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Using memory-profiler to debug excessive memory usage in healthkit-to-sqlite. This morning I figured out how to use the memory-profiler module (and mprof command line tool) to debug memory usage of Python processes. I added the details, including screenshots, to this GitHub issue. It helped me knock down RAM usage for my healthkit-to-sqlite from 2.5GB to just 80MB by making smarter usage of the ElementTree pull parser. # 24th July 2019, 8:25 am
Exploring the UK Register of Members Interests with SQL and Datasette
Ever wondered which UK Members of Parliament get gifted the most helicopter rides? How about which MPs have been given Christmas hampers by the Sultan of Brunei? (David Cameron, William Hague and Michael Howard apparently). Here's how to dig through the Register of Members Interests using SQL and Datasette.[... 1167 words]
Has JSON pretty much replaced XML for string processing for the web, or are there use cases where XML is still necessary?
It's replaced XML as the default format for most APIs. XML is still necessary for Atom/RSS feeds and other existing standards built on top of XML. It's also a better choice than JSON for markup-style data—stuff like XHTML where tags are applied to sequences of characters within larger chunks of text.[... 81 words]
What are XML feed best practices?
It sounds like you're pretty much screwed already, if you're dealing with companies that still think FTPing XML around is a sensible thing to do.[... 364 words]
What is the difference between XHTML 1.0 strict and transitional?
Not a lot. XHTML transitional lets you use a few presentational attributes and elements that aren't available in XHTML strict. Here's a more detailed overview from back in 2005: http://24ways.org/2005/transitio...[... 59 words]
Indexing JSON in Solr 3.1. The next release of Solr will support indexing documents provided as JSON—Solr currently requires incoming documents to be formatted as XML. # 10th December 2010, 9:46 am
I think the Web community has spoken, and it's clear that what it wants is HTML5, JavaScript and JSON. XML isn't going away but I see it being less and less a Web technology; it won't be something that you send over the wire on the public Web, but just one of many technologies that are used on the server to manage and generate what you do send over the wire.
— James Clark # 2nd December 2010, 6:48 pm
Introducing BERT and BERT-RPC. Justification for inventing a brand new serialisation protocol: Thrift and Protocol Buffers both use IDLs and code generation, XML "is not convertible to a simple unambiguous data structure in any language I've ever used" and JSON lacks support for unencoded binary data. The result is BERT—Binary ERlang Term—which extracts a format from Erlang in much the same way that JSON extracted one from JavaScript. # 21st October 2009, 10:11 pm
minixsv (via) As far as I can tell, this is the only library that can validate XML using pure Python (no C extension required). I'd be extremely happy if someone would write a pure Python library (or one that only depends on ElementTree, which is included in the standard library) for validating XML against a Relax NG Compact syntax schema. Even DTD validation would be better than nothing! # 12th August 2009, 4:59 pm
xmlwitch. An XML building library for Python that doesn't suck (I love ElementTree for parsing XML, but I've never really liked it for generation). Makes smart use of the with statement. # 24th July 2009, 12:33 am
With YQL Execute, the Internet becomes your database. This is nuts (in a good way). Yahoo!'s intriguing universal SQL-style XML/JSONP web service interface now supports JavaScript as a kind of stored procedure language, meaning you can use JavaScript and E4X to screen-scrape web pages, then query the results with YQL. # 29th April 2009, 10:50 pm
A few notes on the Guardian Open Platform
This morning we launched the Guardian Open Platform at a well attended event in our new offices in Kings Place. This is one of the main projects I've been helping out with since joining the Guardian last year, and it's fantastic to finally have it out in the open.[... 839 words]
JsonML (JSON Markup Language). An almost non-lossy serialization format for sending XML as JSON (plain text in between elements is ignored). Uses the (element-name, attribute-dictionary, list-of-children) tuple format, which sadly means many common cases end up taking more bytes than the original XML. Still an improvement on serializations that behave differently when a list of children has only one item in it. # 10th February 2009, 3:03 pm
How to install lxml python module on mac os 10.5 (leopard). Instructions that work! Finally, I can find out what all the fuss is about. # 15th December 2008, 12:05 am
pyquery. "A jQuery-like library for Python"—implemented on top of lxml, providing jQuery style methods for manipulating an HTML or XML document. # 6th December 2008, 9:53 am
Magnificent Seven—the value of Atom. The seven core things that Atom solves so that you don't have to. # 19th October 2008, 10:24 pm
cascadenik: cascading sheets of style for mapnik. Great idea. Mapnik (the open source tile rendering system used by OpenStreetMap and others) has a complex style configuration based on XML. Michal Migurski has build a CSS-style equivalent which compiles down to XML, hopefully making it much quicker and easier to get started with Mapnik customisation. # 30th August 2008, 10:04 am
Tip: Configure SAX parsers for secure processing. Explains the billion laughs attack, among others. # 23rd August 2008, 11:12 am
DoS vulnerability in REXML. Ruby's REXML library is susceptible to the "billion laughs" denial of service attack where recursively nested entities expand a single entitity reference to a billion characters (kind of like the exploding zip file attack). Rails applications that process user-supplied XML should apply the monkey-patch ASAP; a proper gem update is forthcoming. # 23rd August 2008, 11:11 am
My Universal Feed Parser was conceived as a weapon against what I considered the gravest error of XML: draconian error handling. Recently, someone asked me to implement a switch that makes it not fall back on lax parsing in the case of an XML wellformedness error. I said no, not because it would be difficult to implement, but because that defeats its entire reason for being.
