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  • @robinlarge1630
    @robinlarge1630 Місяць тому +109

    "Embroidered it on a lampshade or something!" .... hahaha ! 👍🏻
    😂😂😂

  • @williamsharp2532
    @williamsharp2532 Місяць тому +149

    Not just writers. Journalists, politicians, doctors and welfare recipients are all judged differently by the establishment, according to their skin.

  • @vvwalker7261
    @vvwalker7261 Місяць тому +51

    Amazon banned my account from making reviews because of my criticism of these types of books. To be clear, I didn't write anything offensive, just pointing out the book's errors

    • @oceanmariner
      @oceanmariner 29 днів тому

      I got banned from Amazon commenting for writing a mild honest appraisal of a poor product. I found out Amazon gives sellers the ability to delete bad reviews and Amazon bans the writer.

  • @theenglishman8668
    @theenglishman8668 Місяць тому +154

    No one is allowed to criticize them about anything, that's why they view themselves as being perfect.😮

    • @SteveInTokyo-b8n
      @SteveInTokyo-b8n Місяць тому +16

      That, sir, is a very fine point.

    • @valeriegrimshaw1365
      @valeriegrimshaw1365 Місяць тому +17

      I taught a lot of them ...luckily it was mathematics and you can't argue with that....

    • @harrying882
      @harrying882 Місяць тому +11

      A tremendous amount of self esteem.

    • @vordman
      @vordman Місяць тому

      They have very fragile egos. Even the slightest criticism can send them into hysterics and so most people just tend to humour them. It's why they never get anywhere.

    • @SteveInTokyo-b8n
      @SteveInTokyo-b8n Місяць тому +6

      @valeriegrimshaw1365 And how did it go?

  • @dcasteaux9181
    @dcasteaux9181 Місяць тому +146

    I’m confused. According to BBC ‘verify’ the Haywain was painted by Nelson Mandela.

    • @markmiles2955
      @markmiles2955 Місяць тому +32

      And published by David Lammy

    • @iangerahty3422
      @iangerahty3422 Місяць тому +29

      I think the confusion arises from the fact that Mandela was the first black constable appointed to the Glasgow City Police in the early nineteenth century.

    • @barryfoster453
      @barryfoster453 Місяць тому +2

      ...who was a terrorist. This post will stay up for just a few seconds, I think...

    • @peterlatham8165
      @peterlatham8165 Місяць тому +9

      Where is the bomb hidden

    • @richards6269
      @richards6269 Місяць тому +2

      We may all be suffering from the Mandela effect ... or are we

  • @Ballinalower
    @Ballinalower Місяць тому +110

    A large reproduction of The Haywain hung on the wall of my grandmother's house, where I lived until I was six. I was sure it depicted a nearby farm to which she and I regularly walked to buy eggs and that it had been painted by the local policeman who, when he popped in occasionally for tea and a biscuit, was always politely addressed as Constable.

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +43

      That's a charming anecdote!

    • @Occident.
      @Occident. Місяць тому

      Every bugger had that on the wall. It was on our living room wall for all my childhood. Nice picture tho.

    • @bendenisereedy7865
      @bendenisereedy7865 Місяць тому +12

      What a great story! It made I larf.

    • @araptorofnote5938
      @araptorofnote5938 Місяць тому +7

      Was his Sargent a Singer at the local inn?

    • @nigelturpin3533
      @nigelturpin3533 Місяць тому +4

      That's one great story...heartwarming...can't say that very often these days!

  • @heywoodm2000
    @heywoodm2000 Місяць тому +124

    Wicked sense of humour Simon!

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +46

      As always!

    • @tomhayes4782
      @tomhayes4782 Місяць тому

      ​​@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebbEmbroidered on a lampshade made me chortle 😆

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb If only your videos were equally innocuous, rather than being the malicious and pernicious propaganda that they are.

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb An a wicked perspective on morality. Wicked in the original sense, that is.

  • @chuckufarley5884
    @chuckufarley5884 Місяць тому +84

    I dreamed of one day being an author and now I is one.

