Two political parties obsessed with getting something for nothing. They expect top bucks (£5 million springs to mind) for anything they have to do. 😡 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’

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Heartbreakingly, those who believe only those who believe and look like them here on Earth deserve the best also believe that way about heaven.

#Dementia Awareness

So England snatched defeat from the jaws of victory 🤦‍♂️

Some cheerful reading for a summer day #EnglishCivilWar #1643 #prisoners

1 July 1916 110 years today was the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On the first day of the Battle, British forces suffered 19,240 fatalities. Many of these served in Pals Battalions, leaving many British communities were devastated We shall remember them.

Posthumous recognition for my wife’s 40 years of #Dementia advocacy and contribution to research www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

Alzheimer’s campaigner awarded honorary doctorate for “immeasurable” contributions

Carol Jennings, who by volunteering as a research participant led to the groundbreaking discovery of the hallmark protein of Alzheimer’s disease, has been awarded a posthumous UCL honorary doctorate t...

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Forth-coming #EnglishCivilWar conference

Knowing she had inherited a familial #Dementia gene, my wife began slowly to engage with fears that she had. She hated getting her face under water and never learnt to swim. First step was to ask me to take her out on a rowing boat. - courage is not about the absence of fear but mastery of it #trust

Approaching the second Anniversary of Carol’s death but her fight against Alzheimer’s continues from the grave 💙

This weekend the final draft of my Fiennes #manuscript and images file have been transferred to my commissions editor. 📖 Big sigh of relief

Newark Siege coins. As coins became scarce during the third siege of Newark(1645-1646) silver plate was cut into weighed lozenge shapes worth 2s.6d; 1s.; 9d. and 6d.

Seem to be on a bit of a roll at the moment. With other academic colleagues and friends, I’ve contributed a couple on commentaries in the book published this week

Just signed a contract with my publisher for my fifth book which the working title is 'Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes (1608-1669): Soldier, Politician and aide to Lord Protector Cromwell.' Looking to be published at the end of 2026

A day to remember those who struggle to recall

#Westminster Abbey Having had the humbling experience of walking the #battlefields of #Flanders and the #Somme I had one more place to visit. Often come to London but today I made time for this

World #Alzheimer’s Month

#Historian colleagues How likely is it in 1669 when an inventory lists in a store room there was ‘a case of pistols and headpiece’ that the headpeece is a helmet, given the late individual was an officer who fought for Parliament? I find it hard to believe it’s a wig

Edgehill Hard to imagine 1000 dead soldiers on these fields in 1642

Autumn talk

@alicehunt.bsky.social just to say congratulations on your book Republic. A brilliant and addictive read, under-pinned by much research. I’m well into researching and writing a