#Victorian

Pádraig Belton

PadraigBelton

I've been interested in how we depict Satan in art.A force of nature during the Black Death. Darker as the Victorian Empire becomes more about race. Whiter as he becomes

Ingrid M

iMusing

so Scott Morrison has chosen argumentum ad passiones for today’s fallacious blithering has he. by the way appeals to emotion fallacies often signal campaigning. Military, advertising, political, wherever there is

Dr William Tullett

WillTullett

Here’s a positive thread about some of the excellent books out there on smell histories. It’s an exciting, growing field. Let’s start with @smellosopher new book Smellosophy - which starts

dr. tricia matthew

triciamatthew

I have a bit more to say about the blurb for the ASECS talk. I've been thinking about moments like this for 6 months or so, and, as I noted,

Public Sector Lawyer

inkspringed

While we watch events anxiously in the US, how robust is our own electoral system? I suspect few people are aware that the UK Law Commissions recently produced a report

James Barry

JamesBarry1789

"Sure stick a Barbie on top of it and tell them it's a women's monument".https://twitter.com/Jackcantsleep1/status/1326135132449693697 If it was in Ireland it would already have a nickname like “Sindy on the

Lucie Matthews-Jones

luciejones83

Thread: Excited to see the @WattsGallery exhibition 'Art & Action:Making Change in Victorian Britain'. I love this corner & the inclusion of the photo showing the Watts mosaic in Whitechapel.

David Paxton

DavidDPaxton

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with Queen Elizabeth (George VI out of shot somewhere), visiting the grave of Cecil John Rhodes. 1947. Although those wishing to pay homage to him probably

traxus4420

traxus4420

lockdown discourse in reopening core countries is a thinly veiled ideological playground for updated colonial fantasies the generic universalism (they can happen anywhere, constant potential for reversal of core and

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

Watching #LNPeta's documentary so you don't have to. A thread. #MurdochRoyalCommission Off to a poor start, claiming Vic's lockdown has been the longest and hardest in the word which is

Ike Anya

ikeanya

Doing research for book idea & interviewing relatives on zoom. About a great grandmother, I'm told she lived in x village in Abiriba. Later I'm told her husband lived in

leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚

fireh9lly

The Victorians screwed up how we talk about geniuses forever. Turned Shakespeare and Mozart from talented and skilled men to freakish, unassailable superhumans so impossible to square with the actual

Dr Robin Douglas

Robin_C_Douglas

A recurring criticism of modern neopagan religion is that it is *inauthentic* - that it is an essentially modern movement with no real connection to the ancient indigenous paganisms of

Brendan Cormier

BrendanCormier

I walked to the edge of London today. This is how London ends. Nairn’s London took me here to Cranham. “Of all the ways in which London meets its countryside,

Patrick Charles - ID Doctor

P_Charles_ID_Dr

Some journalists, economists and politicians have been saying that we just need to let the virus run and only worry about protecting the elderly or vulnerable. Thread 1/17 Given that

Brendon Patterson

Brendon5374

Jeffrey Kennett, how many Victorians have committed suicide due to gambling addiction since you have been making money out of gambling and pokies? How many have suffered from debilitating depression

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