— Mark Pilgrim # 5th August 2008, 10:52 pm
PDFMiner. Useful looking PDF parsing library in Python—can produce an XML representation of the text and style information in a PDF document. # 3rd August 2008, 3:29 pm
Protocol Buffers: Google's Data Interchange Format. Open sourced today. Highly efficient binary protocol for storing and transmitting structured data between C++, Java and Python. Uses a .proto file describing the data structure which is compiled to classes in those languages for serializing and deserializing. 3-10 times smaller and 20-100 times faster than XML. # 8th July 2008, 8:20 am
XML is better if you have more text and fewer tags. And JSON is better if you have more tags and less text. Argh! I mean, come on, it's that easy. But you know, there's a big debate about it.
— Steve Yegge # 15th June 2008, 6:09 pm
Draconian failure on error is not the answer problems of Postel's law. Draconian error handling creates an unstable equilibrium in Game Theory terms —it only lasts until one player breaks the rule. One non-Draconian XML5 implementation in key client product and the Draconian XML ranks would break. Well-specified error recovery is the right way to implement the liberal part of Postel's law.
— Henri Sivonen # 20th March 2008, 2:43 pm
CouchDB, XML, and E4X. Brilliant—CouchDB now enables SpiderMonkey's E4X support, meaning CouchDB views can easily query XML documents stored inside JSON objects using E4X syntax. # 5th March 2008, 12:31 am
PrinceXML is extremely impressive. I had a poke at Prince (a commercial package for generating high quality PDFs from HTML, XML, CSS and SVG) a few weeks ago and was similarly impressed. # 8th February 2008, 12:02 pm
Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest (via) "Firefox 3 implements the W3C Access Control working draft, which gives you the ability to do XMLHttpRequests to other web sites"—you can mark a document as available for cross-domain requests using either an Access-Control HTTP header or an XML processing instruction. # 9th January 2008, 11:57 pm
PostgreSQL 8.3 beta 4 release notes. In addition to the huge speed improvements, 8.3 adds support for XML, UUID and ENUM data types and brings full text (tsearch2) in to the core database engine. # 12th December 2007, 12:43 am
[Release] CouchDB 0.7.0. This is a huge milestone for the project—it's the first official release to include the JSON REST API instead of XML, and it's also the first release that is "intended for widespread use". # 17th November 2007, 12:25 am


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Riding in Bali is always nice; small but good roads, beautiful beach view and mountain view, beautiful sunset, very unique and strong Bali traditional culture, etc.. Hm.. Bali is never boring place to go. Make use of Independence Day public holiday, a long weekend (17-19 August 2007), some Ducati Riders and their family enjoy 2 days ride (again) in Bali.
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Adele Jackson-Gibson, 27, has two last names and a lot of nicknames. A.J. is not one of them, but today she decided to make it so because "rebranding" is in nowadays, and she often has to buy men's running shoes.
Better to have a gender-neutral name to fit her sole.
Right now, Adele is a prolific writer, podcast producer, BMG Model and CrossFit coach residing in NYC. She graduated with a Master's degree in journalism from NYU and a bachelor's in French Literature from Yale. She played soccer and ran track through college then spent a year teaching English in Japan. She's currently a freelance journalist who's work has been featured on The Players' Tribune, Teen Vogue, Excelle Sports, Sports Illustrated's The Cauldron and Jet Magazine. She's also the co-host of a badass podcast called Rule Breakers, where she and her partner Anya Alvarez interview some of the most happenin' women in sports.
