George Clooney knew... 🙄

She has been part of a government that has spent the last nearly 3 years, telling us that Israel has the right to defend itself. The government that has supplied weapons knowing they would be used to murder innocents. Now when everything is destroyed, they claim the moral high ground. Fuck off.

Today's good walk spoiled by the #golf is Kilspindie #wonderful

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Is sharing this image a crime?

Call me a pedant BUT I've already decided that this book for sale on Amazon isn't for me. I thought that the Great song-writer Eric Bogle was the only person who thought that tin helmets were worn at #Gallipoli 😉 #WW1 #GreatWar

And what of those high in the British Government who denied/deny that #genocide was/is happening? #complicit unless you act otherwise. #shameful

How about finally growing a set and speak out about this Starmer et al? #genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Spotted in Appledore

Luftwaffe reconnaissance photograph of Greenock and Port Glasgow. (1939)

A VERY difficult, harrowing listen. Chapeau to all the humanitarians who put their lives at risk to help those suffering in Gaza. And hell rot all those politicians who allow the suffering to continue.

World War 1 in 60secs #map, #ww1, #worldwar1

512 years ago today. The Battle of Flodden ended in catastrophic defeat for Scotland on 9 September 1513. Almost an entire generation of Scottish nobility was lost, including King James IV, at a battle that need never have happened. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Flodden

1. Women of the Empire: Nurses who Joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, V.A.D. Margaret Cameron Young was born in 1892, Northern Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Young and Amelia Cameron. #WW1 #VADnurses

Three Hawick men of 1/4th Bn. KOSB killed the same day in Sep 1918 and who lie together in Queant Road Cem. William Bell who was married. John Thorburn who served at #Gallipoli & William Knox. And in the row in front of them lies William Scott of Hawick, kia the same day, father of 4. #GreatWar #WW1

Oh my. This is SO TOUCHING. Beautiful, poignant and wonderful. This is Britain’s at its best and I want more of it. Not the incessant Faragist cruelty and stupidity. More of this.

A new insult has been born in Scotland 🙏🏻 ‘YER DA PAINTS ROUNDABOUTS’! 🫶🤣

Very, very spooky! A 'tweet' (or whatever the Blue-sky equivalent is) on RADAR immediately followed by another on a RAIDER. Is Bluesky listing 'tweets' in alphabetical order 🤔 #spooky #whatarethechances #radar #raider

My full statement on the Gaza Famine :

After 2 months, this campaign is coming to an end. It came from the brains of @amzomac.bsky.social and I, and it has been tremendous to see the impact that its had and see people so engaged with it. People seeking safety deserve safety, and we all must continue to fight for their human rights ✊🏾

3/3 And then the nuclear option: accusing those who identify starvation of antisemitism & blood libel. If anyone is besmirching the name of Israel it is Netanyahu’s government, intent on associating it with forever more with systematic ethnic cleansing.

Aug 1917 Canadian official photographer Lieutenant William Rider-Rider takes these photos of two soldiers talking to two French "gleaners" or someone who collected food in the field leftover from harvest Item no. (creator):O-1831, O-1832, O-1833 Colourized by colour_history bsky.app/profile/this...

Lt Sir Basil Henriques was peering into glass viewing port during the first outing of his Mark I tank when a bullet hit it sending shards into his face. The pieces are removed and the officer had it mounted in a gold ring which he then gave to his new bride, Rose www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08...

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CBC mentions Dr Sarah Lockyer in #WW1 soldier ID. Francis Hemsley (b. 1880) and immigrated to Canada in 1911. Lt Francis H. Hemsley KIA Aug 16 1917. Body lay undiscovered until 2012. Family research, DNA and buttons identified him. He will be buried this summer www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sad news, this - I posted about John Cruickshank’s VC action back in June. Last surviving WW2 Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 105 www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a wonderful gravestone. Thomas Stagg simply wants to be left alone it would seem. #history

At noon today, in half an hour, there will be a two minute silence to mark VJ Day, the eightieth anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the effective end of World War Two It doesn’t get the same attention as the end of the war in Europe but it matters to me and my family ve-vjday80.gov.uk/vj-day/

Peace At Last - my latest blog on the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, where I share the experiences of Australian veterans from that day 80 years ago #VJDay #VictoryInThePacific #80thAnniversary lisacooperhistorian.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/p...

Someone at Microsoft is having a laugh with my screensaver today 🤯 #scorchio #tapsaff

Them guys again @milhistdiddy.bsky.social 🤷‍♂️

#Gallipoli #WW1

#Gallipoli #WW1

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Fancy a trip to Scotland? A warm welcome awaits in Bonnie Dundee. Our second national conference (1st was 2014). Some big names. Should be a great day and you get to see RRS Discovery. #wfa #FWW #GreatWar #FWW #wfatayside @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

#OTD in 1944, Normandy. A POW, a puppy and Private W. Brady from the King's Own Scottish Borderers. #WW2 #HISTORY

We've got #MoreMaps for you this #MapMonday. Explore 356 historic maps of England and Wales published between 1610 and 1890. Discover town plans, county maps, road maps and more, including this map of Sussex by Robert Rowe published in 1817. Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#182

View of Gaza taken from a Jordanian military aircraft. Nothing justifies this. Where are people meant to go? What are they meant to do? 💔

Morning! Don't ask, just enjoy.

Today I've discovered a couple of brothers in my distant dna family tree who died in the #GreatWar Frederick Carney of Warwick, Queensland, Australia was killed with the 42nd Bn. AIF at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 Oct 1917. And Matthew Carney, 26th Bn. AIF who was killed on 3 Oct 1918 in France.

31 July 1968: The first episode of Dad's Army, written by Jimmy Perry & David Croft, was broadcast by the #BBC. #History

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.

He says BY DESIGN the way aid was being distributed in just 4 areas all combat zones was inherently dangerous, pulling citizens into combat zones. A 5yr old to whom he gave food kissed his hand in gratitude. Moments later he - that 5yr old child - was shot & killed by an Israeli soldier

Once again @nesrinemalik.bsky.social with simple moral clarity cutting through the noise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...