@policybloke.bsky.social
Well, of COURSE it is..
December 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well, of COURSE it is..
Hugely popular in the UK in the 50s and 60s. Still available. But the label has changed significantly
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hugely popular in the UK in the 50s and 60s. Still available. But the label has changed significantly
I beat the Sun to it:
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I beat the Sun to it:
An updated version of this: Excellent!
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An updated version of this: Excellent!
It is the publishers who choose the cover photos. This on Beevor's book is nothing to do with D Day for instance. Do give Behrend a chance, though. Make Me a Soldier, and the follow up, As From Kemmel Hill are first class memoirs.
September 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It is the publishers who choose the cover photos. This on Beevor's book is nothing to do with D Day for instance. Do give Behrend a chance, though. Make Me a Soldier, and the follow up, As From Kemmel Hill are first class memoirs.
Brings a whole new meaning to 'chopper'.
August 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Brings a whole new meaning to 'chopper'.
Stealing your Thunder @lydiajane13.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Stealing your Thunder @lydiajane13.bsky.social
Been joining in the fun @lennylaw.bsky.social ?
July 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Been joining in the fun @lennylaw.bsky.social ?
Perhaps The Times should take a step back..m
July 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Perhaps The Times should take a step back..m
@peterhart.bsky.social
Was at the Gallipoli Assoc meeting at GWH last month, when you spoke on conditions at Gallipoli, including sickness, and I remembered this from Les Carlyon's 'Gallipoli', the bit in brackets. He quotes no source, so it may be apocryphal, but still...
Was at the Gallipoli Assoc meeting at GWH last month, when you spoke on conditions at Gallipoli, including sickness, and I remembered this from Les Carlyon's 'Gallipoli', the bit in brackets. He quotes no source, so it may be apocryphal, but still...
July 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@peterhart.bsky.social
Was at the Gallipoli Assoc meeting at GWH last month, when you spoke on conditions at Gallipoli, including sickness, and I remembered this from Les Carlyon's 'Gallipoli', the bit in brackets. He quotes no source, so it may be apocryphal, but still...
Was at the Gallipoli Assoc meeting at GWH last month, when you spoke on conditions at Gallipoli, including sickness, and I remembered this from Les Carlyon's 'Gallipoli', the bit in brackets. He quotes no source, so it may be apocryphal, but still...
This is Spyder. He's a red, well, somewhat grey, 14 year old Patterdale. He's mostly cute, but is fretting just now as he wants a treat..
July 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is Spyder. He's a red, well, somewhat grey, 14 year old Patterdale. He's mostly cute, but is fretting just now as he wants a treat..
James, you mentioned on a recent Not So Quiet podcast a lack of English language battle histories of Verdun since The Price of Glory. These two were published in 2016. Not read them, so can't say if they are good, bad or indifferent.
June 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
James, you mentioned on a recent Not So Quiet podcast a lack of English language battle histories of Verdun since The Price of Glory. These two were published in 2016. Not read them, so can't say if they are good, bad or indifferent.
@lennylaw.bsky.social
Here's an idea for you
Here's an idea for you
March 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@lennylaw.bsky.social
Here's an idea for you
Here's an idea for you
Haven't read Overy, but this is good on the evolving doctrine of the bombing war on Japan
March 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Haven't read Overy, but this is good on the evolving doctrine of the bombing war on Japan
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is in Martin Middlebrook's 'First Day on the Somme'. Not a Stokes, I think.
February 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is in Martin Middlebrook's 'First Day on the Somme'. Not a Stokes, I think.
Another for you @kejamieson.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Another for you @kejamieson.bsky.social
@kejamieson.bsky.social Something to consider...
February 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@kejamieson.bsky.social Something to consider...
We have a Feta
February 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We have a Feta
Be interesting to see where this takes us...
February 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Be interesting to see where this takes us...
Hope Marge has nothing serious. We are keeping our paws crossed.
January 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hope Marge has nothing serious. We are keeping our paws crossed.