Since moving to NYC in 2015, she's developed a large portfolio of clips dedicated to women's sports and fitness. She enjoys empowering women any way she can. That's why she loves CrossFit: It's the fitness craze where strong girls reign, scream, swear and throw heavy weights.
Look out!
Adele likes cats and hot earl grey tea with almond milk, little sugar. Her Japanese is a bit rusty at the moment, but there's a chance she can translate your Kanji tattoo. She likes to read Tintin comics in French and she wants nothing but to be healthy and spiritually sound, to travel the world and tell other people's stories as well as her own.
Adele is here at your service for writing, editing and maybe juuuust maybe some personal training.
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Hotels in Shimla
Shilon Resort
(5 Star Hotel)
Shilon Bagh, Kufri Chail Road, P.O. Mundaghat , Shimla
City Center
50 Spacious cottages laid out over 40 acres in multilayered design. Each offering a breathtaking view of snowcapped mountains and deep valleys surrounded by lush green forests.
Bus Stand: 24KM., City Centre: 24KM., Railway Station: 24KM., Shopping Centre: 24KM.
The Cecil Oberoi Resort
(5 Star Hotel)
Chaura Maidan,Shimla
The Hotel Oberoi Cecil is located in Shimla, the gateway to the majestic Himalayas. The Hotel Oberoi Cecil is situated at the quiet end of the famous mall and is an ideal base from which to discover the unique beauty of spectacular mountain ranges, cedar forests and ancient monasteries.
Airport: 21KM., Bus Station: 2.5KM., Railway Station: 1KM.
(4 Star Hotel)
Opp. Tibetan School, Chotta Shimla , Shimla
City Center
Shimla the Summer Capital of British India, is well-Known for its Mall Road & Trekking routes. Originally built by Mohammad Yahya Khan, an aristocrat from Lahore, Springfields was spread over 4 acres. The property then comprised of the main house, two outhouses, stables and a tennis court.
Airport: 20KM., Bus stand: 3KM., Mall Road: 1KM., Railway station: 3KM.
Hotel Asia The Dawn
(4 Star Hotel)
Kachi Ghati, Tara Devi,Shimla
City Center
Hotel Asia The Dawn is located in a manner so as to give a grand, sweeping view of the breath taking scenario all around. It has been conceived in a manner, to provide you the ultimate in comfort, luxury and relaxation.
Airport: 18KM., Bus Station: 4KM., Railway Station: 3KM
Hotel Combermere
(4 Star Hotel)
Opp. Tourism Lift, The Mall, Shimla
City Center
In the very heart of town, at level with Shimla's elegant Mall and close to the Tourism Lift, Hotel Combermere is Shimla's most modern hotel. It successfully combines today's amenities, services and comforts with the graceful way of life that belongs to an older era.
Airport: 24KM., Bus Station: 1.2KM., Railway Station: 1.5KM.
Honeymoon Inn
(3 Star Hotel)
The Mall,Shimla
1 kms. from M.G Road
Nature beckons you with the beauty of landscapes, snow-capped peaks in the far horizon, pinescented, fresh mountain air to breathe, quiet and lonely pathways where you hear the occasional hornbill, and of course, back in the Inn - the perfect setting by the window to settle down with your favourite book.
28 kms. from Airport.
Star Resort
(3 Star Hotel)
Fagu Top, Shimla
Star Resort is situated on Fagu Hill at 2750 meters (Approx.) Height adjoining dense pine forest and gets maximum period. 4.7 Km from Kufri on Shimla, Narkanda Road, 1.6 Km Off Galleu Junction thru Forest.
Airport: 22KM., Bus Station: 3KM., Railway Station: 4KM.
Clark's Hotel
(3 Star Hotel)
The Mall, Shimla
City Center
Clarke''s Hotel embodies the elegance and charm of yesteryear, with modern conveniences of today. Located on Shimla's main promenade - The Mall, you are immediately welcomed into a warm and graceful environment.
Airport (Intl.): 21KM., Bus Stand: 0.5KM., Railway station: 0.5KM.
