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@timothy_stanley

Historian, leader writer for Daily Telegraph, CNN opinion, contributing editor for Catholic Herald, Moral Maze, Thought for the Day. Views my own.

London/Washington DC
Joined April 2011

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    You can hear my documentary "How Marx Made the Right" anytime on BBC iPlayer - including in America!

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    I interviewed VS Naipaul for BBC TV. When we sat down, the first thing he said was ‘tell me what you’ve read and don’t lie.’ Only then would he consent to be questioned.

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  3. The clue was in “no clues”! It’s Agatha Christie, a childhood portrait spotted at her holiday home in Devon - Greenway.

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  4. Can anyone guess who this is? No clues.

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  5. Shaggy coat of arms at Knightshayes Court, Devon.

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  6. St Michael’s on Brent Tor. It was constructed at the bottom of the hill by pagan converts. The Devil was so jealous that one night, while everyone was sleeping, he moved it to the top.

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    Aug 9

    The moment life won in Argentina 🇦🇷

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  8. A Passion flower spotted in Somerset, representing in nature (counting outwards) the Trinity, the five wounds of Christ, the crown of thorns and the ten faithful apostles.

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  9. Aug 9

    Sign on door of St Michaels church, Brent Tor.

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  10. Aug 9

    EMO horse spotted on Dartmoor.

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    Jul 29

    donna tartt being interviewed is quite frankly a mood and a half

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  12. Aug 7

    Anyways, it’s a very silly season story and I’m off on holiday, so au revoir.

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  13. Aug 7

    Suspect most of Europe will eventually ban the burqa, and it’ll be an act of impotence, an attempt to integrate by force. The one country I’m pretty sure it won’t happen is the UK because our Right is broadly anti-state liberal including, ironically, Boris.

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    Aug 7

    The Colour of Time: A New History of the World 1850-1960, by and is out this week. And it is mesmerisingly good. We'll send you a free copy when you become a Reaction subscriber

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    C'mon we have to get this done...Please 🙏 ♿️🏡💜 PayPal to email: bungalowforbrendan@gmail.com or (they take 3%) at:

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  16. Aug 7

    Margaret Atwood on wearing a chador in Afghanistan: “Once I had put it on, I had an odd sense of having been turned into negative space, a blank in the visual field, a sort of antimatter, there and not there... it is a passive power, the power of taboo.”

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    Aug 7

    Bambino, Dachshund (5 y/o), Spring & Mott St., New York, NY • “He sometimes tries to fight the big dogs.”

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  18. Aug 6

    In the future, our grandchildren will ask: "Where were you when they took Alex Jones off social media?" I shall answer: "Barbecue at Bohemian Grove."

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    Aug 6

    Macmillan was at an agricultural show in Nottinghamshire during the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty. His comment after missing the ceremony on TV: “Never mind... I am sure it will take care of itself.”

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  20. Aug 6

    Whatever the InfoWars crowd might say, I think it’s pretty clear from its content that social media isn’t run by lizards. It’s run by cats.

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  21. Aug 6

    I just hope Alex Jones bought plenty of gold.

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