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Hannah Howe

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Mother, Welsh, European. Author of bestselling novels. Interests include vintage films & music, genealogy, social history & the Special Operations Executive. Chess addict. Anti-fascist. Sorry, I don’t reply to DMs on social media. https://hannah-howe.com

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · Aug 4

Available this autumn, The Tourney, book one in my Adventures of Maid Marian series. Formats: print, eBook, audiobook and translations.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 16h

Makes you think about the difference between being alive and living, if you see what I mean.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 16h

Indeed, a poignant end to that piece.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 16h

Will do.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 17h

That was good. The players far more relatable then than now.

I’m assuming the team split up. I know Bobby Woodruff went on to play for Cardiff City and Mike Summerbee for Manchester City. For clubs like Swindon, moments of glory tend to be fleeting.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 19h

Took them a while to get around to it.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 19h

More votes in. Still 50% v 50%.

Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 19h

I need to make a start on that, review my posts for 1963.

Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 20h

Kung Fu paired with Secret Army in the Last 16. Currently 50% v 50%.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 20h

I agree. I don’t think anything Arthurian beats this, despite its low budget. You could argue that the low budget worked in its favour.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 20h

Great piece of social history.

nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 1d

Alan Whicker reports from Clapham Cum Newby.

Clip is from the 29th January 1962 edition of the “Tonight” programme.

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1962: The Story of Britain's First Electric Street Lamps | Tonight | BBC Archive

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 21h

Looks good. Will watch this evening.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 21h

Switched off
Emergency Ward 10
Emmerdale Farm
Bonanza
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Arthur of the Britons
To Serve Them All My Days
Dr Kildare
Dr Finlay’s Casebook

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 21h

My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Poll

Drama. Switched on for the Last 16
Alias Smith and Jones
Kung Fu
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Duchess of Duke Street
Secret Army
Colditz
Coronation Street
How Green Was My Valley

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 22h

ATV in more detail 3.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 22h

ATV in more detail 2.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 22h

ATV in more detail.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 22h

On television, Monday 12 October 1959.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 22h

The Adventures of Robin Hood. My thoughts on episode 13, The Youngest Outlaw, and a temporary replacement for Little John.

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Maid Marian and Robin Hood #15

The Adventures of Robin Hood Episode 13: The Youngest Outlaw Introductory minstrel song: “Once a boy to Sherwood came, to live beneath the greenwood tree; hoping he could hide his fame,…

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

Hippies strapped to the roof-rack does sound so 1960s.

Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

Another interesting thread 👇

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

I find it weird how people can acknowledge that UK politics is volatile to an unprecedented degree and yet talk very confidently about the shape of an election in 2029. Reform is depicted as a permanent and unstoppable force and Labour as utterly doomed. Doesn't add up to me

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting thread 👇

Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 1d

Which party underperformed the most in the 2025 local elections?

Arguably Reform UK. A 🧵 on what the locals tell us about a key and neglected dimension in analysis of the current political situation.

Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

Television highlights: Grandstand - including the closing speech at the Conservative Party Conference. Espionage - spy series. The Avengers - Man With Two Shadows.

Radio highlights: Play - Comfort Me with Apples. Records.

Weather: mainly dry. Outlook - mainly dry. 17c, 63f.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

The game is secondary. It’s the players they admire. The attraction can be the way a player rolls up his sleeves before the kicking starts.”

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

Girls are showing an interest in soccer. Professor John Cohen explained. “The professional footballer is more glamorous and successful than ever before. This attracts the girls. You even find them hanging around at mid-week training sessions.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 1d

The United Nations Assembly voted 106 - 1 against South Africa’s racial segregation policy. Only South Africa voted for the policy.

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