Moon International Hotel
(3 Star Hotel)
Chotta Shimla, Near H. P. Secretariat , Shimla
The best part of the hotel is its location - unique and unparalleled. Nestled amidst the evergreen holy pines and rubbing shoulders with the cream of the society. The one hillock on which the Secretariat has been built. Putting one right in the midst of activity.
Airport Domestic: 25KM., Bus Stand: 2KM., City Centre: 2KM., Railway Station: 2KM., Shopping Centre: 0.1KM.
Hotel Wildflower Hall
(3 Star Hotel)
Chharabra, Shimla
The Oberoi Group''s elegant new resort Hotel Wildflower Hall in Mashobra is situated 8250 feet above sea level in the HImalayan range. The Hotel is the former residence of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. It has been re-built to exacting standards. Shimla airport is a forty-five minute drive from the resort. Discerning travellers can now experience the fascinating Himalayas in world class comfort at Hotel Wildflower Hall.
Airport: 24KM., Bus Station: 1.2KM., Railway Station: 1.5KM.
Ashiana Regency
(3 Star Hotel)
Chhota Simla (Near H.P. Secretariat), , Shimla
City Center
In the heart of the city, cradled amidst Deodar trees, Hotel Ashiana Regency is the ultimate choice in Shimla. Ashiana is away from the hustle and bustle of the town. Centrally located near the secretariat. Soak your soul and mind in the ecstasy of celestial blessing of nature and rejuvenate your body and mind. Created to make your stay comfortable.
Airport: 25KM., Bus Station: 1.5KM., Railway Station: 5KM.
Woodville Palace
(3 Star Hotel)
Raj Bhawan Road, Shimla
City Center
Woodville palace has a history dating back to 1866 when Sir William Mansfield, Commander in Chief of the imperial army became the first resident of the charming estate. The palace was reconstructed in 1938 by the Rana of Jubbal when hundreds of expert artisans were brought from far and wide to ensure the highest quality of craftsmanship. Kanwar Udai Singh opened a part of the mansion as a guest house in 1977 and today, the palace is one of the finest places to stay in Shimla
Airport: 22KM., Bus Station: 3KM., Railway Station: 4KM


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Sometimes a few sessions into therapy, clients will ask questions like, "Will I always feel this way?" "How long until therapy feels like it is really working?" or "Why isn't my husband or wife getting it yet?" Basically they are soliciting the question, "Is there anyway to make this go faster?" My response is usually something along the lines of, "well yeah, if I had the magic solution, I'd be living on a yacht right now making billions." However, in the instant gratification culture we live in today, it's not surprising that our clients desire some quick, easy fix. Just like in the fitness industry folks are looking for that workout that will give them six pack abs with one simple exercise or that diet that will allow them to lose 15 pounds in one week. Of course, we are seeing the same angst for quicker results in the therapy room.
Unfortunately, the hard part with therapy is that a lot of the time, well usually most the time, things get harder before they get easier. Think about it, when entering into pain and attempting to make sense of difficult symptoms, it does not feel so great. And if therapy is a new concept for someone, it may feel especially uncomfortable. The trick of therapy is to fully enter into those feelings, experience them, spend time with them, and validate them. As with working out, it would be really nice to bypass the pain, but the only way to get to the other side is to go through the pain. We often see this with couples who want to just move forward and not address all the things that have been swept under the rug. Sure, it would be really nice to pretend those things don't exist or didn't happen, but the reality is that they need to be addressed. They need to be talked about in order to gain true healing. This allows future connection to be real and fulfilling.
To make this blog a bit less depressing, I will say that entering into the pain and building your tolerance for it is a truly powerful experience, and it's a lot more doable than you think. I watch client after client come in apprehensive of diving in and then leave feeling so relieved that they took the risk to open up. Similar to slowly entering into a hot tub, for lack of a better analogy, being in the heat becomes more tolerable as time goes on. You need to warm up to it. Here at CCST we aren't going to ask you to jump right in and be okay with it. We're trained professionals who are slowly going to take you through the motions. Part of our job is to be in check with how you are feeling and not take you any further than what you are ready for. As with anything else in life, experience helps. In time you'll look back and what was once scary to you, you won't even think twice about doing. Additionally, in the process your skill set will grow as you push yourself through new challenges.
