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Rob Coughlan 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇲🇫🇪🇺🇱🇦🇬🇪 @landofrob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My grandmother had jelly and lots of ice cream

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Rob Griffith @robgriffith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Papers relating to the repatriation of Spanish POWs in July 1808. Along with the muskets, swords, accoutrements & cartridges going with them to Corunna were ‘hats of cheese’ weighing 120,000lb. I assume a hat was like a wheel but taller than wide. Anyone come across the term before? #cheese #history

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 09/04/2026

With The Firearm Revolution out next week, I'm delighted to announce that you can hear me talk about it in person *and live-streamed* at the @royalarmouries.bsky.social on Wednesday 29 April. Book here for your ticket / online link. 2pm UK, 3pm CET, 9am EST.

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The Firearm Revolution

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Still time to sign up for next week's online talk, with Tom Golding-Lee talking about the men who took part in Britain's ill-fated attempt to seize Cartagena from Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear. 7.00pm on Tuesday 14 April; register for free at my.demio.com/ref/IZ0H7aYY...

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Delighted to learn that my PhD dissertation has received the 2026 Research Prize from the International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music. The book version, Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars, is out early next year with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

"Contrasted Drummers", a humorous 1790s print depicting a stocky British soldier with a bass drum confronting an slender Frenchman with a much smaller drum. From the Bodleian Libraries.

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A very entertaining and interesting article that shows the trouble that ‘dull’ garrison life could breed among young officers…

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In our next free online talk, on 16 February, Dr Nicola Martin will be speaking about how the British Army's experience of pacifying the Scottish Highlands after the '45 Rising helped shape its approach to dissent in the Americas three decades later. Register at my.demio.com/ref/sknZMpZz...

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

There's a lot going on the world, but I was glad to see an article of mine published in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Read about Shadrack Byfield, an English War of 1812 veteran who buried his own arm, designed a custom prosthesis, and wrote multiple memoirs: doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all and thank you to the Society and all the contributors - I really enjoy these personal recommendations of favourite books on particular subjects.

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Dr Rory M. Butcher @rmbhistory.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Thrilled to have been invited back by the @napwarspod.bsky.social to finally discuss my thesis. As Zack said, I am clearly post-submission: how I see the fencibles and their place in the period has changed so much in 4 years For the better, if I do say so myself 😅 open.spotify.com/episode/0Xz2...

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Britain's Forgotten Recruits: The Fencibles

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The British Army and the American War, 1775-83: Fresh Perspectives Saturday 14 March 2026 Please save the date for our forthcoming conference to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and the British Army’s doomed efforts to prevent it. Details at www.sahr.org.uk/view-event.p...

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Story of two First World War letters home from Australian soldiers on board ship headed to Europe found in a bottle on a West Australian beach. #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #Anzac www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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WWI soldier's message in a bottle found on WA beach

A century-old message in a bottle from a World War I soldier to his mother has been found on a beach in Western Australia's south.

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Unexpected visitor to a suburban library in Adelaide last night

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

In this sample article from our Journal, Pete Starling looks at a scheme from the 1850s to train young African men as medical officers for Sierra Leone: www.sahr.org.uk/docs/shar-boys-of-colour-draft-sahrs1120.pdf Join us to get access to over 400 Journal issues: www.sahr.org.uk/membership.php

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Our friends at the Army Records Society have launched another round of their fellowship programme, which offers funding over three years to create a volume in their long-running primary source series. Details at www.smh-hq.org/opps/jobs.html.

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Jobs and Fellowships | The Society for Military History

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Look forward to June! Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for next month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ #Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read

A compilation of 20 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

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Graeme Callister @graemecallister.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Join us at York St John University (and online) for a fascinating FREE talk by Dr James Hurst based on his new research into the British heavy cavalry at Waterloo. Wed 28 May, 5:30pm, all are welcome! More info and tickets (completely free!) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterloo-t...

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Waterloo: the Great Charge of the British Cavalry

This event will be taking place in person and online

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Rob Griffith @robgriffith.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

An updated blog post on 'The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th Rifles'. My thanks to Thomas Hemmann for sending me the Hannoversches militairisches Journal article. daringdutycunningplans.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/t...

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The Fact & Fiction of Captain Peter Blassiere, 5/60th

Almost everybody interested in the Napoleonic Wars will be familiar with Bernard Cornwell’s fictional rifleman, Richard Sharpe. However, the first fictional rifleman was probably from the 5th Bat…

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

LAST CHANCE TO TAKE OUR MONEY! Are you a postgraduate student researching any aspect of the history of the British Army? If so, why not apply for our University Research Grants, open to scholars worldwide. Deadline now extended until 30 May. Details at: www.sahr.org.uk/university-r...

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Our Annual Members' Meeting last month saw the announcement of 10 new SAHR Fellows. Pictured L-R, Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, Mick Crumplin, Carole Divall, Tim Cooke. For a full list and details of those honoured, see: www.sahr.org.uk/fellowships....