  • @leifgunnarlindberg3879
    @leifgunnarlindberg3879 Місяць тому +127

    You have my ear, a few times a day. Thank you.

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +36

      You are very welcome.

    • @hamishanderson6738
      @hamishanderson6738 Місяць тому +1

      Arrest this man, CONSTABLE! 😉🤣

    • @George-vf7ss
      @George-vf7ss Місяць тому +14

      Ditto

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb Mission accomplished Simon, hey? You know you have their ears, but you choose to fill them with malicious disinformation, fitting your toxic hate filled political / racist ideology, rather than actually informing them.

  • @orvillefindley8117
    @orvillefindley8117 Місяць тому +147

    I was queuing for the post office in my local W H Smiths the other day. Beside me was a load of children's books. All the books only featured what looked like black children on the covers. One Barbie book had a white and black Barbie on the cover. I'm assuming Ken has been replaced by Winston 👍😂

    • @celtspeaksgoth7251
      @celtspeaksgoth7251 Місяць тому +4

      Not forgetting the new wave of teen romance novels encouraging same-sex relationships

    • @Occident.
      @Occident. Місяць тому +13

      Simon will never point out who is behind it all tho!

    • @SteveInTokyo-b8n
      @SteveInTokyo-b8n Місяць тому +1

      Yes, the majority minority.

    • @illegalsmirf
      @illegalsmirf Місяць тому

      That's because white people don't have children any more. Or if they do, it's white shiksas f-rting out black men's babies!

    • @trevorhoward2254
      @trevorhoward2254 Місяць тому +2

      There is no Ken or Winston anymore. The white one is pre-operative trans and they both live happily ever after.

  • @TheDripSpotter
    @TheDripSpotter Місяць тому +36

    Keep writing Simon You are a British Gem👍

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      More a nasty germ...

  • @colinharbinson5510
    @colinharbinson5510 Місяць тому +31

    When it comes to certain black historians, and accuracy, you would have to dig a trench to set the bar any lower.

    • @harold6863
      @harold6863 Місяць тому +4

      Come come now! You are aware are you not that it was coloured people that built Stone Henge back in the day? If not read your latest edition Ladybird books😂

  • @carolramsey6287
    @carolramsey6287 Місяць тому +53

    Another howler from the media. They have reported that the 'British' MP Iqbal Mohammed has objected to a new law proposing a ban on first cousin marriage. He is of course Pakistani as any fule kno.

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +16

      Nice Molesworth reference there!

    • @carolramsey6287
      @carolramsey6287 Місяць тому +1

      Sadly few people today have heard of nigel, who would undoubtedly today be a narcissist, have mental health issues, ADHD and be on the spectrum at the very least.

    • @iangerahty3422
      @iangerahty3422 Місяць тому +9

      Obviously the media are ignorant of cricket history. Iqbal was sometime captain of Pakistan not England!

    • @iangerahty3422
      @iangerahty3422 Місяць тому +4

      Or perhaps they were misled as he also captained Kent County.

    • @keyfizz
      @keyfizz Місяць тому

      ​@@iangerahty3422as if ...really!

  • @davidbarnes241
    @davidbarnes241 Місяць тому +17

    You were lucky not to have a Constable knocking on your door Simon 🤪🤪🤪
    Thanks for highlighting this disgraceful disparity from Amazon, utterly shameful situation.

  • @Mark_Williams300
    @Mark_Williams300 Місяць тому +10

    "Prehistoric London was well known for its saloons and frequent gun fights". Simon's forthcoming book

  • @manofkent4472
    @manofkent4472 Місяць тому +15

    mistakes are one thing, downright lies are another. Yes, it's interesting that a retailer should go out of their way to have such a policy - though i guess we should expect it these days.

  • @talbenavraham1478
    @talbenavraham1478 Місяць тому +59

    Mistakes or deliberate falsification?
    Mistakes can be forgiven.

    • @rogerthatt7217
      @rogerthatt7217 Місяць тому +1

      You make a good point.