I recently ran my first marathon a couple months ago. I swore I would never do it. I did not grow up running- it really was not my favorite activity- but back in grad school to save some money I started running outside instead of paying for a gym membership. Years ago when I started running did I think I was going to run a marathon? Heck no! That would have been the last thought in my mind. But I kept getting out there. I learned more about the art of running, invested in some good shoes, took it really slow until I could handle faster paces. Looking back, I can't really explain how I got to the point where I was able to complete a full marathon. It's been a process, but I don't think I would have ever wanted to expedite this, at times painful, journey, because there was so much to learn and experience along the way. The same is so true about therapy. Yes, it hurts. Yes, it's hard. Yes, you won't feel like going to session every week. But one day, you'll look back and be so grateful you hung in there.


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Heart of Darkness
2 of 6 X 1HR DRAMA DOC (Director & Editor)
True stories of love descending into its darkest place - but crimes of the heart do not always have an obvious perpetrator.
In Lust for Murder Stacie Smith is found dead and an accusation that she was unfaithful is written on the wall of the crime scene - police believe a jealous lover is the culprit but she was a woman with secrets.
Gambling with the Devil is the story of Yvonne Oulton who fails to show up at the Casino to meet her husband Robert, he and his son eventually discover her bludgeoned body in the back of her minivan. Initially considered a robbery - as police track down the killer, they quickly unearth a series of lies, and a trail of surveillance footage that leads them straight to an unlikely perpetrator.
For these two stories I helped develop the structures, writing the drama elements after assembling the interview sync. I cast actors, recced locations/sets and after directing the shoots I worked the edits through to completion.
Talos Films / Discovery ID
Director: Lewis Albrow | Series Director: Tom Latter | Producer: Josh Wilkins | Exec Producers: Julian Hobbs & Elli Hakami
The Lake Erie Murders - Who Killed amy Mihaljevic?
3 X 1HR DRAMA DOC (2nd Unit Director & Editor)
Epic and forensic look at one of the most famous unsolved murders in US history. 1989, in Bay Villiage, Ohio, 10 year old Amy disappeared after being lured to a shopping plaza after school. Police, FBI and the entire community search desperately until her body is found beside a rural road four months later. The search for Amy then becomes the hunt for her killer…
Using extensive drama recreation, this three-part special tells the story of Amy's family, friends and a community that lost its innocence and has been haunted by an era of fear. It also follow the law enforcement officers from the day of her abduction to the current day and the recent breakthroughs in DNA technology which may finally solve the case.
The Lake Erie Series proved to be one of the most watched shows in the channel's history.
Talos Films / Discovery ID
Director: Thomas Latter | Producer: Josh Wilkins | Exec Producers: Julian Hobbs & Elli Hakami
1 OF 6 X 1HR DRAMA DOC (Writer & Editor)
The Morrissey family suffer a brutal home invasion, but with nothing stolen the motive was not robbery. No forensics were left at the scene and the clues don't add up, leaving police confounded. Then they get a call which turn the case upside down.
True crime story using police, witness and victim testimony brought to life with drama recreations. The emphasis is on the use of wiretap audio recordings to solve the crime.
ArrowMedia / Discovery ID
Director: Seb Smith | Series Director: Tom Keeling
Epics series examining and recreating the moments of seismic change in the rise of Rome to the superpower which still fascinates and influences us today. Including Ceasar crossing the Rubicon, Spartacus choosing to revolt and the whipping of Boudicca.
I edited Rome's First Emperor where Ceasar's heir, the young upstart Octavian, takes on Anthony and Cleopatra for the soul of an Empire and trumps to become Augustus. And The Rebirth of Rome which the story of Constantine who changed the face of the world when he absorbed a new religion into his Empire and converted to Christianity.
Lush drama recon and new archeological revelations make this a fresh take on a much loved period in history.
October Films / C5
Director: Nigel Levy | Series Director: Jim Greayer
Examining the darkest corners of human morality, these true stories of forbidden love are retold using intimate interviews and stylish drama reconstructions to reveal the lengths that people will go to for love.
Christy Martin's chance to become the greatest female boxer is sabotaged by her abusive and controlling trainer-husband who threatens to reveal her deepest secret to the world...
Blast Films
Director: Chris Holt | Producer: Ellen Arnold
The 700-year battle for freedom told from the perspective of the Barbarian leaders that rise up against the tyranny of Rome. From Hannibal conquering the Alps, through the slave rebellion of Spartacus and the resistance of Queen Boudica, to the Empire's final destruction at the hands of the Vandal King Geiseric and Atilla the Hun.
