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My copy arrived a couple of days ago.

Amazing work! 👌

Been looking for this one for a while and finally found one in fine condition, at a very resonable price on ebay. It is very scarce. #Bargain

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And I'm not saying that all Reform supporters are bad, far from it, but perhaps Reform is doing so well in the polls is because of a collapse in trust in the mainstream parties. We are served by a very low calibre of politician these days - in all parties. 😕

I don't recognise it either. I do feel, however, that a lot of the supposed "support" for Reform is exaggerated and would not be matched in a gen. election. A lot of it is protest against the current government. I still believe there are more good people than bad in the country. At least I hope so.

I never believe a word Starmer says. His beliefs seem to change from week to week. At the moment he is trying to be a Reform politician. Who knows what he'll be next week? Zero credibility, zero conviction about anything. We deserve better.

The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Almost everybody interested in the Napoleonic Wars will be familiar with Bernard Cornwell’s fictional rifleman, Richard Sharpe. However, the first fictional rifleman was probably from the 5th Bat…

An updated blog post on 'The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Rifles'. My thanks to Thomas Hemmann for sending me the Hannoversches militairisches Journal article. daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/t...

Voice recognition software fails from the IBCC Digital Archive:
Was skin thought bond = Was Scunthorpe bombed?
Obama care = Bomber Command.
Linkag of Walls = Lincolnshire Wolds.
An evil beast = a naval base.
Great bride = grapevine.
Father Separator = wireless operator.
#AI

Military intelligence show to be housed in London Blitz tunnels Museum of Military Intelligence hopes to showcase original artefacts and weapons in the tunnels.

BBC News - Military intelligence exhibition for Blitz tunnels
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Screencap of the spy onstage.com website landing page - red background, white title text on the diagonal low left to top right. Two figures casting shadows top left: a man and a woman in long coats. Bottom right: a broken bicycle.

Tickets go on sale today for the stage play of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at the Soho Place theatre. First time a le Carré novel has come to the West End, and Spy is a zinger :)

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What about the retreat to Corunna? Or the retreat from Burgos? Would these not rank amongst the worst defeats?

I've had a copy of this old paperback version since the late '80s. Great read!

There's a wizard, recent interview with him in the University of Lincoln's IBCC Digital Archive here: ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collec...

Remarkable women of WW2 to be celebrated by Bomber Command Centre The Women in War exhibition, in Lincoln, highlights the "contribution" and "courage" of 10 women.

Women who played vital roles during World War Two are to be celebrated in an exhibition at the International Bomber Command Centre.

"Bombs gone!" 🍻

From your new profile pic, are you off to Mars instead? 😉

I remember my holiday to Pevensey Bay in 1966 when I was a kid. A friend's grandmother lived there and we went there every year. It was the 900th aniversary and the whole place was ablaze with commemrative events. Very exciting stuff when you're 10! 😄

A sign, reading “Chickens & ducks! Please keep your dog on a lead.”

Honestly amazed they let chickens and ducks have dogs as pets

Retraced you yesterday, brilliant staff in there. Off to the Petwood later today.

Will do.

@lydiajane13.bsky.social Hi, congratulations on your fabulous new book. How can I buy a signed copy?

Almost a year to the day when I visited the international Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln and met the lovely @danellin.bsky.social I stayed at the fabulous PetwoodHotel.
Happy days!

All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us.

It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin.

You must understand what is truly at stake here.

All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Trump is talking about shuttering publications and networks he disagrees with. He's talking about deporting and imprisoning Americans who dissent. This is unprecedented and undemocratic.

Wake up America.

Spitfire?

Hear Nick Hewitt talking about his new book - Scottish Maritime Museum The Sailors’ Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France Nick is a naval historian working for Orkney Islands Council. Formerly head of collections and research at…

So this is exciting! I have a book launch for the paperback edition of #NormandySailors at the Scottish Maritime Museum on 8 May, really hope to meet some of you there! Details 👇

www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...

And a cigar of course!

🤣 That would be me. It has to be able to set.