Fi Bowler
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Cold War Historian | Research Associate at the University of Oxford | views and cat pictures my own
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My new article on early incidences of disputed disease among Britainās nuclear test veterans has just been published OA in Contemporary British History
doi.org/10.1080/1361...
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āSacrificed on the altar of progress and scienceā: early cases of disputed disease among British nuclear test veterans
This article traces the experiences of nine servicemen who served on Christmas Island during Britainās atmospheric nuclear weapons testing programme. It considers the complex medico-legal challenge...
https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2025.2485894
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What do you mean you dressed up as the ācome on grandma letās get you to bedā meme for Halloween?
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Arms in the air like you just donāt care
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History PhDs who have published monographs: how long was there between finishing your PhD and publishing it as a monograph?
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Dr Dion Georgiou šØš¾ā¤ļøš¬š¾
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Really pleased to see that this has now been published in the latest issue of Contemporary British History, alongside articles by
@fibowler.bsky.social
,
@andrewperchard.bsky.social
,
@benjthomas.bsky.social
, and others.
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The World Today
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In her latest piece,
@fibowler.bsky.social
shares her grandfatherās story and those of other British servicemen, highlighting the very real and lasting human cost of nuclear testing. Read here >
www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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Katie
6 months ago
Margo Leadbetter and Regās love story is my favourite thing to ever happen
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Parenting is tough sometimes
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Margo Leadbetter when people donāt use her full name
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Good morning from Margo Leadbetter
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What Does Star Wars Mean To You?
7 months ago
If you liked Andor, check out this book that highlights the rise of fascism in the real world as reflected in the Star Wars saga! You see how Tony Gilroy pulled from history for this galactic tale!
@chriskempshall.bsky.social
joins us in a few weeks to talk about it, so let's hear your questions!
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Crime Lord and his apprentice
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The plumber is here
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My top home decor tips: ā original fireplaces ā wall art ā lots of bookshelves ā tuxedo cat ā tuxedo catās spring
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He takes his barista role very seriously
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Evening
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I simply must go and fuss this baby
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My new article on early incidences of disputed disease among Britainās nuclear test veterans has just been published OA in Contemporary British History
doi.org/10.1080/1361...
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āSacrificed on the altar of progress and scienceā: early cases of disputed disease among British nuclear test veterans
This article traces the experiences of nine servicemen who served on Christmas Island during Britainās atmospheric nuclear weapons testing programme. It considers the complex medico-legal challenge...
https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2025.2485894
7 months ago
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Do you ever feel like youāre being⦠watched?
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Me: no Iām not nosy Also me, as soon as thereās the faintest whiff of neighbour drama:
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This plumber isnāt very good. Heās been in my sink for three hours and heās charged me Ā£700
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Katie
8 months ago
We are trying to learn bite inhibition. Donāt ask me how itās going
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Katie
8 months ago
I just need to reassure you all that Margo Leadbetter remains full of crimes
@fibowler.bsky.social
sheāll be your problem soon
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Just two gals hanging out
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Katie
8 months ago
She is an absolute CRIMINAL. My arms are in RIBBONS. She and Reg are going to wreak havoc and I for one cannot wait to see it
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Everyone say hi to Margo Leadbetter! Found abandoned on the side of the road last week, now in foster with
@zizifothsi.bsky.social
and coming home to me and Reg soon ā¤ļø
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Me and the tiny criminal moved into our new place earlier this month. Our favourite house features modelled below ā¬ļø
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Chomp
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PotĆ«mkin Spice š³šŖ
9 months ago
I knew they looked familiar.
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Lizzie
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Caption contest
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Nikolaos Papadogiannis
10 months ago
Job klaxons! We are recruiting three postdoc Fellows to work on the global histories of
#HIV
and
#AIDS
#activism
in
#India
;
#South
#Africa
;
#Turkey
and the Middle East. Thanks to generous funding from the UKRI. You may find the links in the comments below.
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Ground control to major Tom-ble drier
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David Ryan
10 months ago
OHNI is looking for participants for it's 2025 Annual Meeting taking place in the Absolute Hotel Limerick June 13-14. The theme is 'What we say and how we say it: exploring words, silences and language in oral history'
oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
#OralHistory
#Limerick
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Heās a gamer
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I donāt know whatās funnier: Regās flailing or Percyās total indifference
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History Workshop
11 months ago
'I imagine he sounded rather like the Irish men from the next generation I heard talking outside mass when I was growing up... A voice is the living person it belongs to; it is made of their exhaled breath'. Joe Moran on the voices lost in history:
www.historyworkshop....
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Lost Voices: The Insides of History
Joe Moran on what is lost and what is left behind in history, through imagining the voice of his grandfather.
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/memory-emotions/lost-voices-the-insides-of-history/
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Can any historians recommend some good introductory readings on teaching history in universities for my MA students? Particularly focussed around running seminars
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CaitrĆona Beaumont
11 months ago
š¢ Hot off Press New Book Alert š¢. 1/2: With
@ruthdav.bsky.social
&
@evecolpus.bsky.social
we are exited to share our new co-edited book that demands a re-think of histories of welfare in modern Britain. Fully OA. Links to all chapters to follow & our Chap 1 Intro š
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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āDo not talk to me or my tiny criminal associate againā
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Venus coming off the radiator to shame mankind
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Spa day
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Nothing like a wholesome family game of Mousetrapā¢ļø
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Overheard in M&S today Woman to her son: āwhat are you doing? Youāre not a pickpocket! Youāve got to stop pretending to be a pickpocket!ā To her partner: āwe should never have let him watch Oliver!ā
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Now that the contract is signed, Iām really excited to say that in February Iāll be starting a new job at the University of Oxford as a Research Associate š
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Me, at the bowling alley: hello I have booked two games Woman serving me: great, what name is it under? Me: youāre not gonna believe this
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Well he figured that out quickly
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Not quite what I had in mind, Percy, but you do you
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