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      Simon's videos? Deliberate.

    • @talbenavraham1478
      @talbenavraham1478 Місяць тому +1

      @gijgij4541 I took the time to read some of your past comments on this site. It's obvious that you disagree strongly with him, but what's not clear is why you watch his output.
      Why not just follow someone who agrees with your point of view if such content exists.?

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      @@talbenavraham1478 Therein lies the problem, on stark display within your comment. It is both sad and very worrying.

    • @JAC4000
      @JAC4000 Місяць тому

      @@talbenavraham1478why does Simon watch the BBC if he disagrees with them? Your comment is a circular argument which isn’t valid. This entire channel is based around your comment. Simon criticizes all types of people then expresses his views on this channel. According to your logic, you should question him on that

  • @jamestuck6764
    @jamestuck6764 Місяць тому +14

    My, my. So Amazon vets and censors reviews on some of its products? That is a very interesting piece of information and I can’t help but wonder if this has implications under the various Consumer Protection laws. After all if what you describe is true then they are essentially allowing the sale of a low quality product and being an accessory to the act of disguising its poor quality and the false representation of its apparent high quality (the five star reviews). I wonder what would happen if a consumer were to bring a case against Amazon with the plaintiff complaining that they had been duped into buying the book with a witness able to show that they had in fact posted a factual review of the poor quality of the product which was then deliberately removed? I doubt Amazons vetting team has even considered the implication of what they are doing.

  • @stephfoxwell4620
    @stephfoxwell4620 Місяць тому +34

    When the book Brilliant Black British History, by the Nigerian Atinuke, came out it had over 400 negative reviews within two days. By day four these were removed. It only had 5 star reviews and was an Amazon Bestseller.
    Based on the Dept of Education ordering 80,000 copies.
    The book is riddled with factual error and the suthor is not even an historian.

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +13

      Yes, thisis what I am talking about.

    • @stephfoxwell4620
      @stephfoxwell4620 Місяць тому +15

      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb This was one of the books promoted by Lammy and Abbott, that claim Stonehenge was built by black people. It also suggests that 10-15% of the population of medieval York were Subsaharan Africans.
      Amazon removed any negative comments about these false histories.

    • @candy-le4nh
      @candy-le4nh Місяць тому +1

      ​@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebbWhat are your academic qualifications and credentials as an historian, Si?
      LOL

    • @blueroseleroy
      @blueroseleroy Місяць тому

      @@candy-le4nh More than yours, sweetie...
      LOL

  • @TheJon2442
    @TheJon2442 Місяць тому +15

    You know it's going to be a good review when Simon is smiling!

  • @TonyMartinGB
    @TonyMartinGB Місяць тому +29

    UA-cam now openly pushes diverse creators asking creators to fill out an online form about race/gender/gender identity ect.

  • @kenwright5144
    @kenwright5144 Місяць тому +22

    There's a difference between mistakes and lies.

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      Simon specialises in disseminating the latter.

  • @barryfoster453
    @barryfoster453 Місяць тому +15

    I am very glad to say that I stopped reading Amazon reviews many years ago (and stopped buying their books) after buying a book about the actual end of the world in 5 billion years. No one in the reviews, nor the writer or publisher, had picked up on a truly ridiculous paragraph which was nonsensical. It was so bad, that it made me wonder if anyone had read it before reviewing it.

    • @JosephB-tv7gf
      @JosephB-tv7gf Місяць тому +4

      That's a shame. I didn't even know that Amazon reviewed books. But hiding the reviews seems way off. It would not surprise me as recently there was a blackout of bestseller TR's autobiography.

  • @ymynymasa
    @ymynymasa Місяць тому +5

    Simon, you make my day everyday. Been following your videos for 4 years with more than considerable interest Just purchased your book about suffragette fascists. I like the way your brain and mouth work. And you do give my English a boost like nobody's business. Greetings from Poland 👌🦸🚀🧨💪👏🤸✌️😎

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому

      Thank you! I hope that you enjoy the book.