Epic storytelling, vast ancient battles, big-budget scripting, cast, costume and location. As well as some immense VFX carnage.
I worked as the lead editor on the first episode - Hannibal & Viriathus - cutting all the drama scenes which form the majority of the episodes, supported by experts and narrated 'pods' that give historical context. I also did additional editing on all the other episodes.
October Films / History Channel
Directors: Declan O'Dwyer, Mo Sweeny | Series Director: Simon George
2 OF 6 X 1HR DRAMA DOC (2nd Unit Director & Editor)
Fully scripted and extended drama reconstructions bring to life the stories of women who have suffered the relentless attentions of obsessive ex-lovers. Told by the victims, these true crime narratives have a naturalistic, observational drama which draw you in to their dark, noirish and sometimes shocking scenes.
I edited the two episodes of the fourth series and also directed the second unit on location.
October Films
Series Director: Tom Latter
Big-budget project reconstructing the famous events of Jan 15th 2009 when an American Airlines flight hit birds and the heroic captain Sully had to ditch in the Hudson river. 155 people were saved after an ordeal when everyone aboard throught they were certain to die. With gripping testimony from the crew and passengers who's conflicting accounts are forensically and dramatically recreated using a rewinding narrative structure. The film was shot in the biggest green screen tank in Europe where a plane full of extras was sunk. and then augmented by compositing and VFX.
RAW / History Channel
Director. Simon George | Producer: Bart Layton
HITLER: the rise and fall
The rise and fall of the dictator told with classy drama scenes of the key tipping point events in his life; Actor, Opportunist, Victor, Monster and Downfall. A stylised, crafted treatment which set this series apart from the ubiquitous competition. I worked on the last two episodes which express a fractured and twisted headspace as Hitler descends into denial and fantasy.
Arrow Media / Discovery AHC / More4
Directors: Sam Taplin, Stan Griffin | Producer: Ash Potterton
The true crime story of teenager Skylar Neese and how CCTV solved the mystery of her sudden disappearance. Every parents nightmare is pieced together with dogged police work to reveal a mysterious narrative and a stunning twist. One of the best stories from the channel's best rated shows, weaving dramatic reconstruction and direct testimony from Skylar's parents and the dedicated cops on her trail.
Arrow Media / Discovery ID
Director: Ian Clark | Producer: Thomas Viner
1 x 1HR DRAMA DOC
Stunt-laden action recreations explore the lives of six samurai, drawing their stories from their skeletal remains. A mass burial site in Kamakura, Japan is found to be connected to a massive event in Japanese history circa 1333, the wounds on the skeletons revealing how they died and what weapons were used.
October Films / Channel 4 / Nat Geo
Director: Simon Bertheon | Producer: Adam Bullmore


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At the council of Troys in 1128, the Templar Order was confirmed by Pope Honorius II. The Knights received the white vestment as a symbol of purity of their life, to which Pope Eugenius added the red cross in 1146. King Baldwin II, the King of Jerusalem, installed the Order in a part of the Palace of Jerusalem believed to be Solomon's Temple, from which they took the name of Knights of the Temple or Templars. The order's battle honors in the defense of the Holy Land are now legendary, while the accounts of their missing accumulated wealth are still a mystery.
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The Amateur Side of the Hill
Consider this a historian-in-action thought piece, where I speculate on method, and whether I am convinced by an argument (that I haven't read) based solely off of tea leaves offered by the author. And no, historians never ever make such summary judgments based off the slightest of evidence. Gripping (griping?) stuff.
Apropos a recent post on footnoting and historical evidence, I read an interesting yet odd interview of historian Tom Reilly (author of Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy and Cromwell was Framed) about his crusade to rehabilitate Oliver Cromwell (and his warts). Here's the blog link – there's a pop-up ad that you probably want to ignore, and you might want to check/clear your cookies after you've left the site if you have lingering doubts.
A self-proclaimed "amateur", Reilly portrays himself pitted against politicized Irish academics, pedants who snipe at his citations rather than engage with his irrefutable evidence that Cromwell was dishonorably framed for murder. An interesting idea, though admittedly only one recent example in a series of revisionist histories seeking to rehabilitate Bad Guys of History. Unfortunately I don't have the expertise or knowledge to settle whether Cromwell really ordered (or allowed) hundreds of Irish civilians to be slaughtered at Drogheda (you out there Wayne Lee?). For broad context I'd probably start with The Massacre in History, The Age of Atrocity (pp 251ff discuss Reilly's claims as it turns out) and Theatres of Violence. Nor have I taken the time to do much research on either Reilly or his books. That doesn't, however, prevent me from wildly speculating about the ideas at stake. I am particularly intrigued by the broader issues raised in the interview and the publisher's (Chronos Books) website.
