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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)

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Writer naval/aviation hist. Council member Navy Records Soc. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine. Cannot receive DMs

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 17d

My parents are doing the Coast to Coast walk soon and they're trying to raise some money for Water Aid. Please consider helping them, thanks www.justgiving.com/page/brian-w...

Brian's fundraiser for WaterAid

Help Brian Willis raise money to support WaterAid

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 1h

First day in the North York Moors. According to Dad, "It’s been a very long hard day today with lots of ups and downs! Very proud of ourselves, but very tired". Three more days of walking coast to coast and a few more challenges yet

Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 17d

My parents are doing the Coast to Coast walk soon and they're trying to raise some money for Water Aid. Please consider helping them, thanks www.justgiving.com/page/brian-w...

Brian's fundraiser for WaterAid

Help Brian Willis raise money to support WaterAid

www.justgiving.com

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 4h

Public speaking is more scared of you than you are of it.

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 4h

🔮 Tonight on Sky you can catch the new series Witches of Essex where they explore the dark side of the county’s past. Before it airs, why not check out this special Bethnal Archives episode featuring our curator Ben Paites, where he reveals the real reasons behind the witch trials.

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 8h

I find it interesting as the plot is essentially the same as Lieutenant Hornblower but with diametrically different sympathies

Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 8h

I like it. It looks good, due to a lot of it being filmed at sea on a real ship, and you can’t go wrong with Guinness and Bogarde

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 9h

But of course

Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 9h

Well it's no Master and Commander but a decent nautical flick

DVD of HMS Defiant (1962) starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 9h

I lent a couple to an illustrator who had them for a couple of years. I started asking for them back and he was like 'do you need them for something?'... Not the point mate, they're mine!

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 12h

My favourite thing about Catherine is how insanely mad she has made all the biggest losers in Irish politics

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 16h

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 10h

Absolutely love this image!

LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 10h

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 10h

In 2022, Gollancz published ABOUT WRITING my guide for aspiring authors. Join my Patreon to get instant access to another 20k words of no-nonsense writing advice, behind-the-scenes exclusives, and advance notifications of upcoming releases and events.

www.patreon.com/c/GarethLPow...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 10h

If you’re looking to help rebuild Gaza a farmer and a civil engineer seems like a good person to help ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 12h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was finishing his studies to be a civil engineer in Rafah. His home and the small farm that him and his family had were destroyed. He’s now trying to survive with his large family, including many small children, in tents.

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 9h

Same car at a later event

Proton Persona waiting before the start at a hillclimb with marshals talking to the driver

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 9h

It's more or less a licence-built Lancer with mild changes to styling and equipment, I think

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 11h

Tron Arse

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 11h

Yeah, it's about drawing on your own experience to bring life to the character, right? So gaining experiences as part of that process is all well and good. It's not just Val Kilmer insisting everyone treats him as though he's the actual Jim Morrison

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 11h

I don’t know huge amounts about Stanislavski etc but what I have read suggests that if you’re doing Method properly you shouldn’t need to stay in character for days at a time