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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10h

From ChatGPT

You’re right to be blunt — I messed up, and I appreciate you holding me to account. Here’s exactly how I’ll do better (and what I can do for you right now).

What went wrong
• I presented an anecdote as fact without checking primary sources or flagging it as unverified.

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Storm of Steel Wargaming @handle.invalid · 1d

It was a packed venue at #Partizan2025 yesterday, rammed with the most amazing eye candy that the hobby has to offer all of which I videoed and you can see here in my show report for Partizan Wargaming and History show:

youtu.be/XwuDqrvJCX8

🔥 Partizan 2025 Wargaming Show Report | Massive Battles & Hobby Highlights! 🎲

YouTube video by Storm of Steel Wargaming

youtu.be

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Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social · 1d

Issue 1 of the journal of the Not the Western Front Society has been published 5 great articles in this issue including The Siege of Tsing-Tao Part 1, Ramadi and Signal Company in Gallipoli

Its just £7.50 a year for subscriptions and you can sign up at www.trybooking.com/uk/ESJZ

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

Hiya Genevra,
Both would be fabulous. Cheers N

Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

Charge of the 5th South Staffs

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

A very dark day for the 46th (North Midland) Div

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

Hohenzollern Redoubt 1915

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 1d

I was only thinking about that action and those lads this morning Chris

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Chris Baker @handle.invalid · 1d

#OTD 13 October 1915. An awful day for the counties of the North Midlands as their fathers, husbands and sons met a bloody repluse in their attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a phase of the Battle of Loos. #ww1 #genealogy

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 2d

@ntwf.bsky.social Great to meet John at The Other Partizan today. Excited to chat about all things not Western Front. Good luck with the conference later this month. Cheers N

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any more
Photos of Polygon Wood Genevra, please? Cheers N

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Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour @flandersbtour.bsky.social · 3d

Restoration work being carried out on the Buttes in Polygon Wood therefore is currently off limits to the public walking up there. The cemetery is still accessible to the public.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 3d

Such iconic images. Battle of Loos 1915. “If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.”

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 4d

As my very good friend says, “I have been that guy. Life can sometimes be strangely normal amongst the madness!”

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 4d

I was reading (Official History) about the German assault of 21 March 1918 particularly in relation to 59th (2nd North Midland) Division… rather surprisingly one battalion was playing football whilst only a short distance away others were fighting for their lives…

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 4d

#OnThisDay, 10 Oct 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and others form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, UK. Eventually known as the suffragettes, they fought for women to have the vote.

[photo c 1906]

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️

staged photo of the WSPU holding a meeting at a dining table. They are all white women.

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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 4d

World Mental Health Day - As Jerry Springer used to say "Take care of yourself, and each other."

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Judith Jones @jellyjudith.bsky.social · 4d

Because every day is a mental health day…

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 5d

What makes a compelling historical argument? We’re asking as Great Debate heats begin – share your view.
#HistoricalAssociation #RayburnTours #TheGreatDebate

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Yücel Yanıkdağ @yanikdag.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote what became the first chapter of this great volume. It comes out in November.

Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 7d

We are thrilled with the collection & are incredibly grateful to our contributors for their fantastic chapters, including @sdanisimova.bsky.social @vandawilcox.bsky.social @lmhalewood.bsky.social @yanikdag.bsky.social & more!

Check out the contents & praise 👇
kansaspress.ku.edu/978070064056....

Framing the First World War

This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influ...

kansaspress.ku.edu

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 9d

FOXTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Leicestershire.
This double headstone commemorates a father and his son, who are buried together. Lucy Brown wife and mother must have been heartbroken.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 9d

Inside the church at Neuve Chapelle, check it out when you’re there. Couple of small CWGC cemeteries close by too.

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Nigel Atter MSc @nigatt59.bsky.social · 10d

That must have been some moment Clare.

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