Tom Holland is a gold mine. His podcast with Dominic Sandbrook is often a highlight in my week.

@GrumpaGladstone1809

9 ай бұрын

I looked it up, will give it a whirl, thanks!!! :)

@robertgebruers9519

9 ай бұрын

It is THE best podcast.

@vlndfee6481

9 ай бұрын

Learning constant new context and information. Better than any historic lessons on school.

@samgoodway5244

8 ай бұрын

The podcast GOATs.

@user-lp7wo7og4x

7 ай бұрын

I'll give his podcast a go pal

Bloody hell that presenter had an agenda

it is a shame for the sake of the interview that the interviewer was so poor, but Tom Holland fantastic to listen to as always.

@trytwicelikemice3190

3 ай бұрын

His fixation on trying to bring it back to culture war issues in the middle was very weird...

@johnhealy6494

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@jamiearan

2 ай бұрын

Stephen was trying to get Tom to bite on right wing talking points, but I was impressed by Tom's ability to steer from them

@billythedog-309

Ай бұрын

@@trytwicelikemice3190 The fact that this is sponsored by the Daily Telegraph is purely coincidental.

I've always had a casual interest in history but Tom Holland for sure has made me much more interested in classical history than I ever used to be.

Holland is genius and a very generous person because that interviewer is just daft.

@starcapture3040

9 ай бұрын

he is biased

@Joe-og6br

8 ай бұрын

As it went along I could sense a growing distain towards the interviewer.

Never expected Spider-Man 4 to be a single room arthouse movie with only two characters and mostly dialogue. Bravo Marvel!

@ceceliategdirb7371

9 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly

May I just say, I am very impressed by how such a young man can sound so pompous already

Tom Holland is, of course, terrific and fascinating. He has to find his way around some of the interviewer's clunkier and more short-sighted questions, but he seems to have no problem doing this with grace, agility, and brilliance. The overall lesson is that history doesn't serve a single perspective, and the events and battles of the moment fade quickly. A telling moment was when the interviewer asked Holland whether he'd be able to get his Islam documentary made in today's political atmosphere, obviously under the impression that he wouldn't, and Holland having to remind him--or inform him--of the atmosphere around the subject of Islam in the post 9/11 and Iraq war period, which the interviewer obviously either didn't know about or hadn't bothered to research.

@matthewstokes1608

9 ай бұрын

No… I think this young interviewer is singly the most outstanding interviewer of intellectual quality to have arisen on the western/global stage in years.

@palatine7013

9 ай бұрын

@@matthewstokes1608 i disagree, he's fishing for controversial debate where one doesn't exist. Another useless attempt at stirring the societal pot!

@StumpyVandal

9 ай бұрын

The interviewer was constantly trying to draw Tom into the debate on wokism and political correctness stifling all forms of expression. The right wing newspapers in the US and UK care about little else right now. It’s ridiculous given the actual problems facing society.

@matthewstokes1608

9 ай бұрын

@@StumpyVandal Tom Holland was asked provocative (not leading) questions by a perfectly reasoned and intellectual young man doing a far better job than those we typically see.

@darrenkaminsky7618

9 ай бұрын

@@StumpyVandal Yes, watching again that's what the interviewer is trying to do. He's subtler than some, but it's still a bit scary -- not everything can or should connect to "wokeism" or the political right's bizarre cultural obsessions.

I read Dominion when it came out and it blew me away. Anything Tom Holland writes now I’ll read. His ability to pivot from the present to the past is unparallelled.

Nice to see the Telegraph give a platform to an elite sportsman

Didn't know what I expecting when I clicked this video... thought it was another Oppenheimer review, but totally engrossed in this riveting conversation that suddenly popped up from nowhere like a dream.

@paulheydarian1281

9 ай бұрын

Don't get caught up in the latest HollyWeed Hype...Be an original thinker.

One figure Tom Holland didn't mention when discussing Britain's global cultural-historical influence is probably the biggest one of all: William Shakespeare.

@themsmloveswar3985

9 ай бұрын

Not sure. I reckon Shelley, Dickens, had a larger impact. And possibly Orwel, and Huxley.

@scottbuchanan9426

9 ай бұрын

@@Mickyway Don't think so.

