History and I

[@davidstarkeytalks]

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[@paradox7358]

David Starkey could be talking about how to repair a washing machine, and I'd still listen. The man has such amazing rhetoric.

[@Happyheretic2308]

His would be a Sat-nav voice I would agree to have. If not, I’ll stick to maps.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Agree. He's so wonderfully English.

[@Mike-H_UK]

@@mattyclare All bad washing machines are French.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

He is one of the best speakers, ever. People tell me I’m articulate, but no one comes close to Dr. Starkey.

[@natmanprime4295]

@@mattyclare lol

[@DavidOatney]

We are truly blessed Dr. Starkey, that you have chosen to defy the mob and share your thoughts with us.

[@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668]

I can literally hear the cries and screams of the woke mob as this video plays back on my KZbin.

[@circularisnotthis4316]

That woke mob made it possible for Starkey the chief Tory to be a homosexual openly and without fear of prison. Like a bitter queen he stands in the way of progress.

[@baylorsailor]

@@circularisnotthis4316 grow up and wake up. We're all sick of your crying.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

@@circularisnotthis4316 That woke mob is not progressive. It’s only destruktive.

[@TarpeianRock]

@@circularisnotthis4316 try so see the difference between people back then truly fighting for equality and freedom of speech and the Mob that is the antithesis of those past activists but are posturing as “freedom fighters”. Therein truly lies the terrible misunderstanding: this misguided belief that in putting on the clothes of the Old Guard your are automatically “fighting the good fight”, you haven’t yet realized that a Mob of misguided bigots have taken over what used to be wholesome and progressive. Time to wake up to reality. ( if you have the courage)

[@abstractacus1598]

Way to go! They cancelled you for your honest opinion and analysis so now in a way you are free! They have done the same to many of us, in our own small ways, for a long time. Join the club and use your great perceptive intelligence to inform us.

[@Matmus]

David was cancelled for a slip of the tongue, for using the wrong words in present times but he’s far too intelligent to be racist and obviously isn’t. Still it didn’t matter to the pitchfork brigade and our weak and flaccid establishment who went along with his cancellation just in case they came for them.

[@davidprice5678]

I suppose James Watson is stupid by your logic, Bob?

[@Matmus]

@@davidprice5678 sorry I’m missing the context to your comment.

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

keep fighting everyday you don’t give in is a small victory in a greater war

[@RevRSleeker]

​@@Matmus Sadly, commenter Mr Price may well be of a loud minority that appear unable to rationalise nor reason, therefore everyone is stupid for not 'obviously seeing his way'

[@TheUglySlug666]

One of the greatest living historians.

[@crawford1083]

As different from that brainless tart Lucy Worsley or whoever the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corp has on for history.

[@samahdi6972]

@@crawford1083 It's m/f trans a planted influencer promoting fake history.

[@crawford1083]

@@samahdi6972 👌

[@Horwellston]

One of the historians I know of.

[@amandajstar]

Is there a greater?

[@jaewok5G]

Professor Starkey's throw-away lines alone are worth the price of admission, _"All bad ideas are French"_ XD

[@johnkilvington7527]

Can't wait for the book on this, or certainly a piece on you tube.

[@bingbong7316]

That did make me laugh!

[@mrror8933]

Sweeping generalisation though, which defeats the points he made earlier about history... Having said that, rousseau's noble savage theory and 20th century postmodernism are doing untold damage these days.

[@taniaearle4457]

@@bingbong7316 hes hilarious

[@Ubique2927]

I’m not racist. I love everyone, except, of course, the French.

[@hennessysean]

WELCOME BACK DAVID......THANKS FOR NOT GOING AWAY..........REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR ERUDITION.

[@magnacarta9364]

As he has said "I am not a victim of the cancel culture, as I won't allow myself to be a victim" I think I got that right, when he was being interviewed on GB News.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

@@magnacarta9364 . And that’s how we all should be. Refuse to be a “victim” of cancel culture. It has no substance whatsoever.

[@tech10k14]

"-All bad ideas are French" LOL Perfect.

