Thoroughly enjoying this in the Mediterranean sunshine. Objective, meticulously researched and beautifully written - a change of war from my usual!
Matt Dixon
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Footsteps of the Fallen WW1 podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/footsteps-of-the-fallen/id1528864547 Military historian, podcaster, writer, cricket lover, darts player, fisherman and semi-professional grumpy old man.
Delighted to have been sent a limited edition first print of a book by the author today - the cover design and binding are simply stunning. The picture doesn't do it justice.
Excited to be at Lords for the women’s T20 World Cup final - two best teams in the final so let’s hope for a good match
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High Wood - Footsteps of the fallen
Welcome to the latest episode.Today, we visit the battlefield at High Wood, one of the deadliest killing grounds of the Great War. Over 8000 men died in the three months of fighting here and we ...
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I really enjoyed this - fascinating to listen to Montgomery www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Roy Plomley's castaway is field marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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Beaumont Hamel - Footsteps of the fallen
In this latest episode, we visit one of the must-see locations on the Somme, the Newfoundland Park at Beaumont Hamel. We hear the story of the fighting, discover what went so wrong for the men f...
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This is going down easier than a greased weasel in a drain pipe on a nice sunny afternoon
I have reached peak middle age. Took the kids to a fun fair and instead of thinking “that looks fun” I’m thinking “I wonder that was last inspected for health and safety”. Where’s my pipe and slippers?
Just told my son he needs a shower and we're changing his bedclothes. You'd have thought I told him Xmas had been cancelled by his response....
Two weeks ago I put TCP on a cut on my thumb. I’ve showered daily and washed my hands countless times and I can still smell TCP. That stuff would survive a nuclear holocaust I swear.
Come to a meeting and walked through this historically significant square - significant in London’s criminal history. Any guesses?
Went into the lake in my waders to rescue a duck that had been injured by a group of teenagers with stones and rocks. A wonderful lady from Swan Support UK has taken him into their care and I hope he recovers. What I’d like to do the youths isn’t publishable.
Was rummaging in the loft and found my first ever pay slip - one month of policing inner-city Birmingham - £805
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The Battle of Dogger Bank - Footsteps of the fallen
Welcome to the latest podcast. In this episode, we begin by mulling over what it means to be English, and look at two of those bastions of Englishness - Test Match Special and the Shipping Forec...
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In Japan it’s considered the height of rudeness to have a phone conversation on the train or public transport. Yesterday on the way back from London the whole carriage listened to a very loud conversation from a man who’d had an anal cyst drained that afternoon at hospital.
