Yes, IT training, of course I’d like to watch a 4 minute comedy sketch that will help my pick ‘a top shelf password’. Or: Answer B

➡️ “Norms of War and the Austro-Hungarian Encounter with Serbia, 1914–1918.” by Jonathan E. Gumz, 🔎 Explores how Austria-Hungary’s occupation of Serbia challenged pre-war European norms of warfare and international law. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...

Not sure I’ve ever seen the Cenatoph so naked

Liberal democracy is the whole point of America. Without it, there is no America, much less an American military profession.

There’s much to be said for leaders who don’t let on what they’re thinking and commit only when there’s no choice. Think Lloyd George and FDR. But you have to a) know what you really want and b) leave everyone you talk to thinking you agree with them until it’s too late to do anything about it

There is a corner of Congress House which is forever St Giles Rookery @tricksterprince.bsky.social

Yesterday I saw Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) in the street so I put my hat on, just so that I could raise it to him. His reply? ‘What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?’

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

Interesting conversation at KCL this evening

Let us hope that Ms Lam spoke as she did because she hadn’t thought it through properly; and that she has learnt a lesson from this.

I suppose my employer offering us social media training fits in the ‘better late than never’ bucket

@kschake.bsky.social are you selling and signing at KCL tonight, please?

#himari #sibelius #violinconcerto with @lporchestra.bsky.social @ Festival Hall plus #Dvorak #NewWorldSymphony 14 year old star, full house, super evening

We don’t need to worry. I’ve seen The Diplomat and Rufus Sewell has pinched one

It’s good to know that it’s only the shadow Home Secretary who backs this appalling and immoral idea, not anyone important

Excellent post. Where does the phrase ‘theory of victory’ come from though? I know it does not belong to @ldfreedman.bsky.social but it seems a very problematic phrase which implies a level of thought invested and certainty of outcome that is disingenuous at best.

Turn to silent Use headphones Please keep telephone conversations short Consider fellow passengers It’s not hard

The bill was worth waiting for! Sorry @curatorian.bsky.social forgot to tag you.

www.sushiaoki.jp/en/index.html We also went to this place when his father was running it and I had to secure an introduction through a posh Japanese friend to be allowed in. At the end of the evening I asked for the bill, was told to relax, and it came in the post about two months later.

Thanks to the generosity of the Clore Duffield Foundation we are recruiting a specialist Holocaust curator at IWM. This is an exciting role that'll be responsible for IWM’s internationally significant Holocaust collections and galleries. Details here: imperialwarmuseums.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

This is very sad news. A marvellous historian who has done much for our understanding of Canada’s great military heritage.

One for military history fans - took part in a very enjoyable and informative discussion about the American Revolutionary War, the British Army's performance in it and it could have ended any other way www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/why...

Hands up all those who would trust our current political class to get this right. I thought so

Study history. Learn the facts. Learn how to think. Learn how to argue. Don’t be like Katie.

The’asylum seeker on the run’ story is just the kind of silly little event that has snowballed and brought down PMs in the past. If I were Mr Starmer and reliant on the Met Police catching someone, I’d not be sleeping well just now.

Annual Information Security training test: 95% Passed!

Just watched A House of Dynamite Really well made film, great cast. Until they kick the ending about a million miles over the crossbar. #youcantdothat

This is what publication day looked like. I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London. The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social

A very rare victory over university bureaucracy to celebrate today! It’s a miracle.

This was a very good day #sumo

I guess the countdown to publication day has well and truly begun ...

I was hoping we’d get the text of this speech. Looking forward to reading it

DJT deserves the Nobel Peace Prize as much as Joe Stalin deserved it for his role in ending the Franco-German war of 1939-40

The grocery industry would be much more profitable if only it didn’t have to pay farmers for supplies

Only a month 'til the publication of “Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict”, edited by me, @mpmfinch.bsky.social & @dmorganowen.bsky.social! US readers: get 30% discount (code: FRAMINGWWI) & free shipping if you order direct from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

The thing with bubbles is that they can always get bigger. Until they burst. And they do all burst in the end.

I am used to universities making it not straightforward to claim fees and expenses when I examine PhDs for them. It’s a disgrace but everyone does it. The most recent instance, however, seems to be crossing the line into deliberate obstruction. HE is a place of perverse incentives.

War is the continuation of politics by other means. Both sides need to have a political objective for it to qualify as a war. Selling more dope is not a political objective. No politics, no war

‘Scotch, please’ ‘Jack Daniel’s?’ 🤔

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Always good to see IT upgrading to an app with significantly worse functionality that what it replaces. I’d be worried if they did anything different

Please leave a flannel in my room ha ha ha

Grand Canal with view of the Rialto bridge

Lovely walk this morning along the banks of the Worcester and Birmingham canal. If you close your eyes, you can almost hear the cries of the West Mids gondoliers….

This is where it all begins. 13 Great White Lion Street / 35 Mercer Street. #SevenDials 1/7

So the red team are wearing blue shirts and the blue team are in red: they really haven’t thought through how TV works or how simple minded we are by late on a Saturday #rydercup #golf

Nonstop replying to email. And I can hardly ever get to talks by people I actually want to hear.

Just found out -by accident - that I’m sharing an office. Nice to know.

‘Hello sir, I was just about to call you.’ Don’t kid a kidder, sonny. That must be the most used phrase in British business after ‘leave it with me’ (meaning ‘I will do nothing about this’)