[@newage3]

That needs to be on a Tee shirt............

[@tech10k14]

@@newage3 Agreed 😄

[@taniaearle4457]

@@newage3 oh yes! Classic

[@philipedwards9129]

How can anyone put a thumbs down on this talk? We are so lucky to have access to this wisdom and knowledge.

[@alancooper9632]

Absolutely enthralling, I'm a working class fella in my sixties, my education was really, very poor. I've watched you on television many times. Now your on u tube is just heaven for me.

[@shaughnfourie304]

I`M WITH YOU ON THIS

[@czerwonadupa9547]

Me too

[@taniaearle4457]

Im dyslexic, trawling through those stuffy volumes is Hell. But I love History & he brings History to life 😍 Ever since I saw his Monarchy series I've been enthralled by his style, passion & deep knowledge. He's my History Teacher 😊

[@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668]

Universities are now a joke. They're public indoctrination centres which brainwash our broken and fragile youth into blind acceptance of Westminster's cultural marxist agenda. You'll learn far more on this TouTube channel.

[@sammc2601]

Ditto though fortunate enough to have gone to college (2 year, Canada so not a degree, simply advanced beyond high school). I've always said I'd go to university and get a degree if I won the lottery. I am 62 and thrilled and grateful to have access to Dr. Starkey's knowledge; kind of like winning the lottery since it's an education I seek.

[@romulus3345]

What a delightful wonderful surprise to learn that David Starkey has started his own youtube channel.

[@Pauline-wu4ej]

And its all for the benefit of the public. Free to say what he wants and how he wants.

[@baylorsailor]

I was so excited to see that he started a KZbin channel. I just discovered it this morning. He has always been my favorite historian and I was very upset with what had happened to him when he spoke out honestly about how he felt. Everyone has the right to say how they truly feel and shouldn't have to walk on eggshells to please people. That's what true diversity is, diversity of thought.

[@shaughnfourie304]

@@baylorsailor I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU

[@sammc2601]

I was thrilled to see Dr. Starkey here. What a world we live in; that we can have easy and convenient access to great minds like his. His ability to not dumb down subject matter yet make it easily grasped is a gift; I'm grateful he's honed that gift.

[@johnoakley6362]

At last! after 60 years I finally get the history master I respect, enjoy, learn from, and am totally absorbed by ,as he works his wonderous magic. Thank you so much Dr Starkey for this channel.

[@mrmainlobster]

I cannot help but agree with what John had to say.

[@saikoneko1937]

I agree with your statement completely as well John

[@martinheath5947]

Wonderful to see you branching out on this platform Dr Starkey, facts, evidence and truth are sorely missed, all having been drowned in the mainstream.

[@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668]

Well have you ever considered that maybe facts, evidence and truth are too triggering for the confused generation which came of age in our postmodern society? Starkey is a dangerous man for relaying facts, evidence and truth in his lectures instead of diversity-washing history.

[@baylorsailor]

@@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668 when people stop bowing to the moronic mob this BS will stop. The problem is people with common sense and humanity are hiding how they feel and just going with the motions to keep their jobs, family and "friends". Walking on eggshells is not living.

[@paigetomkinson1137]

@@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668 It is within History that we can determine the evil ways of men, and resolve to construct a fairer, better future. History itself is replete with this same story; consider the Magna Carta for a well placed example.

[@jezt42]

If this doesn’t inspire an interest in history, nothing will. Phenomenally good. 👍

[@callum6773]

Thank you for creating this channel, your musings have been sorely missed since the mob descended!

[@mfecanegukurahundi24]

Your courage to tell the truth is IMMENSE!

[@shaughnfourie304]

yes I AGREE Thank you DR STARKEY

[@wolfiestreet6899]

BRAVE and STUNNING!

[@headshot6959]

Three minutes in and I'm already on the edge of my seat. Never has KZbin needed a new channel more than this one.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

There is always History Debunked.

[@FiveLiver]

You don't need any introduction David. We've known you for decades.

