'When he wasn’t being ‘Winston’s nannie’, the almost forgotten General Hastings 'Pug' #Ismay was a vital figure in Britain’s #war machine. This important biography restores his reputation.' #Churchill
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This is what happens when nature is given a chance; #Carrifran Wildwood. Scotland, southern uplands. This isn’t the dawn chorus but 11am. Listen to the birdsong. It’s nature recovery amongst an otherwise sheep hammered uplands landscape.

Most pleased to be chosen for this. In excellent company as well! Looking very much forward.

Many thanks Pushkar | पुष्कर & The International Centre Goa (ICG)

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Is disinformation going to be a factor in this #ge2024 election campaign? I spoke to disinfo expert Amil Khan/ Amil Khan of Valent Projects podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beh…

Where Angola ends, Namibia begins. My late wife was of the Swazi Kunene clan, and I always thought the Kunene River was one of Africa's least appreciated major rivers, flowing from the Angola highlands to the Atlantic. Ruggedly beautiful, it's fed by hundreds of waterfalls.

Plate from British Wild Flowers, William Smith, London, 1846. Bilberry, cranberry, round-headed rampion, spreading bellflower, common sheepsbit, sheep's scabious, lobelia, fuller's teasel, devil's bit scabious.

'When he wasn’t being ‘Winston’s nannie’, the almost forgotten General Hastings 'Pug' #Ismay was a vital figure in Britain’s #war machine. This important biography restores his reputation.' #Churchill
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Looking forward to our next Media Club event in a week’s time with Mihir Bose talking to Peter Oborne George IV about his new memoir Thank You Mr Crombie, on growing up in India and how multicultural Britain has changed: eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-with-mihi…

99-year old Madeleine Riffaud seen here a couple of days ago - at 19 she shot a German soldier on a bridge in Paris on 23 July 1944. Caught when cycling away, she was tortured by the Gestapo, and then escaped from a train carrying her towards a death camp. She rejoined a

Sudan and Russia are set to sign a series of military and economic agreements, including the establishment of a Russian naval logistical support centre on the Red Sea, disclosed Lt Gen Yasir al-Atta, a member of Sudan's military-led Sovereign Council.
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Simply delighted to see the Sunday Times `Book of the Week`! bit.ly/3QWvQ16

When he wasn’t being ‘Winston’s nannie’, the almost forgotten General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay was a vital figure in Britain’s #war machine. This important biography restores his reputation. #Churchill #Partition Hurst Publishers John Kiszely Robert Johnson 🇬🇧
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Truly honoured to be The Orwell Prizes finalist again, & in such great company! 🙏 Thanks to judges Peter Frankopan christinalamb Rohan Silva Lola Seaton Sunder Katwala 4 recognising the significance of #TheIncarcerations alongside these fab books. Arabella Pike LSE Oxford Anthropology

The Truth about the Tawaifs: Is ‘ #Heeramandi ’ Bhansali’s tribute to ‘Pakeezah’?, writes Rachel Dwyer t.ly/ECaU_

I usually think that nothing can surprise me when it comes to Austria and Russia. But this with new evidence… 👇

Joined Nader Habibi (Nader Habibi) and Gary Samore (@garysamorehks) to discuss “Iran’s Eastward Turn to Russia and China” for Crown Center for Middle East Studies

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Kharkiv. 3 russian missiles destroyed Faktor printing house where most of Ukrainians books are printed in the time when 50 printers and binders worked inside. Printers and workers killed and wounded, books burned. welcome to russian world!

As China and the US compete for power and resources in the Pacific and the Americas, Europe is left a bystander.

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An incisive review from Amish Mulmi of Gen Sir Sam Cowan's latest collection of essays that shines a discomforting but necessary light on Nepal's border disputes with India. (Mulmi is also right about indexes.) scroll.in/article/106705…