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому +1

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb Oh dear, even as far away as Poland, your twisted ideological propaganda can gain traction. Both sad and dangerous.

  • @trevorhoward2254
    @trevorhoward2254 Місяць тому +37

    That Akala really is a piece of work.

    • @John-g1x
      @John-g1x Місяць тому

      That face

    • @williamtell6750
      @williamtell6750 Місяць тому +4

      James O'Brien interviewing Akala: "When did you realise that you are [slight pause for emphasis] bright?"

    • @stephfoxwell4620
      @stephfoxwell4620 Місяць тому +1

      A nasty narcissist.

    • @Devie141
      @Devie141 Місяць тому

      Please elaborate apart from the fact he’s black.

    • @trevorhoward2254
      @trevorhoward2254 Місяць тому

      @@Devie141 He's plays the role as the pricker of the white middle class conscience, a salve to their imagined white guilt. As reward he gets money and status. He lies, in both speech and printed word, to demean white people.

  • @gee3883
    @gee3883 Місяць тому +28

    In the Amazon black books matter.

    • @colintuffs568
      @colintuffs568 Місяць тому +1

      Difficult to read print white on black but it will come 😂😢😊

  • @lesleybutler3937
    @lesleybutler3937 Місяць тому +17

    Never worry, we love you Simon ❤

  • @1977ajax
    @1977ajax Місяць тому +9

    Black authors don't make mistakes, apparently, proving the old saw that he who never made a mistake never made anything.

  • @rickjensen2717
    @rickjensen2717 Місяць тому +23

    Welcome to Stasiland - this kind of hysterical nonsense is everywhere!

  • @omgitsabloodyandroid5161
    @omgitsabloodyandroid5161 Місяць тому +109

    ROOTS was initially supposed to be biographical. It was actually complete fiction

    • @theenglishman8668
      @theenglishman8668 Місяць тому

      @@omgitsabloodyandroid5161 🎯
      A lie that was turned into fiction.

    • @maxhammer4067
      @maxhammer4067 Місяць тому +23

      So was 12 years a turnip

    • @Occident.
      @Occident. Місяць тому +1

      ​@@maxhammer4067😂😂😂

    • @Puffball-ll1ly
      @Puffball-ll1ly Місяць тому

      Roots. The balls or foot 🤔

    • @JosephB-tv7gf
      @JosephB-tv7gf Місяць тому +3

      Fresh turnips are hard enough. I hold my breath eating them. But a 12 year old 🧐?

  • @Kahnovitch
    @Kahnovitch Місяць тому +4

    DEI in a nutshell generally boils down to, "We need more diversity so we have to lower the standards to meet quotas."
    Or to coin a phrase that has been bouncing around for a while, DEI equals "Didn't Earn It."

  • @joyelmes7814
    @joyelmes7814 Місяць тому +11

    Everybody knows it was Michaelangelo who painted the Haywain. He was taking a few days break to give his aching neck a chance to heal 😂

  • @michaelberringer8595
    @michaelberringer8595 Місяць тому +2

    I'm always very glad there are still people like you we can listen to online or otherwise. Thanks for doing these videos Simon. They bring a little light in an otherwise dark and shrouded world of lies.

  • @Offshoreorganbuilder
    @Offshoreorganbuilder Місяць тому +9

    I had a 1-star review to a short story I wrote. The reviewer began by explaining that >though he had not actually read the story ...

    • @lordjim3109
      @lordjim3109 Місяць тому +2

      If it`s short I`ll read it and give it an honest review. What`s the title of the story?

    • @jamesupton4996
      @jamesupton4996 Місяць тому +1

      That's the Groucho Marx approach. - Received your book, and couldn't stop laughing. Someday, I may even read it.

    • @Offshoreorganbuilder
      @Offshoreorganbuilder Місяць тому

      @@jamesupton4996 You'll have to learn how to read first, so I guess it will take some time
      .