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Dr Rory M. Butcher @rmbhistory.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

So happy to be able to announce that in a couple of weeks I'm going to be speaking on negotiated authority in the fencibles at @camhistory.bsky.social, hosted by @1812andallthat.bsky.social! Free attendance and all that, & would be lovely to see some friendly faces www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/contr...

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Contractual soldiering and negotiated authority during the French Revolutionary Wars - Centre for Geopolitics

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Live-streaming now: Dr Matthew Spring speaks about British tactics and adaptation during the American War of Independence. Part of the AWI 250 series at the National Army Museum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhs...

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Learning to Adapt: The British Army in the American War of Independence

YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2025

Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing. Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians

Image of an open book with the text: Funded Book Workshops. For historians writing a second or third monograph, 2025-26. Closing date 11 July

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 02/05/2025

“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.” —Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH 2/6 www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john...

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B-Sides: John Galt’s “Annals of the Parish” - Public Books

For 30 or 40 years a book has been lurking on my shelves, a beautiful little Everyman’s Library edition published by Dent and Dutton, undated, with red fake leather binding …

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Look forward to May! Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for next month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ #Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read

A compilation of 18 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

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Tiina Miettinen @tiinamarjut.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sunday's books. Something really good and something really... weird. 😄

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This Easter weekend the U.K. National Army Museum will release a roundtable discussion marking the 250th anniversary of the American War of Independence. Tune in for the livestream on Saturday (3pm BST/10am EDT). www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/was...

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Was the American War of Independence a Civil War?

Join Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe as he invites an online panel of experts to explore issues of identity, patriotism and loyalty on the road to revolution.

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Wishing everyone attending the #WellingtonCongress at Southampton a great time. I wish I was there again - it was such fun! Look forward to hearing about the papers and all the new excellent research that is being done. #Wellington #DukeofWellington

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Get a FREE eBook Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen @rorymuir.bsky.social A Little History of the World -E.H. Gombrich Women in Intelligence - Helen Fry Goodbye Globalization @elisabethbraw.bsky.social Why Marx Was Right -Terry Eagleton Claim your free eBook: yalebooks.co.uk/free-ebook/

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Rob Griffith @robgriffith.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Can any one help me with a little French transcription? The underlined section is General Junot speaking to Colonel Murrary during negotiations about the Russian fleet in Lisbon, after the battle of Vimeiro.

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Jacqueline Reiter @latelordchatham.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

In case @rorymuir.bsky.social hasn't seen it, apparently this was the front window of Hatchards in London this week... (Credit Anna Vakulenko)

Photo of the front window of Hatchards in London showing a display revolving around "Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen" by Rory Muir

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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Booking for our Wellington Congress 2025 is officially open! Head to this page to see what our programme has in store for you and to book your place! buff.ly/4juc21N #WellingtonCongress2025 @zwhitehistory @napoleonicquarterly.com @latelordchatham.bsky.social @rorymuir.bsky.social

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Wellington Congress 2025

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Mark S Thompson @marksthompson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Next talk for Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras will be by historian Steve Brown on 21 Jan. Title: The command structure, dispositions and strengths of the Allied forces in the Lines. Register interest by emailing: i_j_brewer@msn.com. NOTE. Talk starts 8pm UK time due to time differences.

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

What books or articles on the Art of War in the age of Napoleon are people most keen on? I’m particularly interested in ones published since about 2000. #Napoleonic #ArtofWar #militaryhistory #skystorians

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Dr. Alexander S. Burns @kabinettskriege.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Cover and table of contents for Infantry in Battle, 1733-1783. It's a labor of love project I worked on alongside my dissertation and also while completing Christopher Duffy's festschrift. You can register interest below: www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Have just finished reading this excellent article by Rory Butcher on discipline and courts martial in the fencibles in the 1794, which includes a clear explanation of the 1794 mutinies when the men refused to be sent south to the uncivilised wilds of England unless there was an actual invasion.

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

📢📢📢 Hakluyt Society ECR Essay Prize 2025 📢📢📢 Essays (6k-8k) are invited by ECRs on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. * Enter by 1/3/25 * www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Look forward to January! Here is a list of new #non_fiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for next month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ #Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #Waterloo

A compilation of 12 covers of books about the 18th century. You find the whole list by following the link in the skeet

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Trevor R Browning @trevorbrowning.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Books are a total scam. Every single word is already in the dictionary—they’re just selling them back to you in a different order.

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Dr Rory M. Butcher @rmbhistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Well that's some fun news! My first journal article on #18thC history is now here: doi.org/10.1177/0968... I argue that the fencible relationship with authority was fundamentally shaped by their limited service, in how justice was administered *and* how the men engaged with their superiors. /1

Screenshot of an email, which reads "Dear Rory Butcher. Thank you for publishing your article with Sage Publishing and War in History . Your article “A Mutinous Disposition? Discipline and (Dis)order in the Fencible Regiments in Britain and Ireland, 1793–1802” is now published and is available"

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JamesHobson @jameshobson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

My next ( Jan) book is a biography of Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, who had his finger in every aspect of late Georgian politics.

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Proof at last that Copenhagen was a unicorn! I always suspected as much.

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