Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 2

RT by @NigelBiggar: Crawled to @marymagsoxford this morning after the @OxfordUnion’s 200th anniversary dinner and discovered it was the 25th anniversary of Peter Groves’ ordination! A weekend of double festivities, especially as Peter was such a guiding li

Crawled to @marymagsoxford this morning after the @OxfordUnion’s 200th anniversary dinner and discovered it was the 25th anniversary of Peter Groves’ ordination! A weekend of double festivities, especially as Peter was such a guiding light on my journey to ordination.

RT by @NigelBiggar: "Many Mughal historians are fierce critics of the British Raj , but do not recognize that their own work on Mughal India implicitly suggests that some of their criticisms fitted the predecessor regimes better" - Dharma Kumar

"Many Mughal historians are fierce critics of the British Raj , but do not recognize that their own work on Mughal India implicitly suggests that some of their criticisms fitted the predecessor regimes better" - Dharma Kumar

RT by @NigelBiggar: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue & street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue & street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped."

George Orwell

RT by @NigelBiggar: "What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen."George Orwell, born 25th June 1903

"What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen."

George Orwell, born 25th June 1903

RT by @NigelBiggar: ⚔️25 June 1673. D’Artagnan is killed at the siege of Maastricht. Siege warfare could be as dangerous as battlefield combat. As it was, d'Artagnan was not on duty that day, but events shifted, requiring his presence. He was hit in the th

⚔️25 June 1673. D’Artagnan is killed at the siege of Maastricht. Siege warfare could be as dangerous as battlefield combat. As it was, d'Artagnan was not on duty that day, but events shifted, requiring his presence. He was hit in the throat by a stray bullet, which killed him.

RT by @NigelBiggar: This is quite extraordinary from a law lecturer.

This is quite extraordinary from a law lecturer.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: We need to stop treating actors like they are the oracle. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023...

We need to stop treating actors like they are the oracle. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06…

RT by @NigelBiggar: The conservative source quoted here thinks, *as a conservative*, that questioning whether children should “socially transition” their gender at school is “chilling”. We need a conversation about the meaning of the word conservative. h

The conservative source quoted here thinks, *as a conservative*, that questioning whether children should “socially transition” their gender at school is “chilling”.

We need a conversation about the meaning of the word conservative. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06…

RT by @NigelBiggar: 127 East 71st StreetNew York, NY, USABuilt 2017Architect: NJ Caine Associates

127 East 71st Street
New York, NY, USA
Built 2017

Architect: NJ Caine Associates

RT by @NigelBiggar: What on earth is the point of a Conservative Party if it gives licence to this hugely damaging ideology? What is the education secretary thinking? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023...

What on earth is the point of a Conservative Party if it gives licence to this hugely damaging ideology? What is the education secretary thinking? telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06…