  • @petermanley4242
    @petermanley4242 Місяць тому +5

    Fearless objective criticism, and the world becomes a better place. Also it fosters humour. Blindly following the current fashionable prejudices and it turns into a cess pit.

  • @annsmith495
    @annsmith495 Місяць тому +9

    You should have said that your mistake was deliberate to find out if anyone got as far as page 355

  • @James-v6f2c
    @James-v6f2c Місяць тому +28

    It’s always amazed me that blacks are able to read at all !

    • @theenglishman8668
      @theenglishman8668 Місяць тому

      @@James-v6f2c 🎯
      You're not alone mate...

    • @drbalbon7332
      @drbalbon7332 Місяць тому +2

      Hate speech

    • @johnbowkett80
      @johnbowkett80 Місяць тому

      ​@@drbalbon7332Waaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ..... 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @johnbowkett80
      @johnbowkett80 Місяць тому

      ​@@drbalbon7332Waaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaah . Cry me a river . 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @Occident.
      @Occident. Місяць тому

      I hope they are grateful that a couple of White fellows created a written language for them.

  • @banjovass007
    @banjovass007 Місяць тому +5

    Yup just tried posting a review of the book on Amazon pointing out the errors giving it three stars, won't accept it 😅

  • @IanConcannon
    @IanConcannon Місяць тому +13

    Working on my opus magna.
    "I dont like people or animals or the world".
    Chapter 1. Cancel christmas!!!

  • @nicholasmorrill4711
    @nicholasmorrill4711 Місяць тому +3

    We like your honesty Simon.I shall be making a poiint of not buying from Amazon as much as possible from now on.

  • @user-yl1xy5eg7b
    @user-yl1xy5eg7b Місяць тому +5

    Amazon also lowers the price of some books to £0.99 to attract 'buyers', then raises the price when turnover and thus the algorithm have been elevated. I sometimes mercilessly make use of this, and often ignore their offerings in philosophy/politics (my original discipline), going instead to a certain free outlet (Mill is out of copyright, e.g.) for their offerings, in pdf and other formats. I have given the odd good review for a certain historian for his work on slavery. Suffragism, and Victorian history. Now it's time for another cup of tea.

  • @TomSherwood-z5l
    @TomSherwood-z5l Місяць тому +2

    Those writers are like children that are considered "special". Some considered such are unaware of what that really means, and some that are mis-characterized by this classification would feel ashamed and embarrassed to be considered to be in that group. Like wise some people are shameless and seem to feel being treated as pets and patronized is beneficial to them.

  • @grenvillephillips6998
    @grenvillephillips6998 Місяць тому +2

    I actually stopped writing reviews on Amazon after having what I thought was a fairly benign negative review removed.

  • @markhenry192
    @markhenry192 Місяць тому +2

    They don't make mistakes, it is deliberate.

  • @Deliquescentinsight
    @Deliquescentinsight Місяць тому +6

    Interesting, I think it is time we corrected this situation: thanks for your insights Simon

  • @payasa2131
    @payasa2131 Місяць тому +9

    ….and long may you continue Simon.

  • @borderlord
    @borderlord Місяць тому +3

    Where are the Christmas decorations...missing your Chrimbo lighting arrangement!

  • @GregPodster133
    @GregPodster133 Місяць тому +5

    I must 'Subscribe' to over 100 channels, but this channel is the only one that i watch to the end and give a thumbs up, too 👍. I'm so glad ( looking at some of the very insulting comments ) that he totally ignores his 'distractors' well done, Sir.

  • @Jaymark-gk4li
    @Jaymark-gk4li Місяць тому +7

    Thanks now I know my ancestor actually painted it I shall wait for my royalties 😅😂

  • @peterlatham8165
    @peterlatham8165 Місяць тому +4

    Should I write under the psuedonym of "Sambo"? It could make me a fortune!

  • @rayboish
    @rayboish Місяць тому +5

    With such a prolific output, I think it would be a very interesting to know your research methods Simon.

  • @JH-lf4ql
    @JH-lf4ql Місяць тому +169

    Morning everyone. Make sure you work really hard today and pay your taxes. There are some refugees who need looking after that you must pay for!

