Martin Calderbank@MartinCald77022

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Joined June 2023
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Replying to @ThePujaTeli
The Norman Conquest? It took hundreds of years for the population of the north of England to recover from the Harrying of the North. Regarding Delhi, I meant the colonialists didn’t change it. I thought Delhi’s name predated the British Empire?
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I’m not against countries changing place names, although I would prefer it not to be foisted on the people by government. I just don’t think people should be browbeaten into calling a place by a different name than the one that’s been in popular use for hundreds of years.
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Martin Calderbank retweeted
Sam Freedman@Samfr
25 Dec 2023
In their 1962 Christmas edition Encounter magazine asked dozens of intellectuals whether they supported joining the European Community. Harold Pinter's contribution: "I have no interest in the matter and do not care what happens."
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