Derek Robertson

Fancy a trip to Scotland? A warm welcome awaits in Bonnie Dundee. Our second national conference (1st was 2014). Some big names. Should be a great day and you get to see RRS Discovery. #wfa #FWW #GreatWar #FWW #wfatayside @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

#OTD in 1944, Normandy. A POW, a puppy and Private W. Brady from the King's Own Scottish Borderers. #WW2 #HISTORY

Not now.......

Batten down the hatches later today 🙈

You'd imagine that if an aeroplane was highlighted on a map at Thiepval, it would indeed by 'derelict' and not just having a canny breather between flights. 🤔
A very interesting map.

A new map of the county of Sussex divided into rapes & hundreds by R. Rowe. 1817.

We've got #MoreMaps for you this #MapMonday.

Explore 356 historic maps of England and Wales published between 1610 and 1890. Discover town plans, county maps, road maps and more, including this map of Sussex by Robert Rowe published in 1817.

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#182

View of Gaza taken from a Jordanian military aircraft.

Nothing justifies this. Where are people meant to go? What are they meant to do? 💔

Morning! Don't ask, just enjoy.

Today I've discovered a couple of brothers in my distant dna family tree who died in the #GreatWar
Frederick Carney of Warwick, Queensland, Australia was killed with the 42nd Bn. AIF at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 Oct 1917. And Matthew Carney, 26th Bn. AIF who was killed on 3 Oct 1918 in France.

Television title card from Dad's Army by Jimmy Perry and David Croft

31 July 1968: The first episode of Dad's Army, written by Jimmy Perry & David Croft, was broadcast by the #BBC. #History

I went out to challenge the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I be arrested too? | George Monbiot Around the country, peaceful protesters see their actions as the legitimate exercise of free speech. The police often disagree – and that’s a problem for our democracy, says Guardian columnist George ...

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The WaPa headline says: 60,000 Gazans were killed. 18,500 of them were children. These are some of their names. Then follows an enormous list of small print names

Thousands of small print names interspersed with some photos of some of the child victims

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

The Washington Post has just published every single known name.

A seminal moment.

April 15th 1967 was 58 years, 3 months and 4 days ago today.
England 2 - Scotland 3.
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And?
Starmer and late, hollow, shallow words yet again.

Exactly that.

He says BY DESIGN the way aid was being distributed in just 4 areas all combat zones was inherently dangerous, pulling citizens into combat zones.

A 5yr old to whom he gave food kissed his hand in gratitude. Moments later he - that 5yr old child - was shot & killed by an Israeli soldier

Utter, utter nonsense from Starmer once again.

You're also old 😜

You know you're old when you can name the car types in this photo 🥴

Brilliant 😂

Well written and so true! 👏

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Once again @nesrinemalik.bsky.social with simple moral clarity cutting through the noise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Illustration by artist Dwayne Booth, aka Mr Fish. The image is in black, greys and whites more prominent at the forefront above a background of a very faint Palestinian flag in very light colours. The prominent focus is the image of an approx middle aged male Palestinian with no hair, drawn out facial features and a very malnourished torso staring directly at the viewer. It’s a haunting depiction of the starvation that is currently happening to the people of Palestine. The title below the image says: Never Again (Certain restrictions apply)

The Gaza Riviera
Artist Dwayne Booth aka Mr Fish

This haunting image stares the viewer down with direct eye contact.
Do not look away.

Evil personified.

Lammy should share his cell with Starmer. Both complicit.

@normagraham.bsky.social
Was that you mentioned on the 'Battleground Ukraine' podcast?