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4 days ago · Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss in titillating detail the highlights of history’s greatest, bawdiest and most bombastic pre-20th century elections. From murder, duelling MPs, hooliganism, and Hogarthian street carnivals, to cat throwing, pub invasions, mass kidnappings and charging grenadiers.
3 days ago · Former Top gear presenter James May will be a guest at Chalke History festival. 24 June 2024. Broadcaster James May and historian duo Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have been announced as part ...
2 days ago · Historian Tom Holland, the group’s president, said: “When in a hole, stop digging – and when the hole is one that has been dug by your political opponents, definitely stop digging.
4 days ago · There are things we take for granted until, one day, we are made to realize how unique they are. For atheist and historian Tom Holland, a trip to the war-torn Iraqui town of Sinjar gave him a different perspective on one of the most commonly accepted symbols of our culture: the Christian cross.
4 days ago · Tom Holland points to the “black hole” of the origins of Islam and investigates as a detective on the inconsistencies of muslim sources, the absence of ancient sources, the absence of any mention of Muhammad or Mecca before the end of the 7th century , the very late nature of the 1st biography of Muhammad (dated from 200 years after his death). He meets specialists, scholars and ...
6 days ago · Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, translator and broadcaster. His most recent book, Pax, covers the heyday of the Roman Empire. He has translated Herodotus and Suetonius, and written and presented several TV documentaries, on subjects ranging from the Islamic State to dinosaurs.
1 day ago · As Holland's sobriety went from two months which turned to six months, he explains why he decided to live a sober lifestyle altogether. Tom Holland guest-starred on British author Jay Shetty’s ...