[@tadroid3858]

What we've lost in our discourse, at least in the US, is that we've stopped attacking the issues and now attack each other. It's horrible. Thank you for your channel.

[@maryearll3359]

@Tad Kowai... What a clever way of summarising how society has changed. I had never thought of it like that. Thank you.

[@cheryl71000]

In the UK too unfortunately

[@geordieswhyfronts7654]

To start with your own history just seems perfect!

[@joetaylor5329]

This is going to be wonderful. I wish you well Dr. Starkey.

[@rickshaw2779]

So glad that Dr Starkey is making these programmes, perhaps we have the Cancel Culture mob who hate the truth, to thank for them.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

How very true. That mob always end up eating themselves. Perhaps we should thank them? But they are incapable of recognising the irony in that.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

I can't help thinking it is Dr Starkey's rootedness in science - in the possibility of truth - that makes him so qualified to pursue history without agenda.

[@williamhancox860]

Great start

[@artyfingers4488]

Our greatest living historian UNCANCELLED.!

[@staceya5149]

"Old books from which new learning springs" is a brilliantly concise rebuttal to utilitarian arguments that dismiss studying the humanities as a waste of time.

[@andrewhoward7200]

Stacey sorry to disagree but as long as they remain citadels of social engineering, redefining unfashionable opinion, they are irrelevant.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

@@andrewhoward7200 . I’d be inclined to agree with the lady’s comment. “Old books from which new learning springs”. It’s the “citadel” that needs reigning in.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Growing up in the US, we were never taught history or geography, they were dumped into a broad category called Social Studies, which taught us nothing. I got an atlas early on, as it’s impossible to learn history without knowing the geography of the world.

[@smythharris2635]

I was privileged to be taught the history of Europe and the USA by a group of very able history teachers many years ago. I owe to them an inestimable debt of gratitude. Those were the days when staff automatically assumed one wanted to be, eventually, an adult and not a kidult.

[@shaughnfourie304]

I truly recommend you listen to Mr Starkey then All the best in your self education It`s probably the best

[@ResoundGuy5]

I was happy to be your 77th Subscriber yesterday! 😃

[@callum6773]

Yeah felt very happy and surprised to be the 5th myself

[@thehound9638]

@@callum6773 There's always someone who's got to go one better eh?😁

[@callum6773]

@@thehound9638 72 better in fact 🧐

[@thehound9638]

@@callum6773 🥳

[@stumccabe]

Excellent, spell-binding, fascinating, thought provoking! Bravo Dr Starkey. PS I forgot to include "entertaining"!

[@gillysparrowlegs]

How wonderful to have David Starkey as an antidote to those who are distorting our history and therefore our cultural identity to suit their own agenda. You are a beacon of truth in these dark times David, so pleased you have started this Chanel.

[@Mike-H_UK]

Great talk David. I'm so pleased that you are producing these. Channels like this make me increasingly convinced that the days of the BBC are numbered.

[@elsabolton2410]

Thank the Lord for SIR David Starkey. It is he and Richard Holmes who inspired me to read history as my main hobby with their fascinating TV programs.

[@Mrpsblobsoflowendmung]

This is just wonderful Learning the history of our greatest most enthusiastic historian . Thank you Mr Starkey thank you

[@musiqueetmontagne]

Thank you Dr. Starkey, David. You have such a huge breadth of knowledge in history and literature, are able to look at the facts and evidence in a scientific, analytical way but are also so good at handing on that knowledge in a digestible, entertaining way. You are a national treasure, what they did to you was miopic and idiotic, beyond comprehension. You love teaching and passing on that vast knowledge, unlike many academics, students would be so privileged to learn from you. Good luck with the channel, I can't wait for the episodes.

[@johnlong123long]

I already know this is going to be one of my favourite channels. you better get churning Mr Starkey! wooooohooooo

[@gjs321]

A brave and intelligent man with the courage to speak his mind.

[@shaughnfourie304]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU

[@CaruthersHodge]

@@shaughnfourie304 Cheers to the company assembled, I couldn't agree more about the good Doctor's integrity - We Few, We Happy Few.

