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@AdamSmithWorks

adamsmithworks

The great thing about #AdamSmith is that when he's about to go off on a 65 page tangent, he warns you. Humans, we bring you the DIGRESSIONS ON SILVER! #OhLawdHeComin

Purgatory Archaeological Survey

PurgatoryArcheo

While PAS has had many-a-run-in with Mr. Del Rey & do not condone his illicit business practices with Del Rey Digging, he has brought up an important point: Much of

Paul Fagan

PaulEamonnFagan

Rewarding myself today by attending A Symposium on Clouds (in the Cloud), with talks on s in Woolf's Orlando () avant-garde cinema () and a host of other media &

Victorian Humour

VictorianHumour

I'm currently reading a Victorian reissue of an 18th-century jestbook. 49 jokes from the original text were omitted on account of the "greater delicacy observed in modern society & conversation."

Maeve Kane

MaeveKane

I'm surprised but pleased that the Schuyler statue is coming down--never thought that wd even be on the table. Besides being one of Albany's major slaveowners, Schuyler was also one

Ian Gwilliam

GwilliamIan

13yrs ago the BBC aired a wonderful series called Restoration, followed by a second series a year later & a third two years after that. They drew attention to the

Jamie Ashley

JamieAshle

#PrehistoryOfPenwith: A ThreadThe end of #Cornwall where I live, #Penwith, is incredibly rich in prehistory.I know very little about our standing stones/circles and fogous so this thread's here for me

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