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History is a convenient toy of historians

Byadmin 14/07/202111/01/2024

The history teacher at my school introduced himself on our first history lecture by saying, “Everything I…

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  • Old Blugger
    • Meanderings
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      • Hell in all its fury
      • Headcorn Model Show
      • Headbanging on a helicopter
      • From Amalfi to Miori by boat and bus
      • Don’t PC me
      • Disappointing children
      • Chalk and . . . chalk
      • Caterham Weekend
      • Caterham 7 racing
      • BBWF
      • An hour with a Mercedes G-Wagon
      • British marques we’ve lost
      • Be nice to an editor
      • A man of a letter
      • History is a convenient toy of historians
      • How to buy a classic car
      • How to look ridiculous and sinister at the same time
      • I caused road rage
      • I went slightly mad
      • I’ve been eaten by a snake
      • I’ve got problems with old age; I forget what it’s called
      • I’ve got queuing all wrong
      • Typically bloody English
      • It’s all my fault
      • Latte and breasts
      • Let’s stick together
      • Life’s lessons all in one go
      • When CGI scares
      • Of women and men
      • Participant to Spectator
      • Peg, the Redoubtable
      • Problems dressing female models
      • Sally Ann Blues
      • Shan’t
      • Special awareness
      • The great guinea pig massacre
      • The long and not quite so long of it
      • The seven sighs of the aged
      • The trick of looking sinister and ridiculous at the same time
      • Toilet protocol
      • When an advert changes a genre
      • Women under the bed
      • You’ll probably not guess
    • Motor racing
      • Stepneygate
      • Stirling Moss Tribute
      • 1994 British Grand Prix
      • Moss, me and the Mille Miglia
      • Rob Walker Centenary Festival
  • Books
    • The Forces
    • TVR and RV8
      • RV8 Resource
      • TVR Chimaera
      • When Wheeler Sold TVR
      • Rover V8
      • Wiring
      • Video
    • Other Titles
      • Cancer and me
      • SLK Guide
      • Rugby Union explained
  • The Shows
    • Bus
      • Tiling Stevens bus Amberley
      • Amberley Spring Bus Show
    • Classic cars and bikes
      • Historic Masters, Brands Hatch, 2018
      • Historic Gathering, Amberley
      • Invicta at Brooklands May 2023
      • Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2019
      • Rennwagen
      • Jaguar Centenary, Brooklands
      • Brooklands motor sport day 2019
      • Amberly Classics 2024
      • Historic Commercial Vehicle Rally 2024
      • World War II commemoration
    • Concours
      • Hampton Court Concours 2022
      • Hampton Court Concours 2021
      • Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018
      • Concours of Elegance 2019
    • Land Rover
      • Shorland Landy
      • Classic Land Rovers
    • Mercedes
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      • Hadlow Down Steam 2023
      • Amberley Steam Show July 2023
      • Amberley Steam Day – the big ones
      • Amberley Miniature Steam Fair, 2022
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