If you've read the above-linked interview, you too may have quickly been put on guard after an initial anodyne question about the origins of Reilly's interest in Cromwell (he lives in Drogheda, site of the most infamous of the Cromwell "massacres"). By the second question the interview quickly descends into an attack on those damn academics: "Describe how difficult it was for an amateur writing in the current formally academic controlled climate." Hey, that's my People! As someone who's complained far too often about the dominance of amateur popular military history in his own research area, I hadn't really considered there would be people complaining that published non-fiction works were vetted by experts in the field. Score one for the publishers-as-gatekeepers side, I guess.
In response to this question about the difficulties of an academic-controlled publishing climate, the interviewee spent a surprising amount of time complaining about the last thing I would have expected: the difficulty of footnotes. Turns out his press editor insisted he go back and add footnotes for all his sources, requiring him to imitate a variety of footnote formats from other books. My initial thought was that he should justifiably complain if his press didn't provide him with a style sheet. But more eye-catching was that he interpreted the arcana of footnotes as a painful and unnecessary introduction to the "bewildering world of academia." Looks like history publishers get criticized no what matter what they do: for not including enough footnotes, or demanding that they include any at all. One more point for the publishers-as-gatekeepers.
The rest of the interview focused mostly on Reilly's take on the politicized Irish historical community (or at least some of them), and how they were peddling myth as national identity. Reilly certainly wouldn't be the first to make this charge. At the end of the interview, I was still a bit confused about his specific argument, so I looked for some context by checking Wikipedia and the press website, which has a sensationalist summary of the (self-published) book:
…"amateur historian Tom Reilly again throws down the gauntlet to professional historians everywhere. This book contains original and radical insights.
Breaking the mould of the genre, for the first time ever, Reilly publishes the contemporary documents (usually the preserve of historians) so that the authentic primary source documents can be interpreted by the general reader, without prejudice."
Odd. In general, I certainly second his desire to see more quoting of sources and less politicization in academic history. But in this case the tone of both interview and publisher website strike me as rather counter-productive. Unless you want to sell controversy of course.
All of which leaves me with numerous questions I'd pursue if I had the time. Many of the questions that immediately come to mind leave me a bit skeptical of Reilly's case as soon as I voice them. Does the fact that English writers were "much more circumspect" about Cromwellian massacres than Irish authors provide evidence that the Irish authors were wrong, as Reilly apparently believes? More strangely, have historians been jealously hoarding shiny primary sources from the general public, like some fire-breathing dragon? On this I'm pretty certain the answer is "No": many of you know that it's those who donate documents to the archives, and the electorate who doesn't want to pay more taxes to publish these documents, that deserve most of the blame for those documents that are hidden. Every historian I know would love for all such documents to be freely available, and I can't imagine there are many Irish historians who would protest greater dissemination either. Where Reilly interprets footnotes as an arcane secret language which only a cabal of professional historians and their acolytes can decipher, academic historians see them as quite practical attempts to actually encourage transparency.
More effort would uncover what exactly the academic historians' critiques of Reilly's works were, but his rebuttal to one review sounded uncomfortably like one of my second-year methods students who still thinks primary sources present a crystal-clear window to the past:
'None of this is convincing' said the Irish Times. 'This is a painfully bad book', said Dr Jason McElligott and he followed up with, 'and it is tempting to suggest that its main use will be to teach students how not to conduct research, assess evidence or write prose.' I [i.e. Reilly] was stunned. 'But, the evidence, I cried. Look at the evidence'.
If one of my students were to respond to the Irish Times' critique by saying "But look at the evidence," I'd probably suggest to that student that in order to rebut a criticism that you didn't assess the evidence properly, you should do more than just reaffirm your contention that the evidence is self-evident – perhaps discuss what types of evidence were available, and evaluate their reliability. For that matter, I'd tell the hypothetical student that the historical evidence for an emotional topic like a massacre can be interpreted "without prejudice" only with great difficulty. I'd even suggest the student consider the possibility that those human beings creating those documents (hidden or not) might themselves have had opinions and prejudices of their own that deserve investigation, frames of reference that might influence what (and how) they remembered events. I have no idea if Reilly does just that in his books, but his alternation between martyrdom and bomb-throwing radical makes me wonder.
