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Ten hinge moments in history. Really….?

Oct 22, 2022

battles

Battle of Bosworth, Carthage, elephants, hinge moments. Charles I, horses, Oliver Cromwell, Parliamentary procedure, Richard III, rivalry, Roman Empire, San Carlos Water, Scipio Africanus, second Punic War, Suleiman the magnificent, Vienna, Zama

Well, according to this site here we have “The Top 10 hinge moments in history”. As five of the ten concern 20th-century politics, you will forgive me for being somewhat mystified that such matters count as pivotal moments. For whom, pray? How on earth can Michael Portillo losing out to Iain Duncan Smith…
The return of an old favourite

Dec 12, 2016

television reviews

Attila the Hun, battles, BBC4, Carthage, Chalon, Duke of Wellington, Eddie Mair, Gaul, Gregg Wallace, Hannibal, Napoleon, Richard Hammond, Romans, Scipio Africanus, television programmes, Time Commanders, Waterloo

Time Commanders, the television programme that replayed old battles from a studio and saw a Norman army lose at Hastings – oh yes – is back after eleven years. There will only be three episodes and Richard Hammond has given way to the somewhat louder Gregg Wallace but it will be on BBC4 tonight at…