rjhammond215.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
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What about when you bumped into Jonathan and I the other night?
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Wow that took a while
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I hate this not just for the time cost but also for the double frustration of ‘how did I not know about this article’ followed by ‘oh, that’s why’.
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Probably the most niche of the James Bond films, but I enjoyed it
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Very true although there is also sometimes scope for a follow up article if you find new things later on
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Future evaluation: ‘While I generally enjoyed the course, I was traumatised by the graphic consumption of powdered egg in week 3.’
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Were you teaching about rationing at the time?
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Driver constantly telling people ‘It’s my first day’.
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….any chance it was the same crew?
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Erm i think you'll find that the animated Italian mouse loves us, actually
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Ah thanks for the heads up. I was wondering how close to done this was
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Yep!
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Is there an impact case study in here somewhere?
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What? Where? Patagonia....?
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Surely you want welshcakes...
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Looks like that conference went well, though sadly I couldn't make it. If I can tempt you, there might still be tickets available to attend this one next month: www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec...
It includes speakers such as Richard Overy, Juliette Pattinson, Sheldon Garon and Joan Beaumont....
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Wow, best of luck on both fronts! On a related note, we have quite a lot of baby/toddler clothes etc that you're more than welcome to have for free, if you're interested (and we can find a way to hand them over)?
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The main conference (12-13 June) features keynotes from Profs Sheldon Garon and Juliette Pattinson, plus over 150 speakers. The roundtable at NAM (evening 11 June) features discussion from a Panel of Dr Ruth Lawlor and Profs Richard Overy, Joan Beaumont and Alexandre Fortes, plus a reception.
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I felt a bit sorry for Ieuan Evans, who made the livestream squad announcement, given that he only got to say two Welsh names. Hard to think of many more who could have gotten in on current form, though.
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@bleddb.bsky.social
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No worries, it's an interesting point.
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Prendergast is a great talent but defensively still at bit of a liability at the top level, I think, as Pollock himself showed in Dublin last Saturday. Of course he could still end up going if there are injuries, but I'd have been very surprised if they'd have picked him over one of the other 10s.
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Pollock's selection clearly went down very well with the audience too! Strong Northampton showing in general, which is nice for me in a partisan way. Must be brutal for Wales fans, but its a good reflection of where things are, of course.
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'What do you mean you don't want to read 180,000 words on resource security!?'
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A heron can probably travel up Botley Road faster than a car can
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Congratulations! Looks fascinating.
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Re the history, at some point* I will** get around to reading David Kertzer's 'The Pope at War' about Pius XII relationships with Mussolini and Hitler.
*in the next c30 years
** probably
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From a monastery to the Black and Tans is quite the change...
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Which I actually now see is the point being made in the post that you quoted.
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And then the knock-on effect on the local economy as shops, eateries, entertainment venues etc in the area suddenly lose a big chunk of their potential customer base and many go under.
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‘Those who know me well know I was eventually going to build a giant curlew.’ I think you have to know someone *really* well to spot that in advance tbh…
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Christina Goulter, Geoff Till and John J Abbatielo as some initial reading suggestions on the British example, if it’s helpful.
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Inter and intra service rivalries and debates over the control of maritime air power (linking to the creation of the RAF in 1918)? Role in the battle of the Atlantic?
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Obvious choice, I know, but my favourite Point n Click games were the Monkey Island series, especially the second one. So good.
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I never actually played it (despite my love of point n click), but maybe ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’?