Simon Jones
@simonjones.bsky.social
Writes about the First World War. FRHistS. Late museum curator. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
This hand-drawn trench map sold for £440 last month. It's now being offered by a dealer for £3,720! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27752114...
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This hand-drawn trench map sold for £440 last month. It's now being offered by a dealer for £3,720! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27752114...
Here's some blue sky, Bluesky.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Here's some blue sky, Bluesky.
Keating's 1921 painting of the IRA is a clear sequel to his 1915 'Men of the West', although the significance of the Enfield Rifles in the earlier picture has been missed by art historians: these are men of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in the 1860-70s.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Keating's 1921 painting of the IRA is a clear sequel to his 1915 'Men of the West', although the significance of the Enfield Rifles in the earlier picture has been missed by art historians: these are men of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in the 1860-70s.
Hello Milton Keynes! I’m visiting you tomorrow evening to give another Western Front Association branch talk on Underground Warfare 1914-18 at 7.30pm, Friday 21 November. All welcome (see alt text for venue details).
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hello Milton Keynes! I’m visiting you tomorrow evening to give another Western Front Association branch talk on Underground Warfare 1914-18 at 7.30pm, Friday 21 November. All welcome (see alt text for venue details).
It's that time of year again when the south of England is compelled to inform everyone of the existence of snow.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It's that time of year again when the south of England is compelled to inform everyone of the existence of snow.
The best and daftest cop show is coming back!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The best and daftest cop show is coming back!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spectator person being very weird again about Dua Lipa talking to authors, this time in The Telegraph, and getting confused about how many newspapers there are called The Guardian.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Spectator person being very weird again about Dua Lipa talking to authors, this time in The Telegraph, and getting confused about how many newspapers there are called The Guardian.
I hope that the 115th anniversary of Black Friday is a suitable day to say how much I am enjoying reading my third book by @lissakevans.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I hope that the 115th anniversary of Black Friday is a suitable day to say how much I am enjoying reading my third book by @lissakevans.bsky.social.
And there goes the monetisation of our public records for the benefit of Iron Mountain.
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
And there goes the monetisation of our public records for the benefit of Iron Mountain.
Cousins Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V take the salute at the unveiling of the memorial to their grandmother Queen Victoria in 1911.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cousins Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V take the salute at the unveiling of the memorial to their grandmother Queen Victoria in 1911.
The Meissen monkey orchestra wins the best bad taste prize over strong competition in The Edwardians: Age of Elegance exhibition at Buckingham Palace.
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Meissen monkey orchestra wins the best bad taste prize over strong competition in The Edwardians: Age of Elegance exhibition at Buckingham Palace.
Radio 3 played a piece this morning by Jean Cras, a French naval officer & composer. Now, here's a thing. During WW1, Cras commanded an anti-submarine torpedo boat in the Adriatic that sank a U-Boat. The most successful Austro-Hungarian U-Boat commander in the Adriatic was Georg von Trapp. That one.
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Radio 3 played a piece this morning by Jean Cras, a French naval officer & composer. Now, here's a thing. During WW1, Cras commanded an anti-submarine torpedo boat in the Adriatic that sank a U-Boat. The most successful Austro-Hungarian U-Boat commander in the Adriatic was Georg von Trapp. That one.
Autumn in the deer park.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Autumn in the deer park.
I was outbid on a German military miners' Sticheisen.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I was outbid on a German military miners' Sticheisen.
This memorial names twenty women from Liverpool who lost their lives during the First World War. It's in the Lady Chapel beneath Liverpool Cathedral, sculptor David Lewis 1928.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This memorial names twenty women from Liverpool who lost their lives during the First World War. It's in the Lady Chapel beneath Liverpool Cathedral, sculptor David Lewis 1928.
I'm watching a militaria auction in Belgium. Judging by these prices, I don't think my bid will be successful.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm watching a militaria auction in Belgium. Judging by these prices, I don't think my bid will be successful.
... And the banker never wears a mac, in the pouring rain.
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
... And the banker never wears a mac, in the pouring rain.
... The shelter in the middle of the roundabout....
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
... The shelter in the middle of the roundabout....
Driving past Penny Lane this morning, John's on the right, resting on a peace sign...
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Driving past Penny Lane this morning, John's on the right, resting on a peace sign...
I've been researching the journalist Dorothy Lawrence for many years but have only now been able to fill the key gaps in her story. Hopefully soon I will be sharing the details with the wider world.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I've been researching the journalist Dorothy Lawrence for many years but have only now been able to fill the key gaps in her story. Hopefully soon I will be sharing the details with the wider world.
Liverpool this evening.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Liverpool this evening.
...and Simon Rattle said thank you to Liverpool.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
...and Simon Rattle said thank you to Liverpool.
Liverpool said thank you to Simon Rattle this evening...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Liverpool said thank you to Simon Rattle this evening...
North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.