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During this war, they witnessed the most hideous forms of killing, siege, starvation, and the cutting off of water and medicine.

The rest of us experienced an emotional tsunami that went from dumbfounded disbelief — surely this was one last bit of rhetorical self-aggrandizement that would lead to concession if he lost — to hideous apocalyptic foreboding — this is how democracy ends, not with a bang but with a 2 a.m. press conference.

Looking at Medusa, the hideous woman with snakes for hair, might turn the viewer to stone, but there’s power in offending the eye—or at least rejecting the pressure to be decorative.

"Through comedy, hideous historical facts and some banging tunes, we hope we’ve brought joy, laughter and - maybe - inspired new generations of young historians," executive producer Richard Bradley said.

It was beyond hideous and life-altering.”