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I’ll tell you the story one day of how I tried to get ChatGPT to draw me a picture….🙄

Sounds a bit good……

I can think of a few people that would be interested in those, eh, @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914 Over the last century, WWI’s impact and scale has been oversimplified and underestimated. Historian Alexandra Churchill and archivist Nicolai Eberholst strive to rebalance common conceptions of WWI.

We’ve teased a lot - now it’s official. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I are going to be guests of the National World War I museum in Kansas City on 23rd August. For all Americans who want to come out to play, more info:

www.theworldwar.org/events/ring-...

@pegasusbooks.bsky.social

They did well to (a) survive and (b) thrive in the face of the punk and new wave onslaught.

… yet strings together a cohesive narrative. Superb entry level reader for the early couple of months of the war. Be warned though; some of the personal accounts they have tapped into are not for the squeamish. This is industrial war in all its crimson horror.

So, finished this today. I’m probably slightly biased as authors @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social are friends and fellow @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social trustees, but it’s really an excellent read. Covers a lot of ground in a very readable writing style…..

That difficult second album!

Global greatness arrived after TDSA of course, which I didn’t see coming, I’ll be honest.

Saw the first gig of DS’s first UK tour. Kicked off with Down to the Waterline. Moody intro played, audience listening intently. Last note of the intro fades, audience goes beserk. Knopfler steps up, says “thank you, good night”, feigns to walk off then the band crash into the rest of the song.

Right, let’s see what this is all about then shall we? I know the effort that @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social have put into it.

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #ringoffire #greatwar #ww1

In the Observer today! @theguardian.com Thank you @alexlarman.bsky.social 🥰 @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social

You can buy from a variety of outlets (or preorder in US for August) here: geni.us/RingOfFire

Telling the truth…..

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That’s pretty much what she said. She started to feel much better not long after the drugs kicked in, but it took her. A couple of weeks to recover fully. She was properly washed out. Hope they get you sorted quickly.

Get yourself tested for campylobacter. My wife had a bout of that a few weeks back and until confirmed and appropriate antibiotics prescribed she was like you. Couldn’t even keep water down. Very unpleasant……

So have they just invented gose then?

After announcing @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference for this October, we’ve now got news that our keynote speakers will be @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social talking about their new book. Come along, buy a copy, get it signed. Plenty more to come. Watch this space!

New billboard in Clacton, Farage’s constituency. He’s still the UK’s #1 grifter. No other MP takes more from second jobs while being employed to represent their constituents in Parliament

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺

Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

But……free speech?

I’m still mystified to have gained so many followers, but it gives me a chance to say, if you have an interest in the Great War, then please join us at www.greatwargroup.com. We’d love to have you.

Look forward to seeing you!

As a Trustee of @greatwargroup.bsky.social we’re proud of every issue of Salient Points. As we’re mainly new here I thought I’d share this as many of my followers aren’t transferees from the Musky Ego’s place. If you’re interested in the Great War give us a follow here or maybe even subscribe!

The Great War Group The Great War Group. A vibrant new community, bringing you education, research and commemoration of the first world war...

Previous topics were: The Isonzo, Verdun, Medicine, Generals, the Vosges, August 1914, Submarines, the Gallipoli Landings, Africa, Artillery, Palestine, the Spring Offensives and Remembrance.

www.greatwargroup.com

This is what you have to look forward to next year… Which reminds me I’ve been meaning to ask @jamesbarr.bsky.social if he’d like to put something in the last of those!

greatwargroup.com/sign-up/

And to fulfil our remit of looking at the WHOLE war, in February we produced the most comprehensive coverage of the Brusilov Offensive in English for decades

And in May we dedicated one to all things Jutland