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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Scottish high school has paid tribute to one of its former pupils who has died whilst fighting for Ukraine

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Two phases of coastal defence separated in time by over 1,600 years A section of late 3rd century wall and projecting tower in the SW circuit of Pevensey #Roman coastal fort East #Sussex with a 1940s machine gun emplacement built into the fallen masonry 📷 April 2016 #RomanFortThursday

Roman masonry wall with projecting tower on left and fallen masonry with later machine gun post on right and grass in foreground

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Early for #MosaicMonday. Arguably Neptune to whom Oceanus's claws have been added, for reasons in open access article here: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jmr/a...

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Neptune and Oceanus in Romano-British Mosaics: A Special Case?

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Hallaton helmet, a #Roman cavalry helmet from the C1st AD. It is a very ornate piece, originally covered in silver sheet & gold leaf, with a female goddess on the brow guard; it is one of the earlist known Roman helmets from Roman Britain... #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

A corroded Roman helmet with a large brow guard & two attached cheek-pieces, viewed from the front

A side view of the helmet (from the left), showing cheek guard with a female figure in relief, & an ear guard

The helmet seen from behind, with a large neck guard

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Before Blitzkrieg, before his rivalry with de Gaulle, General Giraud was a wounded captain plucked from the battlefield with a hole in his lung by the enemy in 1914… achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🏛 A Roman stone sculpture of a protective deity carved over 1,600 years ago has been discovered underneath a barrack floor in Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall. Likely originally part of a shrine (lararium), it is thought the carved figure is a 'Genius'. open.substack.com/pub/thearcha...

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Clacton has the chance to do the funniest thing...

The domino meme, with Farage accepting a fiver million quid bung leading to a pub in Uxbridge having to move their hand dryer. In fairness to Count Binface's long standing policy aim, the hand dryer is in a bloody ridiculous position.

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15-Minute Book Club @15minutebook.club · 03/12/2025

This week @fxmc1957.bsky.social takes on the 15 Minute Book Club as he turns his attention to the holocaust in volume four of The Hitler Years. 🎧 pod.fo/e/35efc4 📺 youtu.be/Y83SaJG0oAs #books #histbookchat #booksky #newbooks

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15-Minute Book Club @15minutebook.club · 28/11/2025

Our next episode is live for our Patreon supporters! @fxmc1957.bsky.social joins us to discuss his latest volume in The Hitler Years - Holocaust 1933-45. Our Patreon supporters get Extra Time, an extra 15 minutes with our guest as we find out more. Join today! www.patreon.com/posts/frank-...

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Why was everyone in *Civilisations: Rise and Fall* dressed like they were in a 1950s Hollywood epic? Stilicho looked like Richard Burton in *The Robe* with muscled cuirass and pointless wrist guards rather than in long sleeved tunic and big chonky brooch Who was the historical advisor on this? 😱😱

An actor pretending to be a Roman general of the late 4th century AD wearing armour, red cloak and two swords of a much earlier period plus wrist bands which no one outside of a Hollywood movie ever wore

Actor Richard Burton in the film The Robe, wearing a muscled cuirass and wrist bands, relaxes on a block of marble

Stilicho, a late Roman general as depicted on an ivory panel wearing long sleeved tunic, big brooch, long sword at his belt and a spear in his right hand

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”. This is what I call value for my tax money

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Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive

Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.

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Matt Bone @boneyabroad.com · 26/11/2025

We've done a thing! @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I chatted with @rooneyvision.bsky.social about his new book about Alcock and Brown, Harry Hawker and, of course, Harry's amazing wife Muriel. Check us out wherever you get your pods or on YouTube.

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15-Minute Book Club @15minutebook.club · 26/11/2025

We are delighted to share our launch episode with you, as @rooneyvision.bsky.social joins us to discuss the men who showed up in Newfoundland after the end of the Great War to attempt to fly the Atlantic. David, your 15 minutes begin now... 📺 youtu.be/OTIqIje5ixI 🎧 shows.acast.com/15-minute-bo...

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My heart breaks for the loss of these innocent lives and how many more will die from preventable deaths because of ignorance, disinformation, and bad faith authors. They are causing a public health crisis.

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Istoria Travel @istoriatravel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We’re also thrilled that we’re finally planning a return to Jordan for our bestselling “in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia” tour. Led by @alexchurchill.bsky.social we go to places no other tour group visits! www.istoriatravel.org/jordan

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JORDAN ~ T E Lawrence | Istoria Travel

Lawrence of Arabia was one of the most famous characters to emerge from the First World War. This tour has you walk in his footsteps. It introduces you to the man, the guerrilla tactics he employed, t...

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Istoria Travel @istoriatravel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Our Cassino tour for 2026 is now live! Find our more about this immersive six day trip with @alexchurchill.bsky.social via the link below #WW2 www.istoriatravel.org/cassino

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CASSINO | Istoria Travel

Join us for this six-day, immersive look at a seminal part of the Allied campaign in Italy.

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Istoria Travel @istoriatravel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Join us on this one off trip and you get @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the men on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Join us on this one off trip and you get both myself and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first ever tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the individuals on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme

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15-Minute Book Club @15minutebook.club · 21/11/2025

Our lovely Patreon supporters now have access to our launch episode, where we chat with David Rooney about the men who, at the end of the Great War, gathered in Newfoundland to try to fly the Atlantic. Join today and get 15 extra minutes! #histbookchat #booksky www.patreon.com/posts/david-...

