Benjamin Chadwick
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Here I am in front of the Hôtel de Ville, where somewhere north of 6000 Parisians, mostly women, gathered on the morning of 5 October 1789. There were a bunch
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Happy 14 juillet! Thread of a few Revolutionary sites in and around Paris: Salle du jeu de paume, Versailles, site of the Tennis Court Oath of 20 June 1789. Today
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Not far from where I live, looking somewhat out of place in the historic centre of Paris, stands this 1920s concrete building. I've often wondered what it was built for,
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Short, non-exhaustive thread on being friends with political opponents: Disagree with me on the appropriate threshold for inheritance tax? We can be friends.Think there aren't enough controls on immigration into
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