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Visiting Research Fellow East Centre UEA - writes about Soviet Logistics in SWW, General Military Transport & Logistics, Railways, Horse-drawn Vehicles Visting Lecturer University Wolverhampton, MA SWW Eastern Europe and Holocaust
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So, I am told that this is the good place, so will try something by listing books for review publicly. This is something that Europe-Asia Studies inspired in terms of seeking reviews, reviewers, and giving attention to new books...

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@roundwoodsworld.bsky.social Did you ever publish/make available your 30 Years War rules from Lutzen as I am looking for rules to use with Maurice's battle formations in 2mm in the arly years of the TYW.

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Its published today! My book chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Russian and Soviet Military Studies www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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I enjoyed this. I can't take notes on a computer. I need a pen or pencil in hand to think. My students now take all notes on laptops. Carrying a writing implement seems to have gone. Word processing is brilliant, but I don't find screens conducive for thinking. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

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Railway 200th anniversary celebrations railway200.co.uk/about-railwa...

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🗃️I'm delighted to announce that 'The Invisible Campaign-Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945', is now available to pre-order (link below). Huge thanks to James Holland for writing the foreword. Estimated publication date - 12 December 2024 mortonsbooks.co.uk/book/the-inv...

submitted 106 days ago • 41 comments

Just been packing for travelling up to Wolverhampton next week only to find that Avanti West Coast train managers are on strike on Sunday which will impact my journey home. Am teaching the Holocaust on Saturday for the MA Second World War which finishes at 5pm and its touch and go to get home by

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A belated happy birthday to my aunty Sylv, who would’ve been 91 yesterday. How I wish she could have been here for the release of my book, to get her thoughts on the story of her brother’s war. 📷 National Portrait Gallery

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On my way to York. Many many congratulations to the last MA in Railway Studies students that are graduating today. I'm so very proud of you.

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NEXT WEEK! The next @ihr.bsky.social Transport & Mobility History seminar: Railway Studies research retrospective 16 Jan 2025, 17.30 UK, online MA Railway Studies graduates give lightning talks drawn from their research. #Railway200 Booking free - all welcome:

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Study Group on the Russian Revolution at 50. A lot of interesting papers. Thanks for inviting me!

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🏆Congrats to SSEES PhD student Serian Carlyle on winning the Lindsey Hughes Bursary! The scholarship is awarded on PhD students researching Russian History or Culture. Read more: bit.ly/4000cDs #AwardWinner #SSEES #PhD

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Niall Ferguson doing his best to minimise the Jan 6 Capitol attack.

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Please to see that this book is due in February: I have a chapter called "Russian and Soviet Logistics from Peter the Great to the Present Day" The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies (London: Routledge, 2025). www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

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An analogue machine providing a vital service since 1951 the Perkins Braille typewriter still has a place in our modern computerised world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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This is the year of @railway200. I am looking forward to 12 months of exciting events marking 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway! Shown is one of my favourite shots of York, from 1934. #Railway200 #RailwayHistory #YorkStation #York

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

If you enjoy just looking at stuff, here are my favourite photos from 2024 www.flickr.com/photos/mark4... along with my best wishes for 2025

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A quarter of a century ago Boris Yeltsin told Vladimir Putin to "take care of Russia." Has he? My piece for BBC News.

submitted 61 days ago • 31 comments

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Still looking for Transport historians and Logistics Historians to join the starter pack. Let me know if you wnat to be included. go.bsky.app/E4Fv1Fq

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I'm delighted to discover this new contribution to the history of the 'Russian' Civil War, integrating the humanitarian dimension. Can't wait to read it up close!

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Cat island residents are all aged over 7 😿 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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This whodunnit 'Murder in the House of Commons' by Mary Agnes Hamilton, offers a reward for NOT reading it. We must know how the BlueSky demographic compares to our Instagram audience (56% voted 'want to rip this seal open through my phone screen'). Could you resist?

submitted 67 days ago • 32 comments

My personal favorites EK interviews for 2024. open.substack.com/pub/eurasian...

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