Reposted by Patrick van der Geest
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Patrick van der Geest
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British-Dutch PhD candidate @ Lund University 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇸🇪 | Researching Hope & Co. + the business of empire 🐙 | Colonial & global history | Husband of @hindenrijk 👬 | Committed 🐱 dad | He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 | Views my own
![From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism. Organization: Eva Seuntjens, IISH/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bart van Holsteijn, ISSH/University of Gothenburg. Workshop abstract: Recent years have seen the proliferation of projects dealing with topics that broadly fit the category of business history of slavery and colonialism. [...] We intend to organize a workshop for early-career researchers to explore new perspectives on business history in relation to the histories of slavery and colonialism. This workshop will provide extensive peer discussion and feedback from senior experts in the field field. The workshop aims to encourage and strengthen ties among early-career researchers in the field of business history. The event will be hosted by the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam on Thursday and Friday 20-21 November, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:goibg7ev7jyis6of5mgvorob/bafkreibkzkozhgyubi7xdz243zbrz2y2rbzcgwuwgboet3yrqgegtrn6ra)
