It’s Christmas time so you’re going to spend a lot of your time watching classic TV drama. So I just want to remind everyone that: Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock David Suchet is the best Poirot Robert Powell is the best Hannay Joan Hickson is the best Marple and a LEGEND. Merry #Christmas!

Good news that Edinburgh Archives are (temporarily) reopening next year. I have attached a screenshot and alt text for a post from Edinburgh City Archives on Facebook. #Edinburgh

There is a takeaway crumble shop in Sheringham. I don’t have a sweet tooth at all, but gawd it’s good. Try it if you visit. Really clever idea.

Excellent job alert: KCL War Studies is hiring a lecturer in Foreign Policy on a full-time, indefinite contract. We already have lots of Middle East and East Asia expertise, but any other regional (and cross-regional) specialisms are of interest. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA302/l...

Lecturer in Foreign Policy at King's College London

Discover Lecturer in Foreign Policy jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

NYU's History Department is accepting applications for the Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History! The committee welcomes applications from historians of war and the military, broadly defined, in any geographical area. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/161728

JOB Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge (this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/

We're looking for a Marketing Campaign Officer to join our marketing team, to help us spread the word of what we do and how you can experience it. Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below. #jobs #careers #marketing maryrose.org/about-the-tr...

Jobs and volunteering - The Mary Rose

Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.

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The Royal Navy’s Naval Historical Branch is recruiting a full-time, permanent Historical Researcher! Details here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Montgomery: "Without the Bailey bridge we should not have won the war". Don't know about that, but Sir Donald Coleman Bailey's designs sure did shorten the war, and save lives. #WW2 #HISTORY

Tim Clack from @ox.ac.uk and Barry Gardiner MP discuss “Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action; Threat Level Rising” - Climate change is driving national security, read more about it now⚡ wavellroom.com/2024/11/29/t...

Threat Level Rising: Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action

Climate change is a clear, present, and escalating danger to global security. The UK must act to adapt now in order to be prepared.

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Researchers: NARA has digitized hundreds of thousands of operational reports from US units in the Pacific Theater of WWII, to include divisional reports with regimental reports, maps, and sketches. It’s a gold mine. Go nuts catalog.archives.gov/id/305275

The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

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Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨ Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)

Can Bluesky help? I might be looking for a new research post in March next year. What thinktanks and organisations should I be looking at for critical discussions on data, defence and military operations?

This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War. Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...

People need to calm down about the Oreshnik missile. (Not about the strike itself, which was barbarous Putin chest-thumping.) It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.

It has been a year since I defended my thesis on the role of military doctrine. As a child who grew up without connections to academia, this was unthinkable. However, meeting the right people along the way made it all possible. It can pay off to follow vague dreams. The thesis is available here 👇

Søren Sjøgren@sorensjogren.bsky.social · 3y ago

🎓 I am excited to share that on Friday, I successfully defended my PhD thesis titled: "The Last Refuge of the Unimaginative? Doctrine and its Role in the Military Profession." As a first-generation academic, this has been a wild ride. Exciting and challenging at the same time.

This is Otis. He just had his very first vet appointment. Even got to take a picture like it was his first day of school. 12/10 we're proud of you, Otis

This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.

Jason Thorne@jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2y ago

An interesting way to help people visualize what a ruin used to be.

This meme seems to be missing an image of a freight train loaded with 155mm artillery rounds.

Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.eu · 2y ago

This, btw, is exactly the wrong lesson to take from the war in Ukraine.

The Jaguar rebrand. Don’t care, won’t care. Will never care.

X does still have its moments. If social media was British…

I am really struck by the sheer variety of interests, jobs, online personalities of my recent new followers - no common thread at all! Given I haven’t posted very much, and what I have posted has been quite a spread of stuff, I’d love to know what it was that prompted people to follow me. Anyone?

Follow Gabby for (quite literally) the world’s best commentary on decathlon and heptathlon and generally bloody good writing.

Gabby Pieraccini@thedecathlonwriter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ok lads, what are we talking about? 👀

A reminder for all my new followers. In a couple of days, I will remove anyone who has a blank profile, to eliminate potential bots and trolls. You know what to do.