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Penny Corfield is a historian of History and Time; and in July 2019 she was elected as President of the International Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies.

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The #Georgians published on 25 January 2022. Impeccably presented by Yale University Press: #Long18thCentury #C18th #18thcentury
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What on #Earth's the Point of Redefining #Space-Time as #Time-Space?? For my answer, see February Blog/170:
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Which seven great #clocks of the world do I most admire (out of countless possibilities)? For answer, please see my January BLOG/169:
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What are my three #diamond memories from an enjoyable (brief) stay in #Antwerp? See Blog/168:
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Why did the mouse run up the clock? For meditations on studying time, see Blog/167:
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Post 2 They show that people then (as now) struggled to assess big trends through which they were living. That's where historians come in - to provide a retrospective overview. So please do read The Georgians (see for offer) and send me your feedback!
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Why did the Man in the Moon famously ask his way to #Norwich?
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How did #BenjaminFranklin discover The Power of #Lightning? For answer, see my Blog/165:
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How do I cope with multiple work pressures? I discover that my technique is known as 'clunking'! For more, read my Blog/164:
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Continuing #debates - are separate identities a blessing or a betrayal of human solidarity? See Blog/163:
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What are my most pleasant memories of #political #canvassing? For answer, see my June BLOG/162:
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Do local people care about the dire state of #WandsworthPrison? To find out, please read my May Blog/161:
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Why did the #Clapham Omnibus become Famous? For answer, see my BLOG/160:
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What do D.H. Lawrence, Christina Rossetti & Billy Collins have in common? For answer, see my Blog/159:
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Well, what can possibly follow great #Midwinter Jollity? For answer, see my February Blog/158:
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How did #theGeorgians celebrate #Midwinter ... from pagan revels to Christian solemnity to critical rejection? For my answer, see BLOG/157:
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Why is it high time to regulate #SocialMedia effectively? For my reply, see my latest BLOG/156:
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Is the Anonymous #Author seeking Justified #Privacy or avoiding Responsible Transparency? For my response see Blog 155:
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Rules are regularly broken on a daily basis. Yet #humanity positively needs them. Why on earth? For my reply, see Blog 154 'In Praise of (Judicious) Regulation':
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What message does The Fall of Icarus convey for people as time passes? For my answer, See Blog/153:
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