Dominic Sandbrook @dcsandbrook
Historian. Columnist @TheTimes. Co-presenter @TheRestHistory. Books at https://t.co/8PGLHUI7WH dominicsandbrook.com Oxfordshire Joined October 2010-
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"But I have lived, and have not lived in vain..." Today on @TheRestHistory, the climax of our series on LORD BYRON, as we follow his life in exile: horror by Lake Geneva; sex & scandal in Venice; martyrdom for liberty in Greece. THE DEATH OF A VAMPIRE? linktr.ee/restishistory?…
🚨🇬🇷LORD BYRON EPISODE 4🇬🇷🚨 🌪️ Forced from England by his scandalous divorce, Byron - now the most famous man in Europe - fled to Italy. 📚 Then, in Geneva, he met a young poet named Percy Bysshe Shelley, and one of the most iconic literary friendships of all time was…
Morning. @TheRestHistory's LORD BYRON series reaches a bloodcurdling climax ... Today: DEATH OF A VAMPIRE Fleeing into exile, Byron meets the Shelleys, inspires a vampire story, hears the original Frankenstein, turns into Elvis and dies in Greece. 🧛 linktr.ee/restishistory
In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language
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Morning. Unbelievable depravity on today's @TheRestHistory, as our LORD BYRON series continues. Today: DANGEROUS LIAISONS. Contains very, very poor behaviour. 💋 linktr.ee/restishistory
🚨LORD BYRON EPISODE THREE🚨 🦚 Upon the publication of his legendary poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron became an overnight celebrity with a dedicated cult following. 🫀 The next period of his life would be rocked by scandal, moral depravity and sexual outrage, with four…
A great thread. I agree. We should accept error, prioritise speed and bring back authority. The referee’s decision should be instant and final.
A great thread. I agree. We should accept error, prioritise speed and bring back authority. The referee’s decision should be instant and final.
Scenes today on @TheRestHistory, as LORD BYRON cuts a swathe through fashionable society, & embarks on the most scandalous sequence of relationships in literary history. A lady dressed as a page; a mathematician; his own sister: DANGEROUS LIAISONS ALL! linktr.ee/restishistory?…
Exactly right, and this is why VAR should be scrapped. Like most fans, I'd be perfectly happy to live with human officials making mistakes if it meant I could actually celebrate a goal again.
Exactly right, and this is why VAR should be scrapped. Like most fans, I'd be perfectly happy to live with human officials making mistakes if it meant I could actually celebrate a goal again.
An EXCELLENT cause.
Tomorrow's episode of @TheRestHistory - continuing our account of LORD BYRON's remarkable life - is one of the maddest we have ever done: DANGEROUS LIAISONS
George Gordon, Lord Byron, died 200 years ago today. The current four-parter about him from @TheRestHistory is BRILLIANT open.spotify.com/episode/6FYREg… If you want to hear some of his poetry, here is some, from #PandemicPoems: soundcloud.com/user-115260978… and soundcloud.com/user-115260978…
Today on @TheRestHistory we continue our series on the most notorious genius in British history: LORD BYRON. He tours war-torn Spain; meets an Albanian pasha; insults Lord Elgin; is admired by the Sultan; becomes a byword for SCANDAL, SEX & CELEBRITY... linktr.ee/restishistory
Morning. On @TheRestHistory, the rip-roaring, eye-popping story of LORD BYRON continues. Today: SCANDAL, SEX AND CELEBRITY. Byron travels East; behaves poorly in Albania, Greece and Constantinople; and has foolish views about Britain's Elgin Marbles. 🇬🇧 linktr.ee/restishistory
Today on @TheRestHistory, marking the 200th anniversary of his death, a 4 part epic on Britain's 1st international celebrity: LORD BYRON. Genius, rake, romantic hero; shadowed by sexual scandal, & a martyr for liberty; MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW... linktr.ee/restishistory
Morning. An extraordinarily colourful new @TheRestHistory series begins today - the life of LORD BYRON. Rake, freedom fighter, poet, vampire ... but who was the man behind the Regency scandals? And how did his bloodcurdling erotic escapades begin? ❤️ linktr.ee/restishistory
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Another masterful series from Tom and Dom - always fun when @dcsandbrook drops in some James Bond references…
"But I have lived, and have not lived in vain..." Today on @TheRestHistory, the climax of our series on LORD BYRON, as we follow his life in exile: horror by Lake Geneva; sex & scandal in Venice; martyrdom for liberty in Greece. THE DEATH OF A VAMPIRE? linktr.ee/restishistory?…
@NathanIsBack2 @dcsandbrook I'm reading these at the moment. They are absolutely brilliant. I'm annoyed that I have to work and can't read them arm!
