Is There Still Time to Write Synoptic History of Empire?

Any attempt now to write synoptic histories of empire of the sort that were once fashionable? Is that still a possible or viable project? Can it be? Shouldn't it be? Toby, you're looking immense. Yes, I mean, I'm sure people will carry on writing such empire histories, I've absolutely no doubt they will. It's painstaking and it really requires constant immersion and re-emersion in sources of different kinds. But I am concerned as to how easy that's going to be going forward.