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IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.

An intellectual tradition of antisemites and anticommunists alike, the myth of Judeo-Bolshevism is not just a relic of the past. Take a look into the enduring nature of hatred and conspiracy this week with Paul Hanebrink.
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British Military Railway 1950s
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They are far better paint jobs than my Soviet vehicle collection, quite realistic, well done!

Found this Monzo Card in Trafalgar Square this morning in name of MadeleineVan Meyeren. Rang Monzo and spoke to a robot. Shave destroyed card but wanted to put your mind at rest.

YouTube video by American Musical Theater Archives Salad Days 1982

Getting irritated by TV dramas depicting Britian in 1940s and 1950s using American culture such as Glenn MIller's Big Band Sound and Hollywood musicals as their cultural references.

Vera Lynn? Salad Days? All were hugely popular in their time and far more relevant.
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If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!

Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.

John le Carré talks Join us for a series of talks on John Le Carré, to tie in with the new exhibition at the Weston Library

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

WIRED spoke with Mark Bray, the Rutgers historian trying to flee to Spain with his family after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back from the airport on his first attempt.

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Congratulations to friend of the show @lmbd1418.bsky.social on the release of her book Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan Burma 1945. As Rob says: ‘a brilliant debut’
Catch Lucy guest hosting FWP with @historybowsh.bsky.social at IWM Podcast Live on Sat 1 Nov 🔗👇
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What a splendid thought. 😂

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

At the London Transport Museum

Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...

"(...)the narrative construction of Russia as a victim, draws attention from what Russia does, by way of creating a false image of a threat towards Russian territorial integrity and sovereignty"

Excellent analysis by @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social

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Absolutely 100% agree with this. Racism thrives because racists interpret the silence of others as tacit agreement. No child is born a racist; they learn it from hearing it unchallenged.

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Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has Brexit sunk this historic UK fishing fleet? Struggling fishers in Hastings say the industry is dying after a deal giving away access to its waters made a tough job impossible

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Fishing lobby groups were some of the most vociferous supporters of Brexit.

New post to open the series on the Second Battle of Aachen 7/8-21 October 1944.
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How Vlad used sex tape to seize power... and spies use secrets to keep him there RISING through the ranks of Russia’s elite and consolidating his power, Vladimir Putin weaponised sex and secrets to crush his political opponents. The former KGB officer used underhanded esp…

For Putin's birthday I was quoted in @thesun.co.uk about his methods of rule . . . www.thesun.co.uk/news/3693614... @warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social

Paul Hanebrink is a Professor of History at Rutgers University specializing in modern East Central Europe, with a particular focus on Hungary, nationalism and antisemitism as modern political ideologies, and the place of religion in the modern nation-state.
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The tenor of the story was that there 'must' be some Russian state involvement, but they never got further than some wealthy bibliophiles and an auction house. The Shakespeare story and those of other rare book thefts would have cut across the state involvement line.

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

This was a fascinating read.
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Surprised there was no reference to the story of thefts of Shakespeare first folios. theconversation.com/the-strange-...

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Keep intercepting these incursions, build up defences against the new threat of drones, protect our undersea cables. Keep Russian ships and aircraft in international waters/sky because the same arguments will be used by China against US/Allied aircraft and ships in western Pacific.

to a level where they can retaliate by shooting down a valuable aircraft such as an RAF Rivet Joint in the Ukraine War. They score on points. Moreover many of these 'incursions' such as the 3 MIGs over Estonia are technicalities, the Estonian island in middle of Gulf of Finland is 60km off the coast

Interesting piece. The Cold War saw considerable dialogue between the powers led by people such as John Erikson which difused tensions. Incidents of aircraft shot down were quite rare in reality and the U2 incident was a period of high tension.
Undoubtedly the Russian intention is to raise tension