I had a great time writing this entry on Railways in War academic.oup.com/edited-volum... for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History. Happy to see it out in the wild now.

Lifelong Learning courses at Aberystwyth are now open to book. I'm teaching The Family in the 20th Century and a new module, Family in early modern Europe and Colonial America. All courses can be found here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-...

When in Paris on 14 Juillet...

Views from hotel rooms, Paris edition.

Within all the hubbub, Miriam Cates losing her seat is exceptionally good news. Absolute wrong 'un, and exactly the sort that 80 year old Tory members would have made leader.

I guess that Liz Truss can now dedicate all of her time to saving the West.

I can live with those numbers. It'd be nice to see that 13 drop by a few, mind.

He wants to get in and do his civic duty #dogsatpollingstations

Go and vote please. Thank you.

How to convince Claire that she definitely wants to go to Blues v Mansfield the day before her birthday...

Bertie

Respected academic or provincial farmer arrested on suspicion of minor involvement in a spate of red diesel thefts?

Had to complete a W-8 BEN today. What is wrong with you, America? How can you live like this?

Sometimes a day's break is worth every second.

My current employer is giving me some very unwanted flashbacks to my former employer at the moment, to the extent that I am genuinely looking forward to spending the next two days buried in marking.

Two years old today.

A proper bucket list moment, and not one I anticipated being able to tick off from the garden.

Please show me your collection of Very Short Introductions without including your own hand.

youtu.be/ReDccu2h5MI?... I had no idea this had been uploaded to the internet. But it has. So if you're interested in British and French people being rude to one another about trains, this is for you. It was also for Rob Thompson, delivered on a rather emotional and special day last year.

Logistics overshadowed: the Calais Conference of 1917 | Dr Chris Phillips

This presentation initially looks at the development of British logistics on the Western Front, before focusing on the significance of the Calais Conference ...

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Bore da.

Spending an hour of today filing a UAP investigation form was not how I anticipated 'productive Monday ' would start out.

Pleased to see this article out there in the wild. Huge thanks to the librarians at the JSCSC and to the BJMH for the support. journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bj...

I wrote this last year for my Women's History Network fellowship #womenshistorymonth womenshistorynetwork.org/girls-in-the...

Tomorrow's seminar for my Masters group will focus on the relationship between logistics and strategy - both what it should be and what it is, and how logistics constraints apply to strategic thinking. Looking forward to that. The 6am wake up for the morning dog walk not so much.

Bertie about to hit the town in his new threads.

At work.

Have reached the stage of an archive trip where I regret not going through the intensive pre-season training. Back is killing.