Absolutely riveting interview. So insightful with his modest speaking style. A pleasure to have listened to.

@skp8748

9 ай бұрын

So disappointing he's a raging islamophobe.

So in a parallel universe Spiderman is a middle aged British historian

Nice to drop in a few buzzwords of the moment using Oppenheimer in the title, but this interview was much more about the Roman Empire and how it relates and has influenced the modern West of today! Fascinating interview btw!

@arthurw8054

Ай бұрын

Yeah, the title might be a bit misleading, but if it's Tom Holland it's going to be superb, period.

Very enjoyable to watch. Good stuff.

It is a joy to listen to Tom Holland; Steven Edginton not so much.

Great, I've found Tom's podcast on the iplayer! 46 hours of fun.

Impressive teacher! His own enthusiasm is so fluently transferred to and captured by the listener.

Great Interview !

I had no interest in history until I discovered The Rest is History. I read Persian Fire a couple of months ago and found it utterly fascinating!

@EerieV23

9 ай бұрын

The rest of his books are just as riveting. I highly recommend them.

@samurai_wack

9 ай бұрын

Rubicon is next on my list!@@EerieV23

Tom Holland is always great value but the title of this video needs fixing, it's a 47-minute interview and they spend all of 3 minutes discussing Oppenheimer, Napoleon and British history!

@supertuscans9512

9 ай бұрын

He’s brilliant to listen to. He’s actually made me review the way I see the Roman Empire and the influence of the Christian ethos on society ( for better and worse) even when it’s not overt, and in many ways has transgressed from being a religion to a subconscious philosophy. Fascinating!

@dulls8475

Ай бұрын

@@supertuscans9512 With Christianity mocked we are already on the way down.

Great interview, although I had to wait 40 minutes for a mention of Oppenheimer, Napoleon or British history. Never mind, I love listening to Tom.

Love Tom Holland’s book “Persian Fire”. There’s so much to digest in this comprehensive survey of a pivotal time in European/Asian history.

I'm fascinated by this idea of christendom being inherently destabilizing and a potential cause for a lot of social progress and post-christian ideologies.

@dulls8475

Ай бұрын

It gave us the stability for social progress and post-christian ideologies.

Great discussion!

Tom is brilliant but this interviewer asking the most loaded questions my god!

@adventussaxonum448

8 ай бұрын

It's like watching the BBC or Sky, but from the other direction.😅

@matthewstokes1608

6 ай бұрын

@@adventussaxonum448 which is why it is superb

@adventussaxonum448

6 ай бұрын

Makes a nice change.😅

Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome by Balsdon, which came out in the 1960s, is still worth reading.

Hooked on the rest is history, love it

British-vetted scientists played a key role in the development of the Soviet atom bomb.

@bj6515

9 ай бұрын

But it was an American who provided Russia with the blueprints then got prison for it.

@paulthomas-hh2kv

9 ай бұрын

Work on atomic bomb was non secret in Uk although Radar was for some reason. There was a Russian scientist working on the development in UK. Very interesting interview with Mark Oliphant with names and dates

I wish I were so bright, interesting, intellectual & articulate.

37:45 Britain may not be "Greece to America's Rome"; rather, as someone observed, Britain is Alfred the butler to America's Batman. They provide good advice and experience.

@edblarney9456

Ай бұрын

And Batman is an imaginary figure.

Outstanding views from Tom Holland that I also share ❤

Oh of course Britain is our Greece here in the Colonies. It wasn't until Spinal Tap that we finally woke up to the fact than not everyone with a British accent is a genius.

Just heard Free Thinking episode on Julian The Apostate with Tom …very good.

The interviewer seems to be constantly grinding an axe.

Best interview post Pax - most revealing; least formulaic. Very cunning in its oh so polite bowling.

his oddyssey is so readable like he's genuinely one of the best classics writers of our time

This interviewer is digging quite hard to get an anti-wokeness quote.

Very interesting interview with Mark Oliphant about his career working with Ernest Rutherford

Didn't know Tom Holland was a historian in his free time in between Spiderman movies.

Wow. That was a sharp observation.

