Mr. Phil, ages ago, Geldof did a BBC programme about slavery, and asserted it was 60% of the African economy before the British showed up. Even allowing for exaggeration, and while accepting that mor… (View Post)

Mr. B, correcting for past bias is fine, imposing new ones is not. (View Post)

Mr. Z, the prism of ideology naturally distorts and colours any view of the past. I saw a video recently from a Youtube channel I previously liked describing the medieval peasant working habits (diff… (View Post)

Dr. Foxy, reinterpret?! Absolute balderdash. The role of historians is to accurately relate the past, as much as available evidence and the power of reason permits. It isn't to super-impose mode… (View Post)

F1: Otmar Szafnauer leaves Aston Martin: https://twitter.com/F1/status/1478687393486094338 Pretty big move. Apparently, November rumours (denied at the time) had him moving to Alpine. (View Post)