@TheRestHistory Oh wow! You mentioned my favourite TV show, Deutschland 83. The following series were not as good, unfortunately. The climax involving Abel Archer was incredibly tense. The music was also fabulous. @dcsandbrook
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A great thread. I agree. We should accept error, prioritise speed and bring back authority. The referee’s decision should be instant and final.
During lockdown, I wrote 30k words about VAR and measurement theory. No-one wanted to publish it - they all said it was mad. But offsides like this Coventry one mean I can't stop thinking about it. 3 major issues.
@dcsandbrook Definitely - particularly for true sons of the Black Country/Salopian Bad Lands!
@dcsandbrook I've done a full about-turn on this one. Thought VAR was a great idea before it was brought in and now believe it's ruining the game for fans.
This is what it all comes down to. The raw emotion of football taken away by VAR.
Exactly right, and this is why VAR should be scrapped. Like most fans, I'd be perfectly happy to live with human officials making mistakes if it meant I could actually celebrate a goal again.
George Gordon, Lord Byron, died 200 years ago today. The current four-parter about him from @TheRestHistory is BRILLIANT open.spotify.com/episode/6FYREg… If you want to hear some of his poetry, here is some, from #PandemicPoems: soundcloud.com/user-115260978… and soundcloud.com/user-115260978…
Aaaaaand relax (and read about crippling poverty in the 1960s in ‘The Other England’ chapter of @dcsandbrook’s excellent White Heat)
Well, @TheRestHistory, that was among the most wonderful essays in literary biography - of any medium - I have had the pleasure of ravenously consuming. @holland_tom on narrative fire and @dcsandbrook the perfect foil, at once aghast, disapproving and thrilled
🚨🕯️LORD BYRON🕯️🚨 📜 Not only one of the greatest and most intriguing literary celebrities of all time, Byron was also the original vampire, and a charismatic martyr for liberty. 💣 His extraordinary life provides an enthralling, salacious window into the epic dramas of the…
@dcsandbrook Once again you set the trend for others to follow…
Tomorrow! 🎉 Just us at the @britishlibrary for a FULL DAY of Byron celebration, drinks & *cough* discreetly fangirling over Lady Antonia Fraser & Caroline Lamb Tickets: …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/the-byro…
@holland_tom @dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory Social Media will never array A more faddish poet than this: Avant-garde for but a day, Stop, poster, and hiss!
On an early morning walk this morning around Paddington Old Cemetery I discover our old friend, the Tichborne Claimant, from a recent @TheRestHistory podcast with @ZadieSmith! @dcsandbrook @holland_tom
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Fascinating to be in the room at Cumberland Lodge where Baldwin apparently planned the ultimatum during the abdication crisis when he was staying here. @dcsandbrook
@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Just a fascinating pod on Byron. Wonderful final stanza. What a life he led. I found this book brilliant on Shelley, Mary Shelley and the amazing Mary Wollstonecraft an exceptional read. Great to hear you are doing a show on Frankenstein, how about Wollstonecraft? @dcsandbrook
As a huge fan of @TheRestHistory podcast and having played Lord Byron twice, seeing my image on the promo for their new series on Byron is a genuine thrill!
Morning. An extraordinarily colourful new @TheRestHistory series begins today - the life of LORD BYRON. Rake, freedom fighter, poet, vampire ... but who was the man behind the Regency scandals? And how did his bloodcurdling erotic escapades begin? ❤️ linktr.ee/restishistory
@dcsandbrook I've just finished Seasons in the Sun (audiobook). I loved it. I started senior school in ted heath's constituency in '73. Nearly everything you wrote about was total news to me. My best mate's dad was on the NUPE executive so must have been in the middle of it.