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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's a patt of our exhibition at Bisley running from the 2nd-5th Oct which is free to enter and an amazing chance to see the history of British Macbune Gunnery and it's users.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Everyone Listens to Everyone. My action step for this year, and my latest blog post for @knowledge-hub.bsky.social theknowledgehubuk.substack.com/p/everyone-l...

Screenshot of text from the linked blog post.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Many of the rest is brand have undergone some real enshitification. When they first came out the had excellent guests on and interviewed really well but now it's very self referential and all about the brand.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

French rifles are weird and wonderful. They just hit different and are a really interesting reflection of French military culture.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Sinking of HMS Eclipse, by George Davy. While serving as Director of Military Operations, Middle East, the artist had been aboard the destroyer in Oct 1943 when it struck a mine and sank with the loss of 119 crew and 134 embarked troops. Image: IWM LD 6725 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

The Sinking of HMS Eclipse by George Davy. IWM ART LD 6725. Image © The rights holder

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

More of an Empire fan. Despite sieges grtting a bad rap I felt they have some nifty features and the forts could act as a decent force multiplier. My favourites always remained contested river crossings.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Has he appeared in tye VMGCRA database?

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I once was asked how my degree in Military History would be of zny relevance to teaching KS3 and 4 kids. I gave a cracking answer (even if I do say so myself) but I'm pretty sure my tone lost me the job.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Folks: these days the England system has BTECs, T-Levels, degree apprenticeships, a whole load of other apprenticeship assessments, and very flexible HE entry across a broad range of providers, including foundation years for those without L3. We already *have* a lot of pathways!

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So much this! Nothing more enjoyable than reading out a report from Churchill abkut the 2nd Happy Time in my most terrible Churchill impression. But Helen is bang on, it really engages and hits different for the kids.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

There's also an arrogant assumption in it that these skills are inherent (and guess who in society has those skills). I will bang on about this with increasing frustration. All the great tradies I worked with developed them. Dad was adamant it took 5 years to learn how to seing a hammer properly.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Unfortunately you can't have a narrative of improvement unless it's all broken. I had high hopes with Phillipsons' initial acknowledgement that their had been success under the Tories, but that died a quick death.

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Trying something new in September with our KS3 history booklets. Each lesson has been reformatted to start with an immersive story. The section is called 'Entering the Past' and is followed by a longer, more analytical section called 'Understanding the Past' where the main content is delivered.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What maddens me is that you can have both rain and heat sensors. In a previous life as a builder I used to set these windows up in residential 'executive' new builds. I was the youngest guy on site and no one wanted to donthe programming. That being said, the rain sensors were better than the heat.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

There is a school local to met that was designed this way. The architects got their way and created a 'hot desk' enviroment so most staff don't rven have their own classroom.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's a great tool for explaining interpretations. We use the Charles II 'King of Bling' as a hook, discuss why it shows thst view and then proceed to explain why Charles was such an asshole (in my eyes) 😅 I'm assuming for this cohort what they mean now is the TV show rather than the books.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Even then it was mixed bands of blokes basically. Even the Varagian guard is hyped beyond belief and was more generally made up of northern Europeans inc. Anglo-Saxons. Considering it still existed wjen Constantinople fell its hard to say it was always a 'Viking' force.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Calling the Vikings professional is relying on some serious myth making. Easy to be great against unarmed monastaries and small coastal towns. Thw Prussias is a weird and again more nuanced system. The role of education above all else. It also ignores the wider German states' role.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'd say a really solid choice. I was hoping he would go back to defence. But he's a chap with (alledegly) no ambition to be PM and has a good rep of getting on with it.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It was always the convoy/protect the train missions that were the absolute fucking worst

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The kids LOVE it. This discussion focussed natured of it has really increased engagement. The hooks on characters really allow them to link in to a bigger picture. This is still a work in progress and undoubtedly will need refining with practise - but looking forward to this journey.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To look into the experience of a RMO and his view on 'war neurosis' has been amazing. The Western Front Association was invaluable here. To pinch @hughrichards.bsky.social key takeaways. This is really rewarding as has been great to research. It takes time and a lot of thought, it isn't easy. /8

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Has been ome of my favourites. Especially looking at disability and the war. Contrastic the experience of physical cases to those suffering with long term combat stress has been really moving. Looking st Arthur Hurren who worked as an amputee in the Poppy Factory and Dr. James Dunn on the 2/RWF /7

