Really good thread about the danger of “punching down” on people. Why has compassion become such a dirty word?

In this transcribed Dispatches Podcast, the late Rob Thompson discusses his interest in #WW1 and logistics. He focuses on the events at Messines and Third Ypres in 1917, as well as the Somme and the retreat to the Hindenburg Line. Listen here > bit.ly/3e6FKZu
#WW1 History

What Phils says!

And in latest 'billionare attacks the poor' news....bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

💥NEW EPISODE!📸

We're pleased to be back, diving for cover and focusing our lens' on Alex Garland's Civil War which follows a group of journalists on a roadtrip across a war-torn USA.

Join us here: fightingonfilm.com/civil-war-2024/

#CivilWarMovie #Moviereview #Podcast #Movies

Tonight’s playlist, I blame Civil War open.spotify.com/track/4NR9l4ca…

Today is publication day for my first book and a package arrived LSE International History from Cambridge University Press containing my author copies of Making Sense of the Great War.

There is a spare one.

So, in true Twitter style, I will send it to someone who likes + RTs this in the next seven days.

Sure, I want to see the back of them like everyone else but I'm going to miss the endless 'clown car on fire' antics, I can't lie. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Good morning! Episode 2: Erks, Chop Girls & Gremlins is now live, wherever you get your podcasts! feeds.buzzsprout.com/2327200.rss?fb…

A great second episode from Jane Lawson🌹 and James Jefferies Lydia Jane with Dr Dan Ellin. Particularly like the stuff about class and the RAF. It's almost as if history has mostly been written by middle class men! 🤔 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nev…

This is an awesome episode from two very cool people.

On 17 April 1917 two Mk I tanks, HMLS Nutty & HMLS Sir Archibald were in action nr Sheikh Abbas, Gaza, supporting 54th Div. HMLS Sir Archibald was hit and Gnr Ferguson was killed. He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.
Ibrahim Jaradah

Dream Baby Dream. Civil War

Behind every great female historian there’s some berk making stupid jokes all the time! #twitterstorians #thesomme24 Louise Provan

I am speaking tonight Tuesday 16 April on The Guns of Passchendaele, 1917 to the Cleveland Western Front Association who meet at Buffs Social Club, Stockton on Tees, TS18 2BX. Meet 7.30pm for 8.00pm kick off! Hope to see you there!

Fascinating, thought provoking and challenging. Do listen to this. First class scholarship from Ed Westerman. ⁦ Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (@waitmanwbeorn.com 🟦)🇺🇦⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Really, who gives a f**k what this dimwit thinks? I'd love to know what she has on the news editor at BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

How many Angela Rayner Units in a Tory? #AngelaRayners

For instance..
£7,897 Boris Johnson booze bill for his Brexit party Jan 31st 2020
5 #AngelaRayners

Many more below⏬️ and in this thread 👍🏼🧵
One Angela Rayner Unit of £1,500 is what the Tories claim she may owe in CGT on

Top Brummie actor and genuinely lovely person. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

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