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Matthew Restall

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Historian of Latin America and of popular music. Find my latest books here: https://teapawt.org/t.co/yFK3vg2IQp

 Pennsylvania, USA
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Joined April 2018
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Start your weekend off right with our new 33 1/3, Elton John's Blue Moves, a deep dive into the man who redirected the evolution of pop music. @MatthewRestall bit.ly/3dM2xrU
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Head Over Heels: Rating the Albums of Tears For Fears – PICKING UP ROCKS pickinguprocks.com/2026/05/2…
Head Over Heels: Rating the Albums of Tears For Fears

Head Over Heels: Rating the Albums of Tears For Fears

Tears for Fears were the greatest band of the ‘80s. How can we be sure? Come join Hope and Matthew aka the PuR crew, as we dissect the discography and explain. HOPE: I could never have an impassion…

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Maison-Blanche | Quand Trump « ressuscite » Christophe Colomb

Maison-Blanche | Quand Trump « ressuscite » Christophe Colomb

« Détruite le 4 juillet 2020. Ressuscitée en 2022. […] Reconsacrée par le président Donald J. Trump le 13 octobre 2025 », est-il inscrit sur le socle d’une statue de Christophe Colomb, installée...

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I am so honored and touched by the warm welcome from the wonderful people of the University of Belize.
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I was casually flipping through the latest Sunday NYT on Thanksgiving Day, when I came across this (previously seen only online). So, I am grateful for all those who helped make the book possible—and all of you readers. Thank you!
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Q&A: Matthew Restall delves further into pop music history with recent books | Penn State University psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/st…
Q&A: Matthew Restall delves further into pop music history with recent books | Penn State University

Q&A: Matthew Restall delves further into pop music history with recent books | Penn State University

Penn State Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History, Anthropology, and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Matthew Restall recently published two books of music scholarship,...

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Was Columbus a Monster, a Saint or Just a Guy? A Biographer Digs In. nytimes.com/2025/10/10/books… via @NYTimes
Was Columbus a Monster, a Saint or Just a Guy? A Biographer Digs In. (Published 2025)

Was Columbus a Monster, a Saint or Just a Guy? A Biographer Digs In. (Published 2025)

In “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus,” Matthew Restall explores the seemingly immortal reputation of one of history’s most projected-on figures.

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I was able to narrate my own book this time. A fascinating (and humbling) experience. rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/…
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Pride 2025 Reading List: Spins, Screens, and a Stage

Pride 2025 Reading List: Spins, Screens, and a Stage

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Matthew Restall, "On Elton John: An Opinionated Guide" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Hot off the press!
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apple.news/Anvmc9zs7Tdao8Mw9… global.oup.com/academic/prod… (to be published on Elton’s birthday in March).
Elton John Is TIME's 2024 Icon of the Year

Elton John Is TIME's 2024 Icon of the Year

After decades of both musical hits and personal struggles, the music legend is doing much more than still standing.

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The first copies of my new book just arrived. Always an exciting moment. It’s available now on Amazon etc.
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Of course, everyone has the right to claim Columbus — be it his birth or his bones — and in doing so, claimants can contribute to constructive debates about history.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ek… The claim that Columbus was secretly Jewish and from one region or another of the Iberian peninsula goes back to the 19th century. Yet the historical evidence that he was Genoese remains overwhelming. Repeated DNA “revelations” have not changed that.
Christopher Columbus's DNA to shed light on his origins

Christopher Columbus's DNA to shed light on his origins

Research seeking to solve the mystery of the legendary explorer's birthplace will feature in a documentary.

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If you’ll be at the SAA in New Orleans in a fortnight, do come to this! – at State College, PA
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Want to know Matthew Restall's Top 3 Books of 2023?

Want to know Matthew Restall's Top 3 Books of 2023?

Matthew's top 3 reads of 2023 include The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library and two other amazing books. Discover what...

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The Boston Tea Party was 250 years ago today. Americans might expect that we in Britain would have forgotten the slight, but they'd be wrong; nothing is more serious to us than tea. Revenge will be ours, in this life or the next, and it will be served with milk and two sugars...
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