As an academic historian, my confusion and frustration about l'affaire Reilly is perhaps best summarized in the following three sentences from the interview:
"There is no need for footnotes, because the documents are there for all to see."
To play the pedant, I'll assume Reilly's unfamiliarity with academic history means he doesn't realize that even with transcribed documents, you still need some method of indicating their location for other researchers that might want to return to the original, or ask an archivist to make a copy.
"I didn't want to hide behind a reference/footnote that I have interpreted on behalf of Joe and Josephine Public. I included them so people can interpret them themselves."
I too have long sought to provide contemporary quotations whenever possible, although here too I hope Reilly recognizes that his statement is rather methodologically naive if taken at face value. It's impractical for any historian, amateur or academic, to expect the primary sources to 'speak for themselves' in a clear voice, particularly when those primary sources are of varying degrees of reliability, when they contradict each other, and since they were often created for different purposes than those which historians use them for. Interpretation unavoidably requires specialized knowledge (open to "amateurs" who take the time to study the issue), and it requires serious effort, as well as an appreciation of all the decisions the historian must make before he/she "understands" the past:
- The selection of which extant documents are worth consulting (and why) requires contextual interpretation.
- Deciding which types of archives and documents are relevant to your research (and the exact framing of your research question), is itself interpretation.
- Numerous aspects of every document – from the genesis of the document to the author's reliability to paleography to vocabulary to allusions to context to genre conventions – will necessarily require interpretation by those with specialized knowledge.
- Any evidence you extract from those documents will be of no import unless you frame them within a particular argument or historiography, which is again a matter of interpretation.
What's my point? Ultimately Reilly may be 100% right in every detail and every claim, though it's quite possible that no conclusive answer is even possible (barring exhumations, and even then). But from what little I've read so far, I'm not the least bit surprised that academics have reacted negatively to his work. At first glance, all these impressionistic bits raise flags for this academic historian.
One of the tactics used by more unsavory revisionist historians has been to focus on some small, discrete historical event within a larger historical phenomenon, question the standard historical interpretation by producing some document (or challenge opponents to produce their "smoking gun"), charge that there is a conspiracy to keep the "proof" from the public (often despite acknowledging in passing that there has in fact been a long debate over the matter), and leave the implication that the larger event of which this was a part couldn't have been all that bad if this specific incident wasn't nearly as bad as we've thought. I have no idea if Reilly is intentionally doing this or not, and freely admit I'm in uber-speculation mode here. I would, however, be interested to hear his take on English activity in Ireland in the 1640s-1650s more broadly, or even on Essex/Mountjoy in Ireland (under Elizabeth), or William of Orange in the 1680s-1690s.
Any thoughts on the Cromwell debate, or the broader issues raised about scholarly vs. popular history?
Update: Just saw that Reilly posted his actual argument on the Trumpet of Sedition blog, which I'll probably get around to reading sometime, and maybe even retract this blog post, or not.
6 responses to "The Amateur Side of the Hill"
Wayne Lee says :
I'm going to duck the point of your post (popular/academic history) and respond to your poke. I cannot comment on Drogheda, not having looked at it in any kind of detail. I can however, recommnend Jennifer Wells's forthcoming article in Past & Present "English Law, Irish Trials and Cromwellian State-Building in the 1650s" that explores the extent to which the law continued to function during the Cromwellian regime, even during the trials of the 1641 rebels.
Tom Reilly says :
Just came across this at midnight and haven't time to respond in a meaningful way.Knackered. Been a long day. I am that 'Reilly' mentioned in despatches above. I'm hoping you (whoever you are) have read that post on the Trumpet of Sedition by now. I can also send you a PDF of my new book, if you like so you can see the documents and how they are presented.
That's all I can do for now. I've subscribed to receive email notification of comments here, so I'll be happy to join in when I get the time.
Tom Reilly .
Ralph Hitchens says :
I wasn't aware that Cromwell's reputation needed much "rehabilitation." Yes, he committed war crimes, but what general hasn't? (Particularly in the age of religious strife.) Apart from that he was a leader of uncommon ability who rose from nowhere to be a king of sorts. I have no doubt that were he still on the scene, we would all be deferring to him.


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