This tickled me!

Proud to be a trustee of the extraordinary The Royal Humane Society and to have family links going back to its founding 250 years ago.

Conservative Lord Stuart Rose thinks that Brexit has been a complete failure and we need another Referendum because the 1-2% that got Leave over the line are now all dead.

RT if you want another Referendum, lets see what people think now they know what they get.

Good point.

New Spring arrival at Pakenham just three days old. ⁦Two Mills⁩

We are disappointed with the kitsch Easter cake plate from Dunelm Packed loose without any protection so it arrived broken. Note the spelling of “availbale” on the side. Quality control is important!

A wily old bird and very skilled politician. His nickname as 'The Goat' more than suggests he would struggle with modern mores...

26 Mar 1945, David Lloyd George, lawyer & liberal politician, died, aged 82. Became MP in 1890, Chancellor of Exchequer in 1908, Minister of Munitions in 1915, Secretary of State for War in June 1916 & Prime Minister in Dec 1916, serving until Oct 1922. Central to winning #WW1 .

Another top notch podcast from Professor Buzzkill History Podcast with the inestimable Victoria Van Orden Martínez, Ph.D. exposing junk history and fake news

Fascinating evening last night hearing polymath Jonathan Freedland discuss his exceptional book and current world affairs with the legendary Mark Urban at a dinner to celebrate Teach2Teach International inspired work in Ghana

We have just started watching this as we thought it would be fascinating. Despite some legendary actors it’s atrocious. Hopeless script, awful euro accents, clumsy time shifts. cliche ridden. dreadful lighting. A sort of haute couture Allo Allo. Avoid. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

My excitement is mounting for the release of the inestimable Giles Milton ‘s newest meisterwerk The Stalin Affair published by John Murray Press 9 May 2024

She needs to read more books about the rise of the Nazis (for a host of reasons)

The fact that interracial marriage was illegal in the US in my lifetime (and I’m not yet 60) still astounds me.

Much looking forward to Alexander Larman new book, third in his excellent trilogy on the Windsors. Best of luck with the launch, Alex.

Very much looking forward to hearing Charles Spicer speak tonight about his book, Coffee With Hitler: The Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis.

Fascinating two parter from the incomparable Professor Buzzkill History Podcast on #henrykissinger with Prof Philip Nash open.spotify.com/episode/6oE6tA…