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Ghee Bowman

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Historian, story-teller, Woodcraft Folk leader, Quaker chaplain at Exeter University. Writer of 'The Indian Contingent' and 'The Great Epinal Escape'

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Nov 15

My latest blogpost. I'd welcome your feedback

www.forcek6.org.uk/2024/11/15/1...

Ten million like Mobeen? - Blog - Force K6

I recently watched a great documentary on Channel 4, called ‘The Soldiers that Saved Britain’, made by British journalist Mobeen Azhar. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-soldiers-that-saved-brit...

www.forcek6.org.uk

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Mar 17

Hello history of print folk! Is there something called a 'Faux printer' (or does 'Faux' belong to the place name before?)

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Handwritten lines, one of which is underlined in red.

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Cygnet Theatre @cygnettheatreuk.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Blue Vanguard is a monthly jazz club dedicated to bringing the finest national and international guests to our home town of Exeter. The club has run successfully since September 2011 and has a loyal following.

📅 27th March 2025
🕐 19:30pm
🎟 www.wegottickets.com/CygnetTheatre

#exeter#jazz #music

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Mar 17

New project funded with £1 million by Lloyd's Register Foundation at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy explores the history of transatlantic slavery. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/m... 1/3

Major grant to fund research into the history of transatlantic slavery - The National Archives

The National Archives has been awarded a £1 million grant by Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new, collaborative research programme on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. PASSA...

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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David Bowman @dlbowman76.com · Mar 17

I'm trying to decide which is funnier:
• System of a County Down
• The Blarney Stone Roses

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Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social · Mar 17

My poetry collection about teaching/education as English teacher and examiner over 40 years. Joys and despairs as poignant then as now, latter probably more for so many these days. An eclectic poetry mix, available at Wrecking Ball Press.

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Cygnet Theatre @cygnettheatreuk.bsky.social · Mar 17

Naughty Japanese Badgers - Artemis Storytelling double bill

📅 4th April 2025
🕐 7:30PM
🎟 www.wegottickets.com/cygnettheatre

"Very funny, very entertaining. Two completely different shows, same storyteller" - Katy Cawkwell

#exeter #devon #cygnettheatre #theatre #visitexeter #fyp #storytelling

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thoroughly enjoyed watching @CountessLuann @swxbristol last night
She’s camp, she’s loud & proud, the audience were adoring, participative
An extraordinary presence
And don’t forget her great band!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgz...

Countess Luann - Chic, C'est La Vie (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ultra Records

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 21

If you're near #Bristol , come and join me this afternoon, to watch this great show swxbristol.com/events/count...

which features my talented cousin Daniel Glass!

Countess Luann - SWX Bristol

swxbristol.com

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Sajjad Rizvi سيد سجاد رضوي @mullasadra.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us this coming Monday at #IAIS to discuss Vernon Schubel’s new work with him - the registration link is here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Feb 18

Everyone knows it was originally 'a norange' and 'a nuncle', but did you also know that it was originally 'a ninkjet printer'?

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Feb 16

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com

At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

clarksvillenow.com

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 13

New podcast now out, on the largest successful POW escape of the Second World War - the Great Epinal Escape.

You can find it on youtube, spoitfy and everywhere you find podcasts.

'Well that aged well'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4g...

The Great Epinal Escape! Part 2. With Ghee Bowman

YouTube video by Well That Aged Well

www.youtube.com

Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 10

This should be fascinating...

Nivedita Menon at Exeter uni in 2 weeks

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-se...

Keynote: Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South

Visiting Researcher Professor Nivedita Menon delivers this keynote lecture, hosted by the South Asia Centre and SCI.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 10

This is gonna be brilliant!

Student nurses at Exeter have been making artworks as part of their course

'Nurturing Creativity', this Friday 14th

www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/events/5TvTX...

Arts & Culture Exeter | Nurturing Creativity

An exhibition of art in a variety of creative mediums by undergraduate nursing students at the University of Exeter, created as part of the module 'The Art and History of Nursing'.

www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 8

A Friend read this poem at our #Quaker Meeting for Worship at Exeter University yesterday.

Spot on, in my opinion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSu...

"Holy Holy Holy"- Jay Hulme | King Julez

YouTube video by King Julez

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · Feb 6

ITV1, 9pm: 'Ayres & Graces'. This week our intrepid trio of Pam Ayres, Grace Jones & Grace Slick go down the Colorado River in a canoe

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Maithreyi Karnoor @maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social · Feb 6

A print journalist had once asked me if there were enough English translators of Indian language literature. I had told her the real question ought to be whether there were enough resources for existing translators. They didn't publish that interview 😂

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 6

Here's the spotify link

open.spotify.com/episode/0119...

Episode 218: The Indian Contigent. Part 1. With Ghee Bowman

Well That Aged Well · Episode

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 6

New podcast (1 of 2) has just gone live on youtube and spotify and elsewhere.

Hosted by Erlend Hedegart

Please check it out and do give me your feedback

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcFn...

The Indian Contigent. Part 1. With Ghee Bowman

YouTube video by Well That Aged Well

www.youtube.com

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 3

You're most welcome, Laura! It's a great space, at the heart of the university of Exeter. Do come and visit

Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Feb 3

Many thanks to @gheebowman.bsky.social for welcoming me too and showing me around the new Multifaith Centre on Streatham campus today. Keep an eye out for opening events next month!

www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vision...

Photo of a modern building with a brown exterior and recessed windows. A sign read 'Sarah Turvill Multifaith Centre'.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Ghee Bowman @gheebowman.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks Ash

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · Feb 3

PERSON OF THE DAY. 3 February 1924. Leading historian Edward Palmer (“EP”) Thompson was born in Oxford. He’s best known for his seminal historical work on British radical movements, in the early 19th century, most notably, his landmark book The Making of the English Working Class.

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