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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🚨 NEWSFLASH! 🚨 Both Richard Van Emden AND Josh Levine will be joining us at conference! Get ready for stellar insights, memorabilia, and a book signing with multiple military historians! Weekend tickets: www.greatwargroup.com/product/weekend Saturday only: www.greatwargroup.com/product/saturday

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Really looking forward to this, part of what promises to be a fascinating, informative and fun weekend 😊

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Little Egret in a waterlogged field. Ducklington, West Oxfordshire.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Every Palace fan thinking the same thing, we're (even more) hopeless against 10 men 🙄 #cpfc

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Low-level red kite this afternoon.

The head and wings of a red kite. Its head is grey, and its hooked beak is yellow and black.

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The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fine sentiments as the British marched into Baghdad #OTD 1917, but it was only the beginning...

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Fantastic night, supporting @sofomuseum.bsky.social, at Blenheim Palace, listening to @almurray.bsky.social. The 'in conversation' format worked really well and Al's passion for the minutiae of military history shone through. And, good to have a quick chat about the brilliance of Steven Wilson 😉

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

1-0 up, controlling the game, yet watching this is agony. You'd never guess I'm a Palace fan 🙄😂 #CPFC

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Whispers quietly, 'Dyche to Palace?' 🤷‍♂️ #cpfc

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Concensus on here is clear and correct, it's time for Glasner to go. And, how bloody sad is that? So much hope, shovelled into the proverbial hand cart and sent to hell! #cpfc

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 09/02/2026

Just answering an enquiry and it reminded me that it could be answered by a talk I gave a few years ago. You might like to see/hear it. #ww1 #genealogy #ireland youtu.be/qtLaR8_6V8Q?...

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‘The Irish Soldier in the Great War’ - Chris Baker

YouTube video by Genealogical Society of Ireland GSI

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Matt Woosnam @mattwoosie.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Glasner: "Plenty of opportunities to boo us in the last month but they never did. This is the bond we created in the last two years. "They were disappointed but never booed us. We always felt the support, today we saw right at the end, the players and the fans — these emotions you can't buy" #CPFC

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Gosling Press @goslingpress.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The best way to keep up to date with what Gosling Press is doing and get a sneak peak at our next publications, as well as sometimes receiving special offers on upcoming books, is to sign up for our occasional newsletter buff.ly/4gBflSQ

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The Devil's Porridge Museum @devilsporridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hello. We're new here. 👋 Wondering what devil's porridge is? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coined the phrase to describe the explosive materials he saw munitions workers at H.M. Factory Gretna mixing in large pans. They were making cordite. Please don't eat devil's porridge. 💥 #DevilsPorridge #WW1history

Two munitions workers mixing cordite in large nitrating pans inside H.M. Factory Gretna. This is a black and white archive photo from the past.

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

This was the route we climbed. left to right in the distance. Photo taken from Quinn’s Post. #Gallipoli #WW1 #Anzac 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Rounding things off above Anzac today, here’s a view towards Suvla Bay and the Salt Lake from the Nek. #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Day 3 proper and we’re back at Helles , specifically Pink Farm Cemetery to see a chap researched by @neilpuds.bsky.social #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @peterhart.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Now it’s on to X Beach - which was defended by 12 Turks. Because who in their right mind would try and land troops on this tiny little strip of land… #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com

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Stephen Fisher @seaspitfires.com · 04/09/2025

Today on the @istoriatravel.bsky.social Gallipoli tour was all about terrain. Deep gulleys, imposing cliffs & plenty of inescapable high ground made moving across the peninsula punishing. It could never have been as easy as the plan demanded. With @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @peterhart.bsky.social

Gully Ravine behind X beach with steep cliffs on either side

Deep valleys crisscrossing the peninsular

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

After a well deserved rest, we spent the rest of the day exploring the French sector, where I got to bang on about France for a bit 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 @seaspitfires.com @istoriatravel.bsky.social @danielmcandrew.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social

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Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#OTD in 1917, Lance Corporal Joseph Handel Stringer was killed by a shell whilst training with 1st/7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment near Fremicourt. An Iron Chain Maker before the war, Joseph was 23 years old at the time of his death and was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The Red Arrows were based at Brize over the weekend. In and out several times so plenty of photo ops. Spot the one taken from our house in Witney, around 4 miles from the base!

