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Christopher Guyver

@cguyver.bsky.social
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NHS substance misuse service administrator. Writing a biography of King Leopold I of the Belgians. Beautiful Surrey.

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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 22h
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
London Library website has changed. First-world problem if there ever was one.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*might have been a master politician
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I haven't watched Burnham's speech but I'm sure it was better than Blair's speeches, if only because Blair might have a master politician but he had a sanctimoniously jerky delivery, which everyone thought was wonderful.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the snag about being a neo-Nazi is that you're not only a Nazi but also have a heap of grievance with it (& the Nazis themselves had enough of that). It must get very tiresome.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks!
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My book is currently available as a hardback for £69.99 link.springer.com/book/10.1057...
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The Second French Republic 1848-1852
This book follows the story of the Second French Republic from its idealistic beginnings in February 1848 to its formal replacement in December 1852 by the Second Empire. Based on original archival re...
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
yes
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Si
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Italy tends to prefer XX settembre
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My own birthday is a French street date...
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
She was a goody - intervened with Louis-Napoleon to get political prisoners released after the coup d'etat of 1851. I read the Belinda Jack biography while recovering from food poisoning in German in 2001, just so you know.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wait a sec I remember when this film came out. 1990??
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Her letters, for research. Yeah I know, Indiana is a must-read.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've lost a follower. I was probably being racist or something so fair enough.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What about whataboutery? Isn't it a really convincing tool for argument?
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I assume there was some arcane problem about copyright or whatever
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it was UK only
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks for your helpful suggestions so far
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Queen Victoria's Journals online have vanished it seems. Does anyone know more?
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
we'll miss you & your unerring eye for beauty
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stankapl.bsky.social @stankapl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful Manchester. And off I go back to the States.
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just signed off an e-mail: Dr Christopher Guyver FRHistS Cringe but not cringe enough for me not to show off about it
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can anyone point me in the direct of nice images of early modern female scribes at work?
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it's not about fairness; it's about beauty
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stankapl.bsky.social @stankapl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ok, one more from beautiful Birmingham. (I'm really not being fair. I'm on campus which is very nice.).
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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stankapl.bsky.social @stankapl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beautiful Birmingham (I'm visiting the UK).
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
anyone using Truth Social? Is it any good?
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Beauty knows no boundaries
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They were certainly famous but not for as long a period as DT
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Flexible concept, but is Trump the most famous man to become President?
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Glad we agree
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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Christopher Guyver @cguyver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
glad you like it
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