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Possible by looking at the the role of the Australian Light Horse in Palestine. A great opportunity to contrast the nature of warfare and the extent of industrialisation. Men riding across the desert really stirs a great image. The Australian War Memorial's archives were amazing. The final EQ /6

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In the 2nd EQ we looked at the role of Empire, Mir Dast, an officer in the Indian Army, survivor of a gas attack at the 2nd Ypres was a really useful window into the compexties of Imperial involvement. Everything from his bravery to his desertion in 1916 due to regimental politics. This was also /5

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This was to contrast the creation of the MG with the experience of the 2nd VC winner of the war who used a Maxim in his action (thanks to the @vickersmg.bsky.social for the archive detail). Jumping from the big to the small picture was great. The kids loved it and it contextualised the use of MGs /4

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

1. What was the nature of Industrial Warfare in 1914? 2. How did armies adapt to Imdustrial Warfare? 3. How did Industrial Warfare change society? At the core of this was stories and using an individual lens to see into the bigger picture. 1914 saw us looking at Hiram Maxim and Sidney Godley /3

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@mrbwteach.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social among a huge number of others - thanks to all of you sharing your methods, it's what makes the History Teaching community awesome. I started off with the broad EQ of How did Industrial Warfare change the World. This was split into 3 stages /2

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

For the #historyreacher crew.Putting my money where my mouth is over teaching warfare. This year I to redid our FWW unit following a narrative format after looking at the work of @counsellc.bsky.social, @hughrichards.bsky.social, @michaeldoron.bsky.social, @paulalobo.bsky.social, /1

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I do wonder if you uni folk are meeting the tail end of the behaviour we experience in secondary schools. Thebexam drive has created a spoon fed culture that many never shift. We're desparately trying to get them to think harder to minimal avail woth all but the hardest working.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Evidence Informed? My recent speech from ResearchED on why I'm so worried about our direction of travel and why once again we may need to fight for evidence informed education. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/e...

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'll do one better - there was this beauty on RightMove

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

STV has 19-2 which is hands down the best police drama I've ever seen.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Stories, I've been rewritting our First World War unit using Geoffrey Malin's Somme as a narrative and deep diving members of the Australian Light Horse. It's been amazing to teach.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well timed to coincide with Tankfest on the algorithms?

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Okay, since Right (Reich?) Move have taken down THAT house tour... ...here's the one line every historian dreads hearing from someone, and why.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The thing is Birbalsighn isn't actuallyndoong anything unique. Most schools have similar policies it just varies on how well they are implemented. The big difference is her political agenda for curriculum and knack for self-promotion.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

1. Numb - Chester Bennington 2. Killing in the Name - Zach de la Rocha (the energy live is nuts) 3. Hurt - Johnny Cash 4. Mary on a Cross - Tobias Forge 5. My Immortal - Amy Lee

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

For teacher folks and anyone interested in Military History. This is a great opportunity to see Historic Firearms being demonstrated near Worcester. We'll be around to field questions and if you're a teacher we can discuss what we can offer you.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Completely get this. There's something really special shooting surplus rifles at Bisley - gives a real appreciation of marksmanship. Sinking V Bulls with a Steyr M95 will always be a great moment.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

1. Dance Macabre. Ghost 2. I am Above. In Flames 3. Caramel. Sleep Token 4. Inis Mona. Eluveitie 5. Willie Taylor. The Longest Johns

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We've based ours on it loosely and it's been pretty successful. Most of our writing is centred on What, How, Why paragraphs. Our new experiment is to get the kids to use metaphors in their how and why sections. We've done this by showing this through how Historians do it.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's very @almurray.bsky.social history - that great line of whybeose form the British Empire but for 'Hot and spicy food and Olympic quality athletes' except these folks never stepped foot on the satire train.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

So much this - I loathe when guests on podcasts (often 'historians' rather than Academics) whinge about how we don't teach their niche interest. This goes for the general public too. It's as if people believe schools teach nothing but History.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From a warfare perspective it would be really easy to maintain a diverse EQs but look 'patriotic'. A passive aggressive method. We'll look at the Sinai-Palestine Campaign - oh look there happens to be Indian, ANZAC and Egyptian troops there, whoopsie.

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