I will freely admit: in my perfect world I think expressing xenophobic impulses would be so socially shunned that even voicing those views would end in old ladies spitting in your face, your friends abandoning you, and society in general acting like you just committed a very severe crime.

Hi, how many of YOUR civil and human rights are you personally giving up for the newsom nomination? List them please! Which of YOUR life saving medical treatments are you going to abstain from? Which bathrooms will you vote for YOURSELF to be arrested in?

Oh, none? Hm. Strange.

Okay, here's the story of George de Hevesy vs the Nazis! I really do love telling this story.

First, some background: George de Hevesy was a Hungarian-Jewish chemist, but he spent most of his career post-1920 attached to the Niels Bohr institute at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark. (1/n)

Fun example of this which impacted me recently. Our towns two secondary schools are run by the same academy trust. Was delighted to learn that to replace them is not in the local authorities jurisdiction. Instead the secretary for state of education has to do it...

I’ve got loads!

- Medieval people washed regularly, drank water, and didn’t have rotten teeth
- WW1 did not end in 1918
- Queen Victoria was a horndog
- Ancient Egyptians invented Egyptology by excavating their own ancient monuments
- We know more about Shakespeare than many other famous Tudors