#olivercromwell — Public Fediverse posts

The Puritans who stole Christmas!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas

Idyllic walking trail with 'magical views' inspired famous author and blockbuster film trilogy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/idyllic-walking-trail-magical-views-36618000

'Picture perfect' village with cosy bakery serving 'best afternoon teas' and rich history

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/picture-perfect-village-cosy-bakery-36603549

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake

I posted a little while ago about removing the statue of Robert Clive from the vicinity of the Foreign Office in London.

Here's another statue that ought to be moved from its current location: the Oliver Cromwell statue outside the UK House of Commons. In replies to this post, I'll put forward four reasons for this proposal and suggest a replacement.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Oliver_Cromwell,_Westminster

#UKHistory #History #London #Statues #PublicArt #Westminster #London #HouseOfCommons #OliverCromwell #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms #IrishHistory #EarlyModernHistory

I posted a little while ago about removing the statue of Robert Clive from the vicinity of the Foreign Office in London.

Here's another statue that ought to be moved from its current location: the Oliver Cromwell statue outside the UK House of Commons. In replies to this post, I'll put forward four reasons for this proposal and suggest a replacement.

🧵 1/5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Oliver_Cromwell,_Westminster

#UKHistory #History #London #Statues #PublicArt #Westminster #London #HouseOfCommons #OliverCromwell #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms #IrishHistory #EarlyModernHistory

I posted a little while ago about removing the statue of Robert Clive from the vicinity of the Foreign Office in London.

Here's another statue that ought to be moved from its current location: the Oliver Cromwell statue outside the UK House of Commons. In replies to this post, I'll put forward four reasons for this proposal and suggest a replacement.

🧵 1/5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Oliver_Cromwell,_Westminster

#UKHistory #History #London #Statues #PublicArt #Westminster #London #HouseOfCommons #OliverCromwell #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms #IrishHistory #EarlyModernHistory

> Charles the First was the problem. Oliver Cromwell was the solution.

Nation - #TerryPrachett

#OlisQuoteFile

#OliverCromwell #CharlesI

@tml I’ve never really cared much for #OliverCromwell until now. #KC3

@tml I’ve never really cared much for #OliverCromwell until now. #KC3

@tml I’ve never really cared much for #OliverCromwell until now. #KC3

@tml I’ve never really cared much for #OliverCromwell until now. #KC3

@tml I’ve never really cared much for #OliverCromwell until now. #KC3

I'm happy to share the programme for "Slavery, Law & Religion in the #EarlyModern Period", March 8-9 at Université catholique de Louvain. I look forward to hearing all the papers & to meeting & learning from everyone! I'll talk on #enslavement & #17thcentury English #Republicanism with mind to #AlgernonSidney #JohnMilton #JamesHarrington #HenryNeville #EdmundLudlow #HenryVane &/or others in the transatlantic context of republican & #Stuart policies - #OliverCromwell also appears. #histodons