    • @frankielov
      @frankielov Місяць тому +15

      Silly sausage. Merry Christmas 🎄.

    • @Occident.
      @Occident. Місяць тому +2

      They will get eff all off me. I'm contributing zero to this rotten country that despises the indigenous. Stuck Farmer!

    • @woz7379
      @woz7379 Місяць тому +23

      Is your hotel heating on this morning, has your breakfast been delivered to your room?

    • @woz7379
      @woz7379 Місяць тому +9

      🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @illegalsmirf
      @illegalsmirf Місяць тому

      @@frankielov Your Christmas is offensive to us Jews, and now you must pay the price by ceasing to exist.

  • @WeAreAllData65
    @WeAreAllData65 24 дні тому

    Simon, your works are indeed prolific 👌✨ We're glad there is an outlet for that awesome cranium you possess! 🧠⏰

  • @stephenpriest9847
    @stephenpriest9847 Місяць тому +3

    You should have said: " I was hoping you'd spot that one, Wilson."

  • @Yazz2014
    @Yazz2014 Місяць тому +1

    It’s a disservice to not point out legitimate criticism, you cannot grow without it. Honest criticism is like a tree staking ( French call it tutoring a tree), it helps it to grow straight.

  • @kanu88kanu88kanu88
    @kanu88kanu88kanu88 Місяць тому +3

    The same thing with esl online teachers for students, they ceaselessly promote teachers of sub Saharan ethnicity and don’t allow one star ⭐ plus negative comments for them

  • @viskovandermerwe3947
    @viskovandermerwe3947 Місяць тому

    The nice thing about publishing on the net is that you can always go back and edit your work at any time.

  • @valeriegrimshaw1365
    @valeriegrimshaw1365 Місяць тому +23

    Mistakes? It's outright lies....

    • @gijgij4541
      @gijgij4541 Місяць тому

      Simon's output? Correct.

  • @FreedomMoped
    @FreedomMoped Місяць тому +5

    It’s almost as though there are two - what would you call them - tiers?

  • @nuncaolvidare4895
    @nuncaolvidare4895 Місяць тому +10

    'Bombers,rioters and police killers' - that's your book I got, Simón.
    Please consider writing a book about migration and crime in Britain's modern day 🙏 ❤✝️💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❣🇬🇧🙋🏻‍♀️
    God bless you 🙏 Que Dios te bendiga 🙏 señor Simón 🙏 también tu familia

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +7

      I hope that you enjoy it!

    • @barryfoster453
      @barryfoster453 Місяць тому +10

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      Simon, said before, you have GOT to write a history book for children.

  • @martin5504
    @martin5504 Місяць тому +1

    The Haywine was found under a rock in Malawi in 1854.

  • @Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn
    @Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn Місяць тому +1

    Simon is very intellectual. way beyond my capacity.

  • @Mary-lx3zs
    @Mary-lx3zs Місяць тому +3

    Good morning Simon as always interesting and informative thanks

  • @b-dogswings8019
    @b-dogswings8019 Місяць тому +2

    In fifty years of calling myself a ‘writer’ I’ve successfully completed half a novel! Maybe I should admit defeat ;-)

  • @fredneecher1746
    @fredneecher1746 Місяць тому

    The Haywain was in fact painted by an unknown local worker using a standard beige paint which he bought from a branch of Decor 8. After he finished painting it he had a pint of beer at his local inn.

  • @williamcritchley
    @williamcritchley Місяць тому +1

    Pretty good going - over 100 books!

  • @timbrown1897
    @timbrown1897 Місяць тому +8

    i have had a thought if the worst writer alive had a random picture of a African on the author notes and changed his name probably would be a best seller

  • @bendenisereedy7865
    @bendenisereedy7865 Місяць тому +4

    I'm proud to say that we NEVER buy anything from Amazon. Books come from Waterstones, Abe Books or elsewhere, never Amazon.

