Are any of us actually of great importance? Our historic tendency is to confuse celebrity and popularity with great importance, but how many major fourteenth-century composers or eighteenth-century scientists do most people actually remember? #historicperspective
Whilst he’s obviously very talented and of great importance, I always find RTD’s
stuff feels like children’s programmes for adults, like I’m being talked down to lest I miss The Point.
stuff feels like children’s programmes for adults, like I’m being talked down to lest I miss The Point.
May 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Are any of us actually of great importance? Our historic tendency is to confuse celebrity and popularity with great importance, but how many major fourteenth-century composers or eighteenth-century scientists do most people actually remember? #historicperspective
