Dan Snow
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The cause of America is, in great measure, the cause of all mankind.
Thomas Paine, 1776
Thomas Paine, 1776
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The cause of America is, in great measure, the cause of all mankind.
Thomas Paine, 1776
Thomas Paine, 1776
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Guys whose worldview was formed by exposure to Gladiator in their formative years, yet have misunderstood the entire premise.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Guys whose worldview was formed by exposure to Gladiator in their formative years, yet have misunderstood the entire premise.
Michael Jordan, call your lawyer
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Michael Jordan, call your lawyer
Exit through the Commodity Department
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Exit through the Commodity Department
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In the 1750s two empires at either end of Eurasia started work on these two wooden structures. A stark illustration of different spending priorities and the cultures that shaped them.
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
In the 1750s two empires at either end of Eurasia started work on these two wooden structures. A stark illustration of different spending priorities and the cultures that shaped them.
Please share your best #MingDynastyJokes:
Bandits to the left of me, Manchus to the right;
here I am,
stuck in the middle with Wu.
Bandits to the left of me, Manchus to the right;
here I am,
stuck in the middle with Wu.
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Please share your best #MingDynastyJokes:
Bandits to the left of me, Manchus to the right;
here I am,
stuck in the middle with Wu.
Bandits to the left of me, Manchus to the right;
here I am,
stuck in the middle with Wu.
The imperial centre of Ming China, the Forbidden City.
Yongle’s gigantic assertion of legitimacy.
Nine is an auspicious number for the imperial family and so there are 9,999 rooms.
Yongle’s gigantic assertion of legitimacy.
Nine is an auspicious number for the imperial family and so there are 9,999 rooms.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The imperial centre of Ming China, the Forbidden City.
Yongle’s gigantic assertion of legitimacy.
Nine is an auspicious number for the imperial family and so there are 9,999 rooms.
Yongle’s gigantic assertion of legitimacy.
Nine is an auspicious number for the imperial family and so there are 9,999 rooms.
Qing temple on a crisp Beijing winter day.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Qing temple on a crisp Beijing winter day.
Just showed the kids Rogue One and I’d forgotten how traumatic it is to see a beautiful imperial archive get absolutely rinsed. A tragedy up there with the destruction of the libraries of Alexandria and Baghdad.
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Just showed the kids Rogue One and I’d forgotten how traumatic it is to see a beautiful imperial archive get absolutely rinsed. A tragedy up there with the destruction of the libraries of Alexandria and Baghdad.
Tonight in 1940 the medieval city of Coventry was smashed by a Luftwaffe raid. Today the ruined cathedral stands as a memorial, around it fragments of its historic environment survive. Here is the History Hit film on the raid.
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The Night The War Came Home: Operation Moonlight Sonata
Dan Snow visits Coventry to tell the tale of the infamous bombing raid that struck the city on the evening of 14 November 1940, 80 years ago. Featuring Dr Kristopher Lovell and Victoria Taylor.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tonight in 1940 the medieval city of Coventry was smashed by a Luftwaffe raid. Today the ruined cathedral stands as a memorial, around it fragments of its historic environment survive. Here is the History Hit film on the raid.
access.historyhit.com/videos/the-n...
access.historyhit.com/videos/the-n...
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Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
Excited to hear the boss of British Gas on the wireless saying how much we need gas.
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Excited to hear the boss of British Gas on the wireless saying how much we need gas.
Dr Douglas Kelley conducted the psychiatric analysis on the senior Nazis being tried at Nuremberg.
These were his conclusions.
It is a warning from history.
(From Jack El-Hai’s great new book)
These were his conclusions.
It is a warning from history.
(From Jack El-Hai’s great new book)
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Dr Douglas Kelley conducted the psychiatric analysis on the senior Nazis being tried at Nuremberg.
These were his conclusions.
It is a warning from history.
(From Jack El-Hai’s great new book)
These were his conclusions.
It is a warning from history.
(From Jack El-Hai’s great new book)
Have these clowns never watched the Princess Bride?
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Have these clowns never watched the Princess Bride?
Today in 1869 William Lawrence died.
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today in 1869 William Lawrence died.
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
"The news sent me out walking alone along the dyke above the marshes of Rhuddlan.... cursing and sobbing and thinking of the dead."
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"The news sent me out walking alone along the dyke above the marshes of Rhuddlan.... cursing and sobbing and thinking of the dead."
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
Robert Graves gets news of the Armistice, today in 1918
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
The last allied soldier to be killed on the Western Front in 1918 was American Henry Gunther; at 10:59am on the 11th he charged astonished Germans who knew the armistice was only seconds away.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The last allied soldier to be killed on the Western Front in 1918 was American Henry Gunther; at 10:59am on the 11th he charged astonished Germans who knew the armistice was only seconds away.
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.