Historian of Early Modern England, Scotland, Ireland & Empire; Stuarts, Propaganda, Crowd, Revolution; Humour; Spurs fan. All views my own.

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After that incredible #Tottenham performance yesterday, I was so proud to hear this beautiful story about what Kinsky said to Penders after the game. “I went straight to him because, honestly, I felt for him. I know how difficult that moment must have been. You make your first Premier League start, you want to show everyone what you can do, and suddenly one mistake becomes the moment everybody remembers. I told him, ‘Look at me. Keep your head up. You are still the same goalkeeper you were before that corner. One moment does not define you. People sometimes forget how lonely it can feel to be a goalkeeper. An attacker misses three chances, and people talk about the chances he might score next week. A goalkeeper makes one mistake, and suddenly people question his entire career. That isn’t fair. I told him the next time you make a great save, remember that the people laughing today might be the first ones praising you tomorrow. We won 2–0, and of course I’m happy. But I’m also a goalkeeper, and I understand what that moment can do to your mind. I hope he has people around him reminding him that he’s more than one mistake” What remarkable kindness, compassion and wisdom from a young man who has faced so many challenges already in his career. Very proud to have him as Spurs number 1. #COYS #THFC #TOTCHE
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The keynote address at this year’s Sixteenth Century Society Conference #SCSC2026 will be given by Alexandra Walsham from the University of Cambridge Friday evening at 6:30 in the Grand Ballroom. Walsham’s talk is entitled "The Reformation of Silence In Early Modern England."
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Today, the IMEMS spotlight is on Dr John Latham-Sprinkle, whose book, 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240', has been shortlisted for the @CESS_news Book Prize! Find out more and order the book here: www-cambridge-org.ezphost.du…
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Our Group Sales and Marketing Director Antje King, along with Rights Manager, Robin Ambrosi enjoyed their first day at the Frankfurt Book Fair! From great conversations and meetings to taking in the views from Germany's highest rooftop bar at InLibra's reception! #fbm26
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Back in the day: Alan & Jimmy #Coys #THFC
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Peter Crouch on what Benoît Assou-Ekotto was like at Tottenham: “Benoît would turn up with a Tesco bag containing the same four items every time: a croissant, a hot chocolate, a full-fat Coke, and a packet of crisps. The croissant I understood. He is French-Cameroonian. The hot chocolate: same cultural backstory. He used to dip the first into the second. But the crisps, and the Coke, it was like two discrete lunches, one belonging to a middle-aged Parisian and the other a 12-year-old on the Seven Sisters Road. And it worked. He was always in great shape and rarely injured. We accepted it, along with all the other weirdness: the random cars he would turn up to training in, sometimes a Smart car, then a Lamborghini; the way he would refuse to take ice baths for recovery, on the rather basic premise that they were ‘too cold’. He would tell us straight out that he had no interest in football whatsoever. He genuinely didn’t like it. At 1.30pm on a Saturday, he’d have no idea which team you were playing. Benoît was a really weird guy but we loved him a lot.”
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