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David Rooney: The Big Hop - Your 15 Minutes Begins Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

✨Augustus in colour✨ The Prima Porta Augustus is one of the most famous sculptures of ancient Rome. Earlier depictions of the sculpture noted the remnants of colour but the craze for cleaned statuary meant much detail was lost to the casual gaze. #AncientRome #History

This image shows a partial colour reconstruction of the Prima Porta Augustus including a cuirass in reds, blues, and golds. Military dress in red, and purple toga details.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 20/11/2025

NEW #Phoenician small ceramic bottles were traditionally thought to hold perfumes and medicines. Residue analysis found chemical traces of wine, resins, pitch and palm oil, indicating their uses were much more multifunctional than expected. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Small ceramic bottles being sampled for residue with a Dremel rotary tool (A) and a dental tool (B).

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

1/3 The Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace, depicts Augustus’ (formerly Octavian) vision of the #Rome he created. The monument is by Augustus’ mausoleum at the Campus Martius. Panels show the imperial family, including Livia, his wife. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology 📸 my own.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today’s Substack is all about French perspectives on the Hundred Days in 1815. Just a word on the subscription - for £5 a month you get two articles like this a week, as well as access to a back catalogue of 200 pieces 😮 achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...

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ARTICLE: Fighting for Napoleon, 1815

Today I thought I’d go back a bit further than usual, and bring you something from the Napoleonic wars.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today’s article is up and it’s a brief look at the Hundreds Days in 1815, but from French eyewitnesses… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...

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ARTICLE: Fighting for Napoleon, 1815

Today I thought I’d go back a bit further than usual, and bring you something from the Napoleonic wars.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Today’s shift is in honour of this shameful git who is mad at me for doing laundry

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15-Minute Book Club @15minutebook.club · 15/11/2025

You can check out our pilot episode with @drkatevigurs.bsky.social for free, including the extra time, right now! Come for the technical issues, stay for great chat about Kate's new book, Mission Europe: The Secret History of the Women of SOE. #BookSky #HistBookChat www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...

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Kate Vigurs: Mission Europe - Your 15 Minutes Begin Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

A pilot episode for you! We had to battle some tech gremlins but you can hear how @15minutebook.club will work and what the bonus content will be like. Thank you Kate for being our guinea pig! @boneyabroad.com www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...

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Kate Vigurs: Mission Europe - Your 15 Minutes Begin Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end. Today, I examine what that felt like across the globe… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ar...

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ARTICLE: Armistice Day, 1918

Today marks the 107th anniversary of the moment when the Allied armistice with Germany came into effect and the First World War came to an end.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement. Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This is the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in Glasgow, the only visible remains of the fort on the Antonine Wall that once stood there. Featuring hot and cold rooms as well as plunge pools and a latrine, it also had glazed windows and painted plaster decoration. #RomanFortThursday

The low foundations of Roman buildings, with gravel around them and blocks of flats behind.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.

Tear gas in use during a strike in the 1930s

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 04/11/2025

Gunner, sandwich, cop!

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Daniel McAndrew @danielmcandrew.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Well, that's a new one More importantly, I wonder what was on it, to make it ' explode ' 😂

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

✨Caracalla’s athletes✨ Among the decorations of the Baths of Caracalla is s sequence of mosaics depicting athletes. The fascination with the bodily prowess of the athlete comes to the fore in such moments. Today these mosaics are held in the Musei Vaticani collections. #MosaicMonday

In this image the athlete is named as Jovinus Salumnus. He is nude as befits a wrestler in competition. He holds a palm leaf in one hand and a wreath/crown in the other. His stance is contrapposto.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Today’s article is up and it’s FREE for all to read. Get your potted introduction to three of the leading French generals in #WW1 for starters: achurchill.substack.com/p/free-artic...

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FREE ARTICLE: French Command, 1914-18

Today I thought I’d revert to what I love best - bludgeoning you with French history.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

She was arrested for holding a sign reading: “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Daniel McAndrew @danielmcandrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

My self imposed book ban is going well...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

A short section of the late 3rd century AD stone wall encircling the #Roman Town of CORINIVM DOBVNNORVM (Cirencester) with projecting polygonal tower Originally extending for 2 miles (3.2 km), enclosing an area of 240 acres (97 ha), this is the only bit exposed today 📷 Oct 2025 #RomanSiteSaturday

Lower courses of stone built wall with foundations of projecting tower on the right and internal square tower to the left. Surrounded by grass. Trees in the background

Squared facing stones of a Roman wall with rubble core exposed. Grass in foreground, trees and sky behind

Interpretation board set up to explain the Roman walls of Cirencester

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Cirencester was the Roman Corinium, second only to London in size with 10,000 inhabitants. Its amphitheatre was one of the largest in Britain. It was built in the early 2nd century and it could hold c. 8,000 spectators. It was fortified against Saxon invaders. #RomanSiteSaturday

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RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

New post this week, part three on ancient Kos! This week continues through the reconstructed Casa Romana before detailing the adjacent remnants of the southern area of the agora. www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/20... #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Today’s feature is up on Substack. I’ve been obsessing over my Tank Memorial Book again, but this time I’ve put all of the citations in context. You get tanks, Canadians, and a bad few days for the German Army in 1918… achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...

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