Tom Holland
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New history of Christianity - ‘Dominion’ - out now! Dinosaur lover. Stonehenge Tunnel hater. A 'leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory
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On Diwali tomorrow. Rishi Sunak looks set to become party leader. As a Hindu, he will be the first British Prime Minister to practice a non-Christian faith. He spoke of lighting ceremonial diyas on the Downing St steps in 2020 as Chancellor as a proud moment.
Tomorrow's episode of The Rest Is History brings our 3-part epic on the battle of Trafalgar to a heroic and devastating climax: VICTORY
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Shout out to General Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel - perhaps the only man to be at both Trafalgar and Waterloo (on different sides each time!)
Tomorrow's episode of The Rest Is History brings our 3-part epic on the battle of Trafalgar to a heroic and devastating climax: VICTORY
To be fair to Ben Wallace’s suggestion, as reported here by Tim Shipman, there is indeed something of the Second Triumvirate about Johnson, Sunak & the other one.