  • @0KT0BER
    @0KT0BER Місяць тому +2

    A lot of us have become very familiar with prohibited comments over the years, particularly in the realm of historical fiction no less.

  • @rusticrye5413
    @rusticrye5413 Місяць тому

    What a howler, Simon! But it's even worse that the editor / publisher didn't notice! 😲

  • @keithscott1957
    @keithscott1957 Місяць тому +2

    Oh, Simon, Simon, Simon …
    Banksy painted the Haywain, as any skoolboy no.

  • @terencephillips6833
    @terencephillips6833 Місяць тому +2

    Constable would give you a piece of his mind , if he could .

  • @nedeast6845
    @nedeast6845 Місяць тому +4

    Can you give us any advice about writing Simon? I have this idea for a book that I know Netflix would do.... hear me out.... OK, it is 1840's Ireland, and the ruler of the Irish place is Lord Sebastian Tymal-Mills...and as he comes across an irish pub whilst driving in carriage with his wife (Mamma Cass, or Tessie O'Shea, you know what I mean). The irish sing "Fields of athenry" (the latest Oirish song) and the brits sing Rule Brittania, then the son of the earl of Downington turns up...he is fresh-faced and has no dancing ability, but he loves the rebel leader Seamus O'Rourke, the rebel leader, and so Lord Sebastian sentences O'Rourke to penal servitude on a tobbaco farm, but the cigarette slaves join together (Mexicans, Native Americans, Irish) join together to defeat him at the Battle of O'Malleys, but then he becomes a pirate (with the Ooo Arr Irish accent) but it turns out that he became a pirate because Lord Sebastian has O'Malleys 13 year old son captive, and is doing terrible British things to him. The son is called "the lamb of god", and in the brutal final scene, O'Malley confronts Lord sebastian, and says " are you Christian?" But Lord sebastian sentences him to die, and all of the native americans, mexicasns, irish, scots, american patriots all join together to defeat him in the castle, and destroy his tobacco farm, but then...his son is gay (Lord Nigel Puff-Adder) and at the end of the movie everyone celebrates with not throwing the son out of the window, but accepting him for who he is, and the lamb of god is released to the cheering crowds. The end.

    • @AngelBaby-cp6kf
      @AngelBaby-cp6kf Місяць тому +2

      Sounds pretty good to me!
      A proper convoluted plot that's incomprehensible to women, Midas touch of woke, dashing pirates, castle scene, exotic island locations with a plantation theme that's relatable today -- it's a winner! 🍾🎊 🎉
      I'd watch it!
      🥰 💋

    • @jamesupton4996
      @jamesupton4996 Місяць тому

      You' ve written it already, in this comment. Here's a review...shite.

  • @richardlbowles
    @richardlbowles Місяць тому +3

    Good heavens, next you'll be claiming that Pablo Picasso didn't paint The Fighting Temeraire, or that Wordsworth didn't paint the Mona Lisa.

  • @peterfrance702
    @peterfrance702 Місяць тому +1

    Money makes the world go round they say. Please try to spend it wisely. Avoid rogue outlets whenever possible

  • @stephenward2253
    @stephenward2253 Місяць тому +2

    Just checked Amazon and there are a good number of 1 star negative reviews for "Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race" though, one being titled "Utter Crap" :)

  • @archiebald4717
    @archiebald4717 Місяць тому +3

    Of course, as we all know, Constable was of African heritage. A an early DEI appointment.

  • @mickles1975
    @mickles1975 Місяць тому +3

    Good god. I knew Constable painted The Hay wain when I was a kid.

  • @davidlloyd2583
    @davidlloyd2583 Місяць тому

    Bit of trumpet blowing at the end Simon!

  • @mauricestanley5763
    @mauricestanley5763 Місяць тому +4

    That behaviour is helping no body, if your not shown your errors you will continue to make them.

  • @edmundblackaddercoc8522
    @edmundblackaddercoc8522 Місяць тому +6

    Just become a ghost writer using an African name, fixed it!