[@FireCrackerFreeman]

Absolutely magnificent. I’ve loved watching/listening to you since I was about 14 years old. I’m 31 now and still feel the same. Congratulations and good health Prof Starkey!

[@henryvagincourt4502]

"Rousseau is French, and all bad idea's are French" Brilliant!

[@chrisliamdoyle]

Just ordered 'A History of Everyday Things in England' from Abebooks. Was able to get all 4 volumes plus a 5th. Get them now while they're still cheap!

[@minnow9391]

I just did exactly that

[@Mortimer_Duke]

SO glad to see you.

[@martinjohnson9316]

Great to see you back!...subscribed.

[@marinaknife4595]

Fantastic now available on Utube - engaging doses of real historical knowledgeable narratives presented as accurately as possible.

[@davidnorman7715]

It really is difficult to grasp how a culture has dumbed downed itself. Truly sad

[@edwardoleyba3075]

@@davidnorman7715 . We’re all to blame. I think we got too wrapped up in a me, me, me, mind set. Having said that, there is nothing wrong with trying to better oneself but, not at the expense of others. I hope that makes sense.

[@D4n1t0o]

I just enjoy listening to you talk. It's as simple as that.

[@Yonder792]

I would so have loved that library, I used to live at the public library.

[@shaughnfourie304]

beautiful

[@marcus8258]

I could listen to David all day. Really looking forward to this channel's content.

[@joe-nu3uo]

I can recommend Kenneth Clarke's Civilisation series on here produced in the 70s

[@marcus8258]

I'll give it a try. Cheers:-)

[@Ulric-Wolfshead-Khan]

Thank you and it is so good to listen to you. Respect and Love sir xx

[@davedogge2280]

Good, lets have some frank and honest talks about our history.

[@catherinewilkins2760]

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@craighart9278]

Brilliant! Love it!

[@mab158]

I was spellbound throughout but the sublime ending raised the hackles on my neck. The master has returned and a new light has entered my life with the advent of this channel 😍

[@michaeldonahoo461]

I look forward to listening to David Starkey. As I listened to him I remembered the words of fiction author Tom Clancy. He said "When you write fiction it make make sense, it must be logical. Unlike real life, which is so often illogical and makes no sense at all."

[@peterweaver5919]

Really looking forward to seeing this channel evolve. I'm a working class man, the product of a poor quality Comprehensive School education (due in no small part to my own foolishness). I came to a love of history later in life. This is a real treat for me.

[@GMN360]

A nephew, a natural mathematician, says maths and physics is like reading poetry!

[@bogstandardash3751]

Delighted you have decided to do this! All the best sir.

[@marco030376]

Always enjoyed David Starkey's history lessons. I am looking forward to this it feels like I have my favorite history lecturer at a touch of a button.

[@spurge83]

David, thank you so much for this and for your life of work. You have been treated disgracefully this past year or so.

[@hilaryswan4323]

I feel as if Im inhabiting two different worlds, the contemporary and traditional and cannot make sense of either of them. This talk does plant a seed of hope though. Thankyou.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

You could look at them in a contemporary way, or in a traditional way. It’s up to you to correlate the two to begin to make sense of it all. There is always conflict between the past, (was that true), and the present, (is that true). You have the freedom to decide, in your own mind; what YOU perceive to be the truth. In other words, YOU decide for yourself but, always keep in mind that you might be wrong on some things. No one can be right 100% of the time. Formulate your own opinions but, always be open to others opinions. Listen to what they have to say, see how that fits in with your views, you’ll quickly learn how to ‘dovetail’ their opinions into your own train of thought. Your own thoughts and opinions matter.

[@rickster561]

Thank you sir looking forward to your talks.

[@lindosland]

Wonderful stuff David, and very interesting that you did well at science and credit this for helping your search for truth and facts. I am a scientist and engineer discovering a passion for history and literature late in life, especially regarding the Scientific Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, and determined to pass on this passion for proper thinking to my grandkids before their schools corrupt them beyond hope. You join the brave and capable few who give me real hope that this woke, postmodernist takeover of the West might just be halted and turned round in its tracks!

