If you haven’t already check out yesterday’s fascinating interview where Patrick speaks to the brilliant Tim Butcher Author on how the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War has impacted on what we are seeing in Gaza today. Listen here: linktr.ee/podbattleground

Battleground Tim Butcher Author Fabulous interview, I immediately sat down and watched The Gatekeepers on YouTube youtu.be/3mJ5KrEWriU?si… Israeli Shin Bet talking truth to power

“The 1905 edition of Baedeker for Austria-Hungary noted that in some parts of the empire vehicles drove on the left, while elsewhere they drove on the right. It did not say what happened when the 2 driving styles collided.” Tim Butcher Author in #TheTrigger

Baedecker 1905 also described how a riverside boulevard in a remote Austria-Hungarian territory had been straightened. That road, one of its bridges and an intersection would in 1914 witness the most impactful assassination in history. Discuss (30 marks)

You are right that the driver was confused, causing him to stop suddenly on the corner, right in front of the assassin, effectively serving up the target to the killer. But confusion caused by muddled orders, not the new road layout

Tim Butcher Author Sat-nav would have avoided the whole thing

An Iranian president is killed, a Slovak leader survives an assassin's bullet. For the New York Times, echoes of Sarajevo 1914 need addressing, citing my book The Trigger The New York Times

Fabulous review of #BloodRiver by Forbes: Congo as a warning from history for economic orthodoxy the world over. John Tamny forbes.com/sites/johntamn…

'The simple truth is that this is one of the most interesting and important economics books that I’ve read in a very long time' Forbes John Tamny

'....the knowledge attained from this most essential of books will stay with me, and be used by me in books and opinion pieces for a very long time' Forbes John Tamny

I was delighted to join Jason Pack on @GoalhangerPods' Disorder, to discuss the event that triggered a global reboot 110 years ago. What happened? How did global order fracture? Might it happen again? Listen for yourself tr.ee/ksicr-3Wty

Tim Butcher Author I’ve just finished reading Blood River and it was fantastic. So well written, it was absolutely fascinating. What an extraordinary journey you went on. Eye opening to read about. I’ve gone straight online and bought Chasing the Devil, can’t wait for it to arrive!!

JJ Norwich, "History of Byzantium; @AMaccoinnich "Plantation and Civility in Northern World"; Dr Neil McGuigan "Mael-Coluim III"; S Sebag Montefiore "Stalin - The Court of the Red Tsar"; Tim Butcher Author "The Trigger".

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You decide: I've been saying for the 25 years I've lived in and studied Israel that it is a highly militarised, ethno-nationalist, apartheid state, driven by an ugly Jewish supremacism that aggressively craves lebensraum and cannot make peace with its neighbours. Western

@RockyMountViews Blood River by Tim Butcher Author . Mind blowing recreation of Stanley's trip through the Congo. U won't be able to put it down.

I join all of you blaming the bearer of the doom mongers like @MichelaWrong & @TimboButcher BUT These are must read for those interested to comprehending part background of ongoing injustice in Eastern DRC & beyond. Goma c’est le Congo, Congo c’est le EAC! #PaixPourGoma

4 Stars: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne Crazy Like Us*-Ethan Watters Forest Living*-Roderick Edwards Pride and Prejudice*-Jane Austen Promote the Dog Sitter&-Edward Conley Sled Driver&-Brian Shul The Trigger*-Tim Butcher Author Winesburg, Ohio*-Sherwood Anderson 4/8