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#OnThisDay 1710 the state trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell got underway in Westminster Hall. Sacheverell had infuriated the Whig ministry by preaching against the 1688 Revolution. Their efforts to impeach led to widespread rioting and ultimately brought the ministry down. #HistParl

I think we would be inclined to agree. It's a period that needs to be much more widely known. We would also speak out for George II (much overlooked, bar a spike around 1745-6 for obvious reasons).

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Congratulations to our colleague in the @victoriancommons.bsky.social section, Naomi, on this splendid special issue of Parliamentary History.

The guinea was a gold coin introduced by Charles II, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold used to make the coins came from. #history #17thc #c18th

Haven't been able to access the account for a couple of weeks. Have emailed them about it but sacking all the staff seems to have resulted in much longer response times!

Declaring "Mission Accomplished" - that always works out well for US Presidents

Currently locked out of my Twitter account. Have emailed them but seems cutting that many staff has an impact to response times.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly disclosed confidential tax data of thousands of people to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Trump administration’s push to crack down on immigration enforcement measures across agencies. TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening Civil Rights]

Trump nominates hospitality executive to lead National Park Service (NPS). The NPS has historically been overseen by people with experience in conservation and land stewardship, whereas Trump's nominee Scott Socha owns a food and hotel management comp... TAT: [Attacking Education | Hollowing State]

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Bridgerton: why not knowing how to dance could ruin your reputation in Regency Britain - by Dr Hillary Burlock theconversation.com/bridgerton-w...

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

First Nations chiefs laugh at the idea they'd be better off in an independent Alberta - Indigenous leaders call out Jeffrey Rath, one of the leaders of the separatism movement edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

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Commenting on the execution of Louis XVI (and other things arising from the Revolution) Horace Walpole wrote to Hannah More: "I have no words that can reach the criminality of such inferno-human beings..." Reaching for a way to describe the era, he concluded it must be called "the diabolic age"

Born #OnThisDay 1788 either in Dover or in Holles Street, London, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron. Best known as a poet (and as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know), Byron had a brief career in Parliament, in which he spoke up for those whose careers were threatened by new technologies. #HistParl

Interesting contest at Newmarket in April 1758: the Prince of Wales's Spider versus the earl of Godolphin's Weasel... #skystorians #racing

William Ewart, who died #OnThisDay 1869, was an MP for 40 years. Alongside campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty, he took a leading role in the establishment of free public libraries and came up with the idea for what are now known as ‘blue plaques’. (He has one of his own in Hampton.)

This is all great, but shouldn't he get himself in front of a TV camera to say it?

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

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It was a very cold evening & the East wind was as thin as glass. Look, Wolf, look at the sky over the Downs, said Pine Marten, the clouds look so strange. They're called Lamenters, said Wolf, torn clouds, strife-tellers, come a long way they have to bring their warnings.

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Seems to be the time to bring back this thread.

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