of pre-industrial England – was considered provocative when first published….
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As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive. We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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