Richard Hammond

Did they ever do a sequel about villainous Grandma Swag?

I haven’t read it in a long time but David Reynolds wrote that article back in the 90s that called the FoF the ‘Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century’, linking the global wartime and postwar impacts with some counterfactual discussion. Although I do remember thinking the argument was too Euro-centric

England celebrate becoming the champions

Well that was….better?

Did Chloe Kelly just pull a Daniel Larusso?

Can’t be doing with these penalty shootouts. How am I supposed to sleep after that?

Yeah a lot of overlapping text, especially over Europe

World map of German Armed Forces secret radio transmitter network, 1939

Today’s random find: a map of the secret radio transmitter network of the German Armed Forces, 1939.

Indiana Jones and the Quest for Quoracy.

Every time I have glanced at the Lions vs Reds live tracker so far for an update, there has either been another try or a review for a potential try…

To be fair, 2 of my 3 did come to prominence before 1985, while Fugazi formed in 1986 (although admittedly are less famous).

I love a bassy intro, so Going Underground is a good shout for me. My ‘bassy big 3’ would probably be:
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Jam - Going Underground
Fugazi - Waiting Room

YouTube video by Institute of Historical Research INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS - E. P. THOMPSON

OMG, the @ihr.bsky.social has uploaded a bunch of old interviews with historians on their youtube channel and I'm now deeply invested. Summer treat for #SkyStorians!

Look at this interview with E.P. Thompson by an embryonic Penelope Corfield!

One of the all time great test matches!

Driver doesn’t look unlike your profile pic tbh…

What about when you bumped into Jonathan and I the other night?

It exists! I finally got my unboxing moment today! A short article to introduce my book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. Available for pre-order now.
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Wow that took a while

I hate this not just for the time cost but also for the double frustration of ‘how did I not know about this article’ followed by ‘oh, that’s why’.

Probably the most niche of the James Bond films, but I enjoyed it

Extract of report including highlighted sentence: ‘Truly, in this war, the lot of the statistician is hard.’

From a report from April 1940. Can almost hear the tiny violins.

Very true although there is also sometimes scope for a follow up article if you find new things later on

Future evaluation: ‘While I generally enjoyed the course, I was traumatised by the graphic consumption of powdered egg in week 3.’

Were you teaching about rationing at the time?

Driver constantly telling people ‘It’s my first day’.

….any chance it was the same crew?

Erm i think you'll find that the animated Italian mouse loves us, actually

Ah thanks for the heads up. I was wondering how close to done this was

Britain, Conflict, and the Sea conference This conference seeks to explore the ways in which modern Britain has been shaped by ideas and practices of maritime war.

Sign-up now open for the conference on 'Britain, Conflict & the Sea' that I am running with RMG this September: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

Yep!