Tom Holland

Tom Holland is a writer, popular historian and cricketer. He is not an actor. His most recent book is PAX

@holland_tom

The shadow of Pax Romana

08 Jul 2023

Why dinosaurs are awesome

05 Apr 2023

Humanism is a heresy

25 Dec 2022

Humanism is a heresy

26 Nov 2022

The myth of ‘pagan’ Christmas

25 Dec 2021

The Olympics deserve better heroes

23 Jul 2021

The immortal Princess Diana

01 Jul 2021

What England owes the Irish

04 May 2021

How Hitler killed the Devil

14 Apr 2021

Homosexuality’s Christian roots

02 Apr 2021

When Egypt cancelled Tutankhamun

09 Mar 2021

Martin Luther would have ruled Twitter

25 Jan 2021

Why America is haunted by Ancient Rome

11 Jan 2021

The myth of ‘pagan’ Christmas

25 Dec 2020

The age-old tension between Islam and France

02 Nov 2020

History began with a counterfactual

18 Sep 2020

Will the Conservatives start conserving?

26 Aug 2020

Trump the modern-day Nero? That’s rather unfair… to Nero The emperor was a showman but he didn't 'fiddle while Rome burned'

18 Aug 2020

The end of secularism is nigh

12 Aug 2020

America is the greatest story ever told

05 Jun 2020

Has Boris had a sickbed conversion?

27 Apr 2020

When Christ conquered Caesar

10 Apr 2020

Plague and the comforts of history

24 Mar 2020

The desecration of Stonehenge shames this government

12 Mar 2020

How could Jesus have let the dinosaurs die?

04 Sep 2019

Britain’s first Brexit was the hardest

09 Apr 2019

The violation of Salisbury, my ancient, gentle home

20 Mar 2018