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𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk · 03/06/2025

My online talk for the Great War Group, "War on the Water", which is about the Belgian sector on the River Yser 1914-1918: Youtibe version at youtu.be/VyAbeWxNgYI?... #WW1

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War on the Water: The Yser Front

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Tony Stewart @tonycpfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

If anyone knows this family, they’re in block 531 probably row 32 I’d really love them to get this picture #cpfc

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Trevor T @gwgadc.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Can highly recommend’Ring of Fire’ by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Mrs P @loupuds.bsky.social has possibly implied this might be something I should consider...at least I think that was the gist of the conversation 😬 @paulbezza57.bsky.social are you still a possible maybe?

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Today’s substack is up. I’ve not done a lot of British content lately, so here’s something with a twist. What did the Battle of the Somme look like in the British Sector, to a French observer? achurchill.substack.com/p/article-a-...

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ARTICLE: A Frenchman on the Somme, 1916

The French receive little attention for their part in the fighting on the Somme in 1916.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Ages ago, in that other place we've all abandoned, some one recommended the Mark Hollis album, possibly @uppertiersteve.bsky.social (apologies if wrong). Not what I expected at all, it's astonishing! Stripped back, emotion laden angst but incredibly powerful stuff from the main man in Talk Talk.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Struggled recently to find the time to listen to albums, recently but, 2 got a spin today. I'm quite familiar with the Alan Parsons Project 'Tales...' and, while it was good to hear it again perhaps it's not aged that well? 1/2

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Battlefield Design @battlefieldgd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A few of our book covers, streaming graphics and logos #graphicdesign

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Palace 2 (9men) Brighton 1 (10men), mad game & I've aged about 10 years!! #cpfc 🦅🦅

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours!

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Something a bit different for #FindsFriday! ‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy ‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳 Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁 📷 me

My photo shows a rock fragment with a fake cave painting of a figure pushing a shopping trolley and a horned bison (?) with two arrows piercing its hide. Known as ‘Peckham Rock’, this piece of hoax cave wall art together with an authentic-looking label was installed in the Roman gallery of the British Museum by the street artist known as Banksy. I believe ‘Peckham Rock’ is part of Banksy’s personal collection. He loaned it to the British Museum for their 2018/19 exhibition ‘I object’ which is where I photographed it.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

An elusive Water Vole, an unexpected sighting in the scrub by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire 🙂

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It's been a tough winter for the old girl but, finally, she's starting to pick up. 5 weeks to first game, no pressure 😬

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Jim Grundy @jimgrundy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable." That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A couple of interesting visitors to RAF Brize Norton today. Fast then slow flypast from a Typhoon, then the same from a F-35.

RAF Eurofighter Typhoon on finals for a touch and go at RAF Brize Norton

The noisy end of an RAF Typhoon, at RAF Brize Norton.

RAF F-35B Lightning making a fast run and turn over RAF Brize Norton

RAF F-35B Lightning hovering over head on approach to RAF Brize Norton. Very, very noisy!

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Arrived today! The latest edition of @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social quarterly journal, Salient Points. 100 plus pages of fascinating content, with a specific focus, in this issue, on the Battle of Loos. Looking forward to settling down with this over the weekend 🙂

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼📚🎙️💥🤓 General sale tickets now available for the whole weekend… greatwargroup.com/product-cate...

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Good to see the Manadarin Duck of Ducklington Village back today :) Made the 'get away from all the rubbish going on in the world' walk well worth it!

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country. They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

MARB11 B52H (60-0044) heading into the setting sun about 3 miles out from RAF Fairford, this afternoon. Taken from the Thames Path just south of Lechlade.

A B52 Stratofortress, call sign MARB11, serial number 60-0044, on finals for Landing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Heading into the sun meant it was a little 'bright' so, converted to Monochrome B/W.

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Neil Pudney @neilpuds.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The Ring Necked Parakeets are now a common sight around Oxford and, the Redwings are a regular winter visitor.

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Egret and twig and their reflections

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