Brian Williams
@briw74.bsky.social
Author of 'Fall From Glory' a life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
As well as random thoughts on policing, politics, Westerns, war films, and history.
As well as random thoughts on policing, politics, Westerns, war films, and history.
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Brian Williams
@briw74.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Interested in the Napoleonic Wars? My book 'Fall From Glory' is a life of Michel Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of Brave. A brilliant soldier of legendary courage who ended his life in front of a firing squad.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
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Looking for a gift to give to the Napoleonic student in your life? Look no further than my book on the life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Looking for a gift to give to the Napoleonic student in your life? Look no further than my book on the life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
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The worst-performing NHS trusts in the league table broadly tally with levels of deprivation. Clinicians are overwhelmed by generational ill health and entrenched poverty. Their ability to respond is often hampered by their struggle to attract the best staff.
Blackpool report: why do England’s deprived areas have the most troubled hospitals?
Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The worst-performing NHS trusts in the league table broadly tally with levels of deprivation. Clinicians are overwhelmed by generational ill health and entrenched poverty. Their ability to respond is often hampered by their struggle to attract the best staff.
Rambo: First Blood. A Christmas film.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rambo: First Blood. A Christmas film.
Looking for a gift to give to the Napoleonic student in your life? Look no further than my book on the life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Looking for a gift to give to the Napoleonic student in your life? Look no further than my book on the life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
Available in kindle and in paperback.
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He'll soon be able to make lovely pancakes.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
He'll soon be able to make lovely pancakes.
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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Clues he was like this, there were sadly none.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Clues he was like this, there were sadly none.
The Serpent Queen. Liv Hill is excellent as the young Catherine.
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Serpent Queen. Liv Hill is excellent as the young Catherine.
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PUBLICATION DAY!
My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today.
“An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-...
@headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#History #WomensHistory
My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today.
“An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-...
@headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#History #WomensHistory
Margaret Beaufort
Survivor. Rebel. Conspirator. Mother and grandmother of kings. Margaret Beaufort was one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages.Margare…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PUBLICATION DAY!
My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today.
“An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-...
@headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#History #WomensHistory
My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today.
“An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-...
@headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#History #WomensHistory
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75 years on, WINCHESTER ‘73 remains a seminal western, a must watch not just for western fans, but for all lovers of quality cinema - my review on Letterboxd of Criterion's eye wateringly gorgeous 4k UHD presentation #FilmSky
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A ★★★★½ review of Winchester '73 (1950)
“Possession" said John Lennon “is nine-tenths of the problem." Possession of a legendary repeating rifle is the hub around which the plot of Winchester ‘73 revolves; and just who owns it is the proble...
boxd.it
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
75 years on, WINCHESTER ‘73 remains a seminal western, a must watch not just for western fans, but for all lovers of quality cinema - my review on Letterboxd of Criterion's eye wateringly gorgeous 4k UHD presentation #FilmSky
boxd.it/bIbNt3
boxd.it/bIbNt3
Nuremberg. The positives.
Russell Crowe as Goering. Dominated every scene (Although Brian Cox was better in the TV series)
Michael Shannon as Justice Jackson.
Richard E Grant as Maxwell Fythe.
Negatives.
Rami Malek. Overacted.
Pointless characters.
Overlong.
Russell Crowe as Goering. Dominated every scene (Although Brian Cox was better in the TV series)
Michael Shannon as Justice Jackson.
Richard E Grant as Maxwell Fythe.
Negatives.
Rami Malek. Overacted.
Pointless characters.
Overlong.
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Nuremberg. The positives.
Russell Crowe as Goering. Dominated every scene (Although Brian Cox was better in the TV series)
Michael Shannon as Justice Jackson.
Richard E Grant as Maxwell Fythe.
Negatives.
Rami Malek. Overacted.
Pointless characters.
Overlong.
Russell Crowe as Goering. Dominated every scene (Although Brian Cox was better in the TV series)
Michael Shannon as Justice Jackson.
Richard E Grant as Maxwell Fythe.
Negatives.
Rami Malek. Overacted.
Pointless characters.
Overlong.
Nuremberg. About an hour too long.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Nuremberg. About an hour too long.
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The revolution eats its grandad. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The revolution eats its grandad. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Hollywood made a rather moving film The Fighting O'Sullivans about the loss.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
FACT OF THE DAY. 13 November 1942. 5 American brothers (left to right: Joe, Frank, Al, Matt, and George Sullivan) died in the aftermath of the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau by the Japanese Navy. It was the largest loss of life by a single American family serving during WW2.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hollywood made a rather moving film The Fighting O'Sullivans about the loss.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
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JFC...people obsessed with Hitler's genitalia are SO FUCKING WEIRD.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gone there at all?
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
JFC...people obsessed with Hitler's genitalia are SO FUCKING WEIRD.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
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Working on a presentation and...JFC, we need to shut down the pulpy "[Thing] of Auschwitz" machine until we can figure out what's going on.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Working on a presentation and...JFC, we need to shut down the pulpy "[Thing] of Auschwitz" machine until we can figure out what's going on.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.