19th August
Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience. They correct our tendency to fixate on one story, to focus on the eventful at the expense of the marginal, and to invent a false unity of experience that erases social differences. With their obdurate specificity, they can shatter our presumptions about the past.
Joe Moran, On Detail in Historical Writing, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 31 July 2026
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