Samuel Harvey
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Samuel Harvey
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Aspiring Historian of Empire and expansion; Currently researching the Aberdeen Act and the effectiveness of British punitive actions against Brazil. History Student 📚 Liverpool
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Managed to pick up some historical literature all for less than £10!

Particularly looking forward to reading Stowe while researching Victorian anti-slavery.
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
Using the summer break to catch up on some reading. Extending my reading into some long eighteenth century stuff.

Both interesting reads, but I think I’m still in the long nineteenth century camp.

#history #historybooks
Quite concerning that Waterstones now has an “alternative history” section, with books on 9/11 conspiracies and ancient aliens.

Pseudoscience/history can be dangerous and should not be promoted nor legitimised.
Map dated 1858 showing the extent of the Asante Empire and British possessions in West Africa. Interestingly many British forts are simply underlined red, showing the lack of British influence and jurisdiction outside of its 'Bridgeheads' (John Darwin, 2013, p.8-9). #History
Although I fear more practice is required to impress Mr Sharpe with 3 rounds a minute.
A Graduation present to myself! An (Inert) India Pattern Brown Bess Reproduction.
French E-3 Sentry.
Red Arrows Display Team.
Finnish F/A-18C Hornet
British Army Air Corp Display.
Pakistan Airforce JF-17 and C-130.
Selection of NATO Static Displays. 2/2
Selection of NATO Static Displays. 1/2
I was very kindly given tickets to attend #RIAT25 this year, although belated I thought I might share some highlights in a thread:
A successful initial escapade into gardening. Nicotiana Alata (I think) grown over the course of a year.
First Class Graduate in History 📚
Leach continues and provides his own opinions on the argument.

#history #waterloo
Following the Battle of Waterloo, towards the end of June, Captain Jonathan Leach of the 1st Battalion 95th Rifles, while stationed at St. Denis noted in his journal a ‘curious dialogue’ between soldiers of his division. It provides an interesting window into the variety of Wellingtons force.
A few academic additions to the ever-growing library, picked up after helping out at the @batw.bsky.social conference at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social.
I would agree, although I feel the battle and I would suppose nature of the battle (in Wellington’s words “the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life”), provides a sort of spectacular finish to the wars and that period of history.