  • @palreason7761
    @palreason7761 Місяць тому +5

    Don't buy trendy fad books. Let them rot or get cheap ones from charity shops. Buy books on great individualist authors such as Ayn Rand. Her novel The Fountainhead is magnificent in plot, characterisation and theme of an uncompromising virtious hero. Her non fiction books sharpened my thinking, especially 'The Virtue of Selfishness ' which was a massive life changer.

    • @northernlights8126
      @northernlights8126 Місяць тому

      You probably know that there is an Ayn Rand Institute (in the USA) that promotes her work to the modern audience.A remarkable woman and fiercely anti communist.

  • @amandabell8827
    @amandabell8827 Місяць тому +1

    "Embroidered on a lampshade" 😂

  • @MarkHarvey-uh8oc
    @MarkHarvey-uh8oc Місяць тому +1

    At least you made it to page 300 without making a mistake, as opposed to page 3.

  • @ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511
    @ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 Місяць тому +3

    supposedly obama's and gates' favourite book is "sapiens" by yuval noah harari (spelling) i read three chapters of that before i realised that it was an agenda driven work of conjecture dressed as fact. not surprising since i later discovered who the author is and his ahem background .. i went on amazon to check the reviews and was pleasantly surprised to see how many people were wise to the ruse

  • @AndrewWilliams-ry6tb
    @AndrewWilliams-ry6tb Місяць тому +1

    I noticed a problem with the 'Akala' book immediately. it's a book by Akala.

  • @ernestjunior3080
    @ernestjunior3080 Місяць тому +1

    Accidents happen Simon and in any case quantity has a quality all of its own.

  • @KeithAllen-pg8ep
    @KeithAllen-pg8ep Місяць тому +5

    Simon - do you ever sleep? How do you find the time to write so many books *and* do three UA-cam videos a day?

    • @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb
      @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Місяць тому +3

      Old people have too much time on their hands!

    • @KeithAllen-pg8ep
      @KeithAllen-pg8ep Місяць тому +3

      @@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb I'm old too - and your reply has come only nine minutes after I commented!

  • @alaninsoflo
    @alaninsoflo Місяць тому +2

    Again, the issue is a dearth of editors. Authors making mistakes and having agendas is a given. Also agenda/point of view? Po-tay-to/Po-tar-toe?

  • @clemfandango619
    @clemfandango619 Місяць тому

    I know Simon's a busy fellow, but he should definitely do more of this.

  • @Kousaburo
    @Kousaburo Місяць тому +1

    Is there a list of all of your books?

  • @bh_486
    @bh_486 Місяць тому +6

    Utube rigs their algorithm.

  • @rogerthatt7217
    @rogerthatt7217 Місяць тому +1

    If I want to buy a new book, I would never buy it (or anything else, for that matter) from Amazon - they can go swivel. Charity shops are my favourite haunt for likely tomes.

  • @mickyday2008
    @mickyday2008 Місяць тому

    Morning Simon. Don’t sell yourself short!

  • @rogerthatt7217
    @rogerthatt7217 Місяць тому +1

    I had my entire library stolen once. All three books. And one of them was brand new. I hadn't even started colouring it in. Tragedy.

  • @grahamjesson5464
    @grahamjesson5464 Місяць тому +4

    Got reported to the constable? I always get mondrian and matise mixed up and they couldn't be more different.

  • @championn3c574
    @championn3c574 Місяць тому

    There's usually a question about The Haywain in just about every pub quizz.

  • @theted16
    @theted16 Місяць тому

    Never mind Simon as you might get listed for the Turner Prize

  • @bendenisereedy7865
    @bendenisereedy7865 Місяць тому +1

    Simon, adopt an African nom de plume like Festus Oniyigbo and you'll be able to sell all those old drafts you abandoned as too improbable, too inaccurate or too crass and get fantastic reviews for them.

    • @roringusanda2837
      @roringusanda2837 Місяць тому

      It would be an interesting experiment...🤔

  • @robinlarge1630
    @robinlarge1630 Місяць тому +7

    Hahaha !!! I'm still laughing!
    😃 😀 😄