Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 56

RT by @NigelBiggar: @JorgeGGallarza I have to say, you look very good on that picture

@JorgeGGallarza I have to say, you look very good on that picture

RT by @NigelBiggar: Pleased to have been a part of this. May it support the training of @USNavy & @USMC officers of character as they stand on freedom's wall and win our nation's fights. #GoNavy! @NavalAcademy

Pleased to have been a part of this. May it support the training of
@USNavy & @USMC officers of character as they stand on freedom's wall and win our nation's fights. #GoNavy! @NavalAcademy

RT by @NigelBiggar: 🚨New Podcast🚨⚖️@NigelBiggar blasts the vision of the 🇬🇧 Empire as a litany of evil and defends the Empire's positive impact on slavery and trade⚓️Felipe Fernandez-Armesto maps the moral implications o

🚨New Podcast🚨

⚖️@NigelBiggar blasts the vision of the 🇬🇧 Empire as a litany of evil and defends the Empire's positive impact on slavery and trade

⚓️Felipe Fernandez-Armesto maps the moral implications of colonial 🇪🇸 economic model

👂Empires on Trial👇
link.chtbl.com/cp0wBRCB

RT by @NigelBiggar: "Group Captain A G 'Sailor' Malan, a South African who became an ace during the Battle of Britain and finished the war with 35 aerial victories. Photographed in the cockpit of his Spitfire at Biggin Hill, Kent." #WW2 #HISTORY

"Group Captain A G 'Sailor' Malan, a South African who became an ace during the Battle of Britain and finished the war with 35 aerial victories. Photographed in the cockpit of his Spitfire at Biggin Hill, Kent." #WW2 #HISTORY

RT by @NigelBiggar: 5 years ago two comedians sat down in a room above a pub and decided to start a YouTube show together. We were so ill-equipped that when @francisjfoster said to me "if we do this we'll need a producer" my reply was "what for?" 🤣

5 years ago two comedians sat down in a room above a pub and decided to start a YouTube show together. We were so ill-equipped that when @francisjfoster said to me "if we do this we'll need a producer" my reply was "what for?" 🤣🤣🤣

We had no money...

RT by @NigelBiggar: Halifax are proud to sponsor The Sunday Times Best Places to Live, celebrating some of the top locations across the UK. If you've found your best place to live, we're here to help @thetimes

Halifax are proud to sponsor The Sunday Times Best Places to Live, celebrating some of the top locations across the UK. If you've found your best place to live, we're here to help @thetimes

RT by @NigelBiggar: The UK’s 83 military interventions in 47 countries since 1945 Analysis @declassifieduk here -- https://bit.ly/3HNfL8x

The UK’s 83 military interventions in 47 countries since 1945

Analysis @declassifieduk here -- bit.ly/3HNfL8x

RT by @NigelBiggar: Be grateful for what you have.

Be grateful for what you have.

RT by @NigelBiggar: There’s no confusion. Postmodernist historians are totally partisan on the issue of empire. They’re not detached objective scholars providing a rational explanation of the past. When analysing European sources they’re highly critical/cy

There’s no confusion. Postmodernist historians are totally partisan on the issue of empire. They’re not detached objective scholars providing a rational explanation of the past. When analysing European sources they’re highly critical/cynical, but not so with non-European sources.