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Poll: Should there be more Stand-Up Historians?
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Mark Steel
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Mark Steel
I just heard of this guy. I heard he wrote an uproarious book on the French Revolution, Vive la Revolution.

He describes himself as a "Stand-up Historian," and no further proof of this can be seen than in his radio broadcasts all of which can be downloaded here. I just found out about him and I've already got all three of his series on my hard drive.

For the record, he did a TV series, and here's the first part of two episodes, one on Aristotle and one on Darwin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMpJvt6b0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_F-kpVkQo

Two questions:
1) Any fans here? (Admittedly, most of them might be on the other side of the pond)
2) Why aren't there more stand-up historians in America?
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RE: Mark Steel
Unrelated, but I knew a Mark Steel once. He was a cock.
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RE: Mark Steel
One fan here. I've only seen his work on shows like Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You, though I've caught one or two of his lectures. Had no idea that they were downloadable - guess what I'm about to do?
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RE: Mark Steel
(May 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm)Annik Wrote: Unrelated, but I knew a Mark Steel once. He was a cock.



Does that mean he was a boring root or just an arsehole (both?) Tiger
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RE: Mark Steel
(May 27, 2012 at 1:54 am)padraic Wrote:
(May 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm)Annik Wrote: Unrelated, but I knew a Mark Steel once. He was a cock.



Does that mean he was a boring root or just an arsehole (both?) Tiger

Both. I hated him.
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