[@kathleenstern6822]

I too loved physics and chemistry at my girl’s convent grammar school. Eventually I did Pure Maths,English and French at A level, and at university studied Honours English involving Anglosaxon up to modern literature and also American literature, but also studied Philosophy and logic. It makes you a critical reader and thinker! It’s sad that they don’t do actual experiments in the sciences now as that was the part I loved! It’s very tame just watching a teacher do them.

[@lindosland]

​@@kathleenstern6822 Yes, it makes you a proper critical thinker. Electronic design is very good for that too, because what you build fails to work until you get everything just right - those demon electrons are testing you out all the way; no teacher required! Do they really not do actual experiments?! We did lots, including micro-analysis in chemistry which was really quite intricate to get right. I have several grandkids I am close to in early years of secondary school, so I will ask them more about this. I believe that rational thinking is something that has to develop in the brain through synaptic pruning, which leaves only the most used network of connections. It isn't something you learn in the intellectual sense, it operates unconsciously in those who acquire the right brain structure for it. Those who don't acquire this network early just don't have logical thought, and are susceptible to the nonsense of postmodernism instilled by words alone.

[@roygardiner2229]

"All bad ideas are French...". Well, it made ME smile. Terrific stuff though!

[@gooner72]

Brilliant to see you on here David, I've watched you for years and have always admired your work. I look forward to watching you on here .🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@jamesforeman4368]

You can's keep a good man down! Go, David!

[@AngryBootneck]

He was thrashing his professors in debates as a third year undergraduate, and fifty years later, posh air-heads like Laurie Penny get on the debate stage with him... it's almost cruel and unusual punishment! 😂

[@jayturner3397]

Well said 👢 🥾 👞 🤠

[@wolfiestreet6899]

He is a 3rd wedge man for sure.

[@ME-fo7si]

Watching this with a huge smile on my face, lots of chuckles and a wonderful sense of happiness. Thank you

[@robertquigley2509]

Thank you Dr Starkey for proving these words; "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom." James 3:13

[@2011wig]

Great to see you back. So looking forward to watching, learning from your channel.

[@ambrosiatea]

Really looking forward to this channel. I'm a young mother and I want my children to learn about their history - we'll be homeschooling to give them a proper education - hoping to use you as a great resource. I loved the Monarchy series, filled in so many gaps in my own knowledge!

[@Eudaimonia88]

@firefly467 "Homeschooling".... 🤣... if Dr. Starkey was homeschooling his children (if he had any) one could entirely understand. But most ordinary people of average intellect only harm their offspring by erroneously believing themselves to be superior to those in the teaching profession. I feel sorry for your children!

[@Ubique2927]

@@Eudaimonia88 .. I feel sorry for you.

[@allanjgray1]

How delightful to listen to someone who knows their subject through the lens of a static camera. No gimmicks or annoying angles, just eloquence.

[@CS-cn6bh]

Captivating. I look forward so much to this journey with you. Thank you for coming back.

[@randolphlearning5255]

Wow! Fantastic! ! Another brick in the monastery of the mind. Best of luck from Hamilton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@richardedmonds7989]

Can’t wait for these videos every few days, utterly captivating. 👍🏻

[@DCND06]

Always delighted to be in the company of David Starkey.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Can tell I'm going to love this channel. Please share and help it grow and grow.

[@michaelodonoghue9385]

David, splendid podcast which combines a refreshingly candid approach while at the same time informative in seeking the pathways through which we may seek the truth.

[@stewartshackleton7825]

“People of the past don’t have our values”. In my humble opinion, the only thing in the human condition that changes is technology. Thank you Mr Starkey. Most enjoyable and informative.

[@multiturnbull]

My favourite Historian and a true legend of the spoken word and free speech!