Had the best summer ever. Unbelieveble tears, heat, but...summer. Found my lost family, a bit shuttered, still alive, still love them. I forgive, if it does matter to him, to Graham from Fund Daniel for what is done. Today he is still alive. Wish him the best he can get by his own. Corina Miriam Georgeta IJAC autumn, 2023

Peter Parker on fire as always

some historians argue that this lack of empire that could control western europe is what made western europe so powerful, as they were constantly in competition with itself.

@jonathanphillips5514

7 ай бұрын

Explains why we are all knackered

How extraordinary to assert the British have had minimal influence on the USA.

@judithjohnson5055

9 ай бұрын

He was speaking of the present rather than the past

Interviewer is a drip.

Steven's lack of self-awareness when he asks about contemporary historians insisting that we must see history through culture was, is something to behold.

Tom Holland is great! I don’t know what this interviewer is doing though, he’s a mess!

That’s my thinking about the Roman Empire done for the day

What is the Best book on Trajan?

I'm amazed at the stability of the empire in spite of the many assassinations.

It might just be the camera angle but Tom looks like a giant next to Steven

Clickbait alert: there’s almost nothing in this video about the new films about Oppenheimer and Napoleon.

Anyone got a link to his brothers podcast, I found a James holland, is that him? Thanks

And he was a great Spiderman as well

Steven Edginton will be a British journalism icon, if not a legend. Stay humble, upright, and excellent, young man.

Tomorrow is wednesday, my favorite day. So it's Freitag, the day I was born. Corina

Loved him in Spiderman

I predict hundreds of jokes with his name

@Gorbyrev

9 ай бұрын

With great power comes great responsibility.

@VaughanMcCue

9 ай бұрын

@@Gorbyrev With great power comes not-so-great electricity bills.

Love Tom

Genius

Good morning. Bună dimineața. Corina Ijac

Tom Holland looks a bit different from the last spiderman movie

@ssotkow

9 ай бұрын

Accumulating cobwebs, not shooting spidey webs

@fhujf

9 ай бұрын

This is a multiverse version of Tom Holland.

Hilarious - like watching Slavoj Žižek be interviewed by Harry Enfield's Tim Nice-But-Dim. Comforting and encouraging that in 2023 this is the calibre of young person that The Telegraph can manage to find. But some fascinating insight from Tom - especially r.e. the concept of "pax".

Love Tom Holland and been reading his books for the last 20 years but wish he’d comb his hair.

Steven is on it again!

Pop American history was the Western, and died in 1970. We got a WWII resurgence same as GB.

we gotta do something about that haircut man

@apocalypseblues3897

Ай бұрын

dude what is going on with this interviewer? 😮

Just five minutes before, left a comment to an interview to some ambassad in bucarest from Ishrael. It was, the comment, erased because of the content. It wasn't offending, they didn't love the content. Wow! How could this happen? Corina Ijac 6 oct 2023/7 oct.

,,I saw your face in crowded place..." , ,,how deep is" the...water. Corina

Of course a Telegraph journalist starts the question with a religious decline, as opposed to sticking to the traditionally modern term void of religious connotations. Classic. Only here for Tom, who carefully avoids falling down the Douglas Murray route - as probably the Telegraph would enjoy.

Often I wondered, how they managed to do it. Bucarest, an area of a theseplaces person with sheeps, Bucur (joy), like David, like others-Odysseus f.ex., is on the same hourlongitude like Cairo. The Delta of the Nile was displaced, but just imagine... Let's say, they agreed to meet for a tea, on see, not at him, not at her. Being in time, have good weather and pleasant ships with lovely friends around, how, when he left it was 4 p.m. , when she left it was the same 4 p.m., to be at 5 o clock was it at the middle?, is it possible?, there is no such thing allways wondered, they had the funny world and managed to drink together a tea. Stunning! All my love! Corina Miriam Georgeta IJAC after 2000 years...

saw many at the local*

As an occupant of a former British colony, I think Mr Holland greatly underestimates the degree to which Britain is a very central point of reference when defining the meaning of the various liberal femocracies it has given birth to.

@Mrtomcree

9 ай бұрын

I know it’s a typo but femocracy what a lovely word

@jonahtwhale1779

8 ай бұрын

Femunism - illustrates the communitarian nature of female nature but also the authoritarian aspect of the same.

@sirrathersplendid4825

8 ай бұрын

@@Mrtomcree- Is it a typo though? Perfectly describes what was happening in Sweden for several decades. Indeed sums up the dysfunctional world we live in today in most of the West.

