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President @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall

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Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches.

Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches.

Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details

Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details

Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details

Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details

Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays

03.12.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Yeah I absolutely love it. The pattern is the same as the skylight in the Skywalker Ranch library (I didnโ€™t get to go in on my visit but photos online are amazing).

04.12.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Give the gift of Beaumont Kin this Christmas

04.12.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah thank you!

04.12.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah thank you!

04.12.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Christmas ornament from Skywalker Ranch

A Christmas ornament from Skywalker Ranch

The Christmas decoration I couldnโ€™t show people until last year as it would provoke questions about when Iโ€™d been to Lucasfilm / Skywalker Ranch and what I was doing there.

04.12.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m afraid it doesnโ€™t look like thatโ€™s likely to happen.

04.12.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Think thatโ€™s faded into a resigned sigh now

04.12.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Noakes... (eBook ๐Ÿ†“) bringing back all the memories as Head of Remembrance at the Royal British Legion working on Lights Out, Everyman Remembered and Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red! @lucynoakes1.bsky.social @teachlearnwar.bsky.social @chriskempshall.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘

04.12.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Turns out this year I mostly listened to Maarva Andorโ€™s funeral address and Mon Mothmaโ€™s Ghorman Speech.

Well that and the endless screaming of my tortured subconscious.

03.12.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And all you had to do to get them was push him down and steal his trousers.

03.12.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was an honour to works alongside my friends and colleagues on this new book. It appears that the PDF version is open-access and can be downloaded now for free. ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

03.12.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Capturing Commemoration: Reflections on the First World War Centenary in Britain | Berghahn Books Independent Publishing since 1994

Publication alert! A collaborative reflection on the UKโ€™s biggest public history event - the centenary of the First World War. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding & my fellow co-authors @lucynoakes1.bsky.social @chriskempshall.bsky.social @lornahughes.bsky.social James Wallis and Emma Hanna.

03.12.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

You mean the 10 top wealth hoarding creeps who are destroying everything they touch. We should stop acting like accumulating wealth is 1. a good accomplishment 2. not destructive as fuck to the rest of us.

02.12.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 520    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
02.12.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most high energy and masculine of men. You can only dream of this kind of charisma

02.12.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in todayโ€™s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

02.12.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11746    ๐Ÿ” 4042    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 450

Depends on which calendar weโ€™re usingโ€ฆ

01.12.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/most-ac...

01.12.2025 04:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

It's new episode day! This month Ann-Marie Einhaus returns and we explore Robert Graves' short story 'Christmas Truce' and the uses of the war for anti-nuclear weapons campaigns!

01.12.2025 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Partyโ€™s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.

30.11.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3860    ๐Ÿ” 554    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya

30.11.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 952    ๐Ÿ” 232    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They're not hiding it, folksโ€”straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.

This is who MAGA is now.

30.11.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3376    ๐Ÿ” 1297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

This is just the TPUSA professor watchlist in a different venue

29.11.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œIf you canโ€™t win on the field you can always play quarterback for the culture warโ€

aka The Failing at Life-to-MAGA Influencerโ€ pipeline LOL

29.11.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 314    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
An electronic sign at Wembley with โ€˜self esteemโ€™ on it

An electronic sign at Wembley with โ€˜self esteemโ€™ on it

Never heard of itโ€ฆ

29.11.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An internet meme. An image ostensibly from a bible lesson about how โ€˜most people rejected his message. They hated Jesus because he told them the truthโ€™ with a crowd yelling โ€˜shut up!โ€™ At Jesus

An internet meme. An image ostensibly from a bible lesson about how โ€˜most people rejected his message. They hated Jesus because he told them the truthโ€™ with a crowd yelling โ€˜shut up!โ€™ At Jesus

29.11.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further indications that America is about to aggressively and illegally invade Venezuela

29.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before December officially arrives I just want to, once again, reiterate that Muppet Treasure Island is better than Muppet Christmas Carol (with a much better soundtrack) and I donโ€™t care that some of you disagree.

29.11.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I strongly support supporting indie bookstores!

28.11.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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