London - a massive multi-cultural success of a city ❤️ “Last year, London had the lowest homicide rate per capita on record - 1.1 per 100,000, according to the Met. This is lower than other major global cities including New York at 2.8, Berlin at 3.2 and Paris at 1.6 per 100,000, the force said.”

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#MappingHistory Fwiw, part of 2026 involves chipping in with a bit more context on epic maps. Such as a bit of background about the Gallery of Maps, in the Vatican. It’s stunning, and it’s based on work done by Egnatio (Ignazio) Danti: 🧵

We LOVED this episode. No pressure, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social, when Mr Fleming’s family come a-knocking to ASK YOU to expand the Bond universe!!

#1GM Ce livre est une synthèse complète sur les tirailleurs sénégalais, de leur création à leur dissolution, étudiant les évolutions depuis 1857, les stéréotypes, la mémoire jusqu'en 2022. ⤵️ Compte rendu de lecture ⤵️ parcours-combattant14-18.fr/un-synthese-...

The 1914 Christmas Truce was not repeated to the same extent in the later years of #WW1. This rare photo shows French and Germans in January 1916, warily digging in on either side of a crater, after the latter have fired a mine on Vimy Ridge. Source: argonnaute.parisnanterre.fr/ark:/14707/0...

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Among the 1st women to serve in the #WW2, & the only woman to parachute from Britain into Nazi German occupied Poland, #ElżbietaZawacka aka #Zo died on this day, 2009. It was an absolute privilege, as well as a great adventure, to research and write her life story, #AgentZo… 🧵

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Battle Guide has just dropped an analysis of a single grid square on the #Somme. The focus of the story is how many bodies were recovered there by graves registration teams after the Great War. To me, this is a must-watch story for those interested in the #FirstWorldWar. #fww #WesternFront #fwwhist

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Sherlock who? Sarah Lodge brings to life women who brought justice to Victorian streets and found their way into the art! Can she convince you to buy her Wolfson Prize nominated book in 15 minutes? @alexchurchill.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com Watch: tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut Listen: tinyurl.com/yc847v3r

I'm prepared to sell my domains 1914-1818.net and .org, as I have no real plan for continued use. Contact me by DM if interested. #FWW #FWWhist #ww1

[1/5] It was close to 14.30hrs when Lucie Jourdan first encountered the German soldiers. The 22-year-old farmhand came walking down the main road with her fiancée, Armand Depotter. Two groups of about fifty Germans came down the road through Ster in the direction of Renardmont...

8 January 1916 2nd Lt Ivar Campbell of 3 Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and a forgotten War Poet was killed in battle and is buried at the Basra Memorial. Ivar is also remembered on the Inveraray War Memorial. Ivar is also remembered at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – after last-minute confusion before COPP's first landing on the Normandy coast a few days ago, D-Day naval commander Admiral Bertram Ramsay (📸 IWM H 39152, on left) asserts his authority: their next Normandy op must be done using an X-craft midget submarine. #NavalHistory 🧵

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Sherlock who? Sarah Lodge brings to life women who brought justice to Victorian streets and found their way into the art! Can she convince you to buy her Wolfson Prize nominated book in 15 minutes? @alexchurchill.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com Watch: tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut Listen: tinyurl.com/yc847v3r

This is a haunting and beautiful tune called “Battle of the Somme” was written in 1916 by Pipe Major William Lawrie of the 8th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Here it’s performed by Pipe Major Bill Hepburn. #fww #fwwhist #highlander #bagspipes #piper

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🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – with Normandy D-Day recce ops now underway, it's decided that COPP founder Nigel Willmott, who's also leading COPP 1, will be appointed "Senior Officer, COPPs (J)", liaising between the three COPP teams doing ops and naval Force 'J' staff doing the planning. #NavalHistory 1/2

Stephen Miller thinks we live in a ‘real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power.’ (NYT, article by Katie Rogers, 6 Jan 2026) He has a point. But he misunderstand the nature of power and America’s place in the world. 🧵1/6

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“The Coldstream Guards at Landrecies, August, 1914”by William Barnes Wollen, Alamy. This is one of my favourite paintings. The action at Landrecies on 25/8/1914 has been well documented, and the artist tells a vivid story in this piece. @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social #fww #fwwhist #BEF

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Today’s article is up - and it’s a behind the scenes look at what it was like to clean up after the Fall of France in 1940… @almurray.bsky.social @guywalters.bsky.social @stevemarsdin.bsky.social

'Don't worry about me, mother!'. Colin McIver, aged 20, 5 January 1944, Cassino War Cemetery.

Sapper Charles Dennis Swann served with 575 Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Originally from Roundhay, Leeds, he is one of only two WW2 soldiers buried in Portugal. 📍Lisbon (St George) British Churchyard 🇵🇹

On 2nd January 1941 7 RTR was making its final preparations for the attack into Bardia. At 1800hrs the tanks formed up in close column to advance to the forward assembly area after dark. SQMS Charles Hill 9 RTR died on 2nd January 1941 and is buried in Newcastle.

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Nurse that hangover with this on low volume! From travelling surgeons, to faith healers and snake oil merchants. Alanna Skuse takes @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @boneyabroad.com into the bustling medical marketplace of Renaissance England... TV: tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut Headphones tinyurl.com/yc847v3r

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🥳 Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has highlighted some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026! More ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... @dukelaw.bsky.social

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List of aid groups Israel is banning from operating in Gaza as of January 1, via Associated Press.

"Christmas 1916 Australian observation post near Flers, Battle of the Somme" by William Barnes Wallen. #art #greatwar #wwi #ww1

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📢 Red Light - Green Light – Red Devil – Green Devil: Op FUSTIAN 📅 Monday 19 January 🕙 19:00 - also available online 🍽 Pre-Lecture Dinner option. Pre-order by 16.01.26 Hear @MikeHistorian describe the 3-day battle to seize the vital Primosole Bridge: bit.ly/44R5bK1 armyflying.com/what-s-on/ev...

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