[@robj8201]

Congratulations on the launch. My English is awful, east end Stratford boy. Love a bit’ve history, when told in such a honest, patriotic, enthusiastic way you do….mesmerising. Good luck with the site.🇬🇧❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧

[@sirierieott5882]

Not to be recommended for those of a sensitive disposition in search of comfortable lies and the bliss of ignorance. This is the channel of uncomfortable truths, warts and wonders of all. Full of intelligence and insight, history delivered with character and heartfelt passion. Challenging our cultural preconceptions with a distinctive personal perspective. An instant sub. Thank you David for doing your own channel. So overdue. So welcome. So you better keep it up! We need it.

[@geoded]

David! Love you've got a channel now - I think you'd really benefit from using Odysee as a back-up in case KZbin decides to politically censor you as they have done countess others.

[@thomasshepherd2973]

I could listen to Dr. Starkey all day long.

[@Happyheretic2308]

I’m so excited about this!

[@abigailslade3824]

So good to see you back and fighting your corner sir.

[@alexturner-goodyear8910]

you are not undone, you are fabulous and loved :) so great having you back!

[@chrismetisse7248]

When I was a young man , one of my most vivid memories was watching on TV a lecture by A J P Taylor . This small , tortoise -like man walked forward to the camera , folded his hands across his belly and utterly captivated me . Me ! A mere callow youth . A fascinating subject History , but like they say , it's how you tell'em .

[@seamusbolton215]

Ahhh WISDOM, I knew if I searched youtube for long enough I would eventually find some !

[@loosepoose7965]

Glad to have you back!

[@timdarville4827]

I love listening to David Starkey. His historical insights, original thinking, and attention to facts (not emotion) and their understanding (i.e. scholarship) seem to make him almost a throwback these days. When he was "cancelled" I initially thought "hmmm - you should not use language like that", but then I listened to his explanation of the context and what he actually said on Peter Whittle's show, and it became crystal clear that he was a victim of a baying mob of nostril-flaring brainwashed drones. I am glad this channel is here, and glad that he has not really been "cancelled". Seems to me that if this "cancel culture" thing is taken to its logical conclusion, then every person with charisma, wit, original thinking, opinions - basically everything that makes an individual interesting, will be marginalised.

[@darrenkenton5364]

A brilliant start to your channel Professor Starkey - Thank you

[@SaintOsburg]

It's great to see you have your own channel.

[@philipford6183]

I've subscribed, and I'm looking forward to many talks to come. I would love to hear your thoughts (maybe even a review) on Jan Morris's 'Pax Britannica' trilogy. I get a sense 'serious' historians are quite sniffy about the work (Morris was not an academic historian, after all), perhaps because her work is 'popularist' (that is to say 'accessible and entertaining' with a glorious wit and a melancholic touch throughout). 'Pax Britannica' happens to be one of my favourite (and most re-read) histories.

[@KRISTIANITY_]

You are а LEGEND! One of my favorite historians! Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@Splodge542]

He's right. The great teachers are great entertainers.

[@91Durktheturk]

It is wonderful that such an excellent and engaging academic is available to us without having to pay tuition fees.

[@akilbryan8937]

Phenomenal man. He and I are opposites of a kind. Growing up, I loved History, but my aptitude was in Physics. Starkey loved Chemistry and Physics, but his aptitude was in History.

[@mrsuperger5429]

Mr Starkey, the greatest living historian. I look forward to hopefully many videos.

[@marywebber593]

It is lovely to hear you speaking again Mr Starkey, wishing you well in this new venture your knowledge is much needed.

[@WILKSVILLE]

Thankyou

[@richardernest]

The revolution in mass/online education is upon us. 'Superstar teaches' will instruct millions in chemistry, literature, history! The established order will crumble. Good luck, David!

[@12FCFY]

So glad this man is teaching me about history again. He's a cut above the rest. Congrats on your new channel Mr. Starkey!

[@dianemcwilliams6705]

I'm so looking forward to watching these talks. Dr Starkey talks with such authority and passion and has re-kindled my interest in British history. In my view he is a national treasure.

[@LA-xf8hl]

Fantastic to see you up and running Sir David! Damn their eyes.