Non-Romans hated the Romans. Non-Christians hated the Christians. Those other people need to get over it!

Mike Pence physically resembles Emperor Claudius.

@danielschaeffer1294

9 ай бұрын

Whenever has has to defend Trump - which is all the time - he starts stammering worse than Biden.

@galaxyn3214

9 ай бұрын

@@danielschaeffer1294 Pence does what does out of a reluctant sense of patrician honor.

How is America a cultural superpower ? What is their culture ?

@tyronebiggums8660

7 ай бұрын

People around the world are influenced by American movies, television, music, innovations

@DavidSaundersPosts

Ай бұрын

American culture is a huge stew, where cooks from all over the world throw their bits into the pot. What comes out is not always great, but is creative and it sells.

Lovely! “Christendom was the peak theme….200 years ago”

The name of this video is completely wrong. Oppenheimer and Napoleon aren't discussed until 42:34

Love the ironic 'simple Jack' hairstyle...

We don't live in the past, even if the seaside was left to the nature.

Shame the interviewer has no idea how to read a vibe and had this weird insistance on pushing culture wars issues... still, excellent work by Tom Holland, respectfully navigating that to say something interesting despite the questions!

The interviewer was constantly trying to draw Tom into the debate on wokism and whether political correctness is stifling all forms of expression. The right wing newspapers in the US and UK care about little else right now. It’s ridiculous given the actual problems facing society.

@Lanxe

9 ай бұрын

He definitely had an angle. Quite tiresome but I suppose that's might be what his employer wants. Always pushing for some dramatic statement from the interviewee.

@adventussaxonum448

8 ай бұрын

​@@Lanxe Yes, it's like watching mainstream media, only from the opposite direction.

@HomeFromFarAway

7 ай бұрын

​@@adventussaxonum448there are two "mainstream medias" with intetnionally opposing views. conservatism has never not been mainstream and the left has always owned the press

@edblarney9456

Ай бұрын

Those were perfectly fair questions. It's a legitimate contemporary issue. Holland's answers were reasonable and enlightening.

Too short!

Shalom means peace in Hebrew Is very differnent from Rome pax. Shalom start with in the heart by Jesus spirit. Pax is military ruling order.

Tom Holland is masterful as always. The guy from the Telegraph is far too tense and uptight in comparison and comes across like an overzealous schoolboy. He needs to relax his sphincter a bit before situations like this. 😉

that first question was a bit ill informed lol

Absolutely right about Christianity.

Hi

Disruptive loud advertising interference.?

The Telegraph should be embarrassed that "Steven Edginton " represents them in any form, print, online or video! Seriously get a grip!

34:16 Edgerton is a brilliant interviewer. His ability to speak over his guest to obliterate important pieces of information at 34:21 is superb. Here is another Tucker Carlson in the making.

@Asgath

8 ай бұрын

Eminating pure toff. Yahh, yahh, yahh.

@Joe-og6br

8 ай бұрын

He's dreadful.

@matthewstokes1608

6 ай бұрын

Edgerton is excellent… We need more like him. Holland is a slippery coward here.

Whatever about the end of the West's golden age, it's fair to say peak *freedom* was reached in the late 1990s/early 2000s, kzread.info/dash/bejne/anir1KSLiMjJptY.html.

❤❤❤

@VilemMalecek

9 ай бұрын

🎉😮❤😢

His documentary on Islam was interesting.

Good morning, Dear Amon, mi-e foarte greu. Ceea ce am știut, am declarat. Poate ne mai întâlnim, cândva, într-un alt timp. Am știut că va fi greu dar am mers drumul până la capăt. ,,Călinescu" și-a falsificat actul de naștere, în ,,Enigma Otiliei" nimeni nu o mai întâlnește pe Otilia iar enigma ei, într-o casă plină de mătuși, e feminitatea. Nu știu să-mi iau rămas bun. Corina

Mr. Holland came very close to saying the concept of justice cannot exist outside the framework of Christianity. Surely he doesn''t believe that.

Arriving throughout the world with place value math, extortion contracts, and gunpowder, the British made everyone affected by their history.

Tom hollad is great, the chatbot reading the bullet points is a bit odd...