@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social why is Peter Hain strap lined as Lord Hain and Luciana Berger strap lined as a former MP when she is also in the Lords. I hope just an oversight Both great politicians! @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Sophy Antrobus
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Ex-X. Former Labour PPC, academic of air power and military culture. Glad to be exploring a new platform for debate.
Off subject: Reference the Mystery Hour podcast Thursday May the 28th and the enquiry about the sequence of words Jerry and Tom and Hardy and Laurel ... this clipping from six years ago "one of the unwritten rules of English native speakers". Wish I had listened live. I would have 'phoned in.
New report on Fast Jet Training Modernisation options and important factors to consider Based on almost two years of research work, including visits to many OCUs, training squadrons and flights in most of the main new trainer options. Download full report free here: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Fast-Jet Pilot Training Modernisation Choices
Air forces modernising fast-jet training should prioritise core airmanship skills with regular live flying over increasing tactical complexity at early stages.
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🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 📢 You have until 4 June to submit your abstracts for Future Battlefield Innovation 🛰️🤖 an October conference exploring AI, drones, cyber warfare, logistics and the future battlefield. For more info visit : www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/cfp-bcm... #MilitaryHistory #FutureWarfare
I wrote our cover story this week, a valedictory essay on the changes in war & warfare over my eight years as defence editor. It’s a reflection on the growth & limits of battlefield transparency, the lessons from different wars & the utility of force today www.economist.com/interactive/...
You definitely need to read Robin Robertson's "Mortification: Writers’ Stories of their Public Shame" with such luminaries as Margaret Atwood, Irvine Welsh, and Julian Barnes. My favourite is poet Simon Armitage's:
Ukrainian destruction of russian air defense systems over the past several months, showing a clear increase in the pace of russian AD degradation. Context thread in next post ⏬️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
Earlier this week, FASI were delighted to host a Roundtable discussion with India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. The discussion was centred around India’s defence transformation and its strategic engagement with global partners.
As Shaun Pinner says, it’s not about “haggling” over a “few km” of land. It’s about what happens to those people forced to live under Russian occupation
@sophyantrobus.bsky.social was joined by Lord Toby Harris, Professor Emma Williams, AVM (Ret’d) Fin Monahan OBE & Group Captain Ryan Mannering - who each shared their thoughts on the preparedness of society for conflict Thanks to all the speakers, students & guests for an inspiring evening!
The joy that is South Western Railway just keeps on giving. My train was cancelled but delay repay says because I got a later train I’m not entitled to claim. I marvel at their appallingness. It must be soul destroying working for them 🥲
📣 Opportunity: Oral History PhD Research Project w/t Imperial War Museums & University of Strathclyde. An #oralhistory of women paramilitaries during ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland and Britain. For more information visit: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... #Postgraduate #NorthernIreland #TheTroubles
@shashj.bsky.social: ‘A war to weaken Iran ends up with the US having to dilute sanctions on Iran. A mark of how blundering this whole endeavour has been.’
Laura Phillips@lauraphillips.bsky.social · 5mo ago@barakravid.bsky.social: ‘🚨U.S. to allow Iran to get ~14 billion dollars (!!!) in oil revenue 🚨This is a huge financial concession to Iran by the U.S. 🚨It is the first time U.S. is buying Iranian oil since 1996 🚨It's all happening in the middle of a war against...Iran’
UK Spacepower: Lessons from 2025 In this latest viewpoint, @allenant.bsky.social reflects on 2025 as the ‘year of promises for UK spacepower’ and explores the urgent steps that need to be taken in 2026 to secure the UK’s defence-space strategy. Read here 👇 ow.ly/4y0m50Y81Rq
This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6mo agoReform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
This is David Marsh. He went to my old school. He is one of the small number of European troops who went to Afghanistan and never did much nor went to the front line according to Donald Trump. He died in 2008 aged 23 in Afghanistan when the patrol car he was in was blown up in Helmand Province.
Stephen was a great contestant. But also the daily game of betting whether he would be dressed as a) a suspect in a seaside Poirot mystery, b) Christopher Robin, or c) ABBA. #thetraitors
Jack Blackburn@hackblackburn.bsky.social · 6mo agoI love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors
Interesting article. ‘students show “strange deference” to AI — questioning classmates but accepting AI pronouncements’. I can see why this is especially pertinent in the PME environment for a number of reasons discussed here.
War on the Rocks@warontherocks.bsky.social · 6mo agoProfessional military education was designed for a pre-AI world. Small fixes will not be enough.
‘Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.’
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 7mo agoMark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
I would love to experience being in Dan Hannan's brain. Just for a little bit. What's it like to never worry about making a mistake? To just breeze merrily through a life where every wrong turn confirms your belief that you're smarter than the map?
JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social · 7mo agoHow it started ... How it's going
📢 Lecture Series: Call for Papers The @rafmuseum.bsky.social is seeking proposals from postgraduate students, early-career & established researchers for the 2026 air and space power research programme. 📅 Deadline: 23 Jan ❔ ResearchNews@rafmuseum.org 👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...
RAF Museum 2026 Lecture Series: Call for Papers - RAF Museum
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This is a deeply depressing read by Rachel Hewitt and one that will feel frustratingly familiar to anyone trying to get a book published right now!! Also when she lists the big non fiction sellers - phew. open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
NO PLATFORM: something's rotten in the state of non-fiction
In the past, non-fiction writers built platforms by researching and writing books. Now, writers are expected to *already* possess substantial online platforms.
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✈️ How has the RAF's culture around safety and risk shifted and what is the right balance in the context of today’s threats? Read as @sophyantrobus.bsky.social examines the RAF’s changing relationship with risk - its approach, attitude, and appetite. Explore 👇 kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...
This is awesome. What amazing support from Salisbury FC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Salisbury FC bar sales raise £10k for Wiltshire homeless charity
Alabaré says the money is going towards supporting people battling drug and alcohol misuse.
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