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Slightly belated, but I have a promotion code from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for my book, Wales in England 1914-1945: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

Amazon UK is apparently 'price pulsing' my book. This means some days it is £90, but today it is £31!!! Grab this bargain whilst you can 😁

On the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, 'The History Podcast' on BBC Sounds releases 'The Second Map', presented by Kavita Puri bit.ly/45m1vR2 Three episodes tell the story of Britain's war against Japan in WWII. Guest contributors include RHS President @lucynoakes1.bsky.social #Skystorians

In this week of VJ Day, the story of Chaplain Fred Stallard - a POW who survived his ordeal through art and captured the faces of his comrades Artistic chaplain charted life in Japanese prisoner of war camp www.thetimes.com/article/937a...

My book, 'Wales in England 1914-1945. A Social, Cultural, & Military History', is currently available at a more affordable price (✨️58% off✨️). How ideas of Wales and Welshness influenced two generations of English soldiers & writers: www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...

Delighted to see that my book Joining Up is published today, a mere 11 years after I started writing it. You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.7765/9781... @manchesterup.bsky.social

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This by @matteatonmedia.bsky.social is a nice find on considerations on troop morale in early 1942. #ww2 #morale @alanallport.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social

Considerations on Troop Morale This is a nice archive find by Matt Eaton. It deals with the challenges of morale/motivation at a time of the war when things were looking very bleak. In April 1942, the Japanese forces were roaming over Asia and the Pacific at will. In North Africa, the first…

If it's a departmental poster, it must be happening...

Visited The Robin Chapel today, an exquisite #SWW memorial to Lt. Robin Tudsbery (1919-45). It is situated within a disabled veterans' housing scheme in Craigmillar, set up by his grieving parents.

In the English Tradition? Rima Model Gowns in the 1940s 19 June 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm insidersoutsidersfestival.org/event/in-the...

Check out the call for papers for this exciting conference in beautiful Boulogne-sur-Mer in March next year on 'Women in War in France, Britain and Ireland'. It should be a fascinating event. femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/call-for-...

An oddly-toned film. Noteworthy for its attempt to find commonalities between China, Russia, and England: "the honourable company of tea drinkers!": youtu.be/Cm-iX3JvO7A?...

At City Chambers event today commemorating the #SWW presence of Czech service personnel in Scotland. Thanks to Veronika Macleod for organising.

‘Britain, Conflict & the Sea’ conf is being held this September (12-13) at the Royal Museums, Greenwich. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

'After the Darkness’ is a special exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Arranged in partnership with Blind Veterans UK, it shines a light on veterans’ service & raises awareness of the challenges faced by veterans living with sight loss. www.cartoonmuseum.org/whats-on-exh...

Fascinating #SWW project by @cgregoriou.bsky.social lahri.leeds.ac.uk/impact/iaa/m...

A poll by Joe Twyman (Deltapoll) for @warmovietheatre.bsky.social on the Top 10 #SWW films reveals that many members of the UK public 'have never seen a war movie.' Sobering thought. What ever happened to the BBC2 Saturday matinee?

Thanks to everyone who attended our colloquium, 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. The positive feedback has been overwhelming, and we thank you for your contribution to making it such a success.

Hugely enjoyed speaking on this panel last week!

A fitting end to our #SWW colloquium: St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh lit up for VE Day commemorations. Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful day 🫶

Final colloquium prep for '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Veronika Macleod, Hon Consul of the Czech Republic, has written about the current display of Oskar Kokoschka's painting, High Summer (Zrání) @nationalgalleries.bsky.social. It was a gift to Scotland in gratitude for its wartime hospitality to Czech service personnel: www.skotsko.co.uk/post/veday80

Solid quotation in @theipaper.com today on VE Day and memory of the Second World War in the UK, thanks to Cahal Milmo.

Just been 'stood down' from BBC Radio Scotland interview on VE Day because they hadn't anticipated how many listeners would call in with stories. Raphael Samuel famously said that for the 50th anniv of VE Day, there were more events in Hampshire than the whole of Scotland. Was he missing something?

Historic England releases rare photos of wartime film-making: historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...

A timely essay by Prof. Wendy Webster on Polish perspectives around VE Day: theconversation.com/by-ve-day-in...

Our SWW Studies colloquium, '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social is just three days away. For the first time, we will be speaking about our AHRC project, Beyond Borders. I will be addressing British officers who served in East Africa.

As the UK prepares to commemorate #VEDay80 this week, new Focaldata research for British Future show a strong public appetite for more inclusive commemoration of all who served, including millions of WW2 forces from the Commonwealth. www.britishfuture.org/ve-day-80-pu...

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It's been 9 years in the making so I'm very excited that my book, Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War, now has a cover, a webpage and a publication date (June for online, July for print!). 🥳 A steal at only £35! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

In anticipation for the upcoming Catholics in Conflict Conference later this month, we’re excited to welcome Professor Raffaella Perin as our second keynote speaker! Professor Perin will speak on ecumenical relations between the Holy See and other Christian Churches during WWII

Preparations move apace for our '1945/2025' colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social next week...

A few years ago, I was commissioned by @boapublishing.bsky.social to write this summary piece on the cultural memory of the Second World War in Britain: britishonlinearchives.com/posts/catego...

@warmovietheatre.bsky.social I sensed you weren't keen on 'I Was Monty's Double'. How about a Western Desert trilogy: Sahara (1943), Bitter Victory (1957) and Sea of Sand (1958)? If your listeners sit in front of Talking Pictures TV long enough, they will know them.

'A litany to London in the Blitz': www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

As the United State's tariffs are dominating international discussions, check out this article from 2021 on 'Reviewing the 1943 Sino-British Treaty Negotiations: The United States’ Role in Ending British Imperialism in China' by Zhaodong Wang: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

It's tomorrow! Chi Man, leading expert in military history of HK who brilliantly incorporates DH and spatial history methods in his work, is giving a Cantonese community talk on the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong at our Centre tomorrow.

My favourite SWW podcast @warmovietheatre.bsky.social is back, this time discussing Dunkirk (2017, not 1958). Loved the back story of the death of @roberthutton.co.uk 's uncle nr Cassel and his family's search for answers.

University of Derby faces mass job cuts as management plans to make half of senior academics redundant. Please spread the word. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1398...

CFP: Genealogies of Memory conf, Berlin Sept 2025: 'What remains from the Second World War? Remnants, Memories and Narratives Revisited' enrs.eu/edition/gene...

Professor Lucy Noakes and Professor Catriona Pennell reflect on how the two world wars have shaped cultural memory in Britain over the past (almost) 100 years. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-m...

Delighted to learn that my book, Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War, is now available in paperback. @strathhumanities.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

✨ no better time but the present to get on bluesky! 🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️ Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️

Some interesting #SWW chapters in this new volume.

For folks who'd like to read the thesis, you can find it available open access here: kar.kent.ac.uk/109402/ Would love to hear more thoughts on it as I start to think about publishing plans, so if you read it and like it (or don't!) then do drop me a line! 🥳

new article by Neville Wylie - 'hidden presences: the role of next-of-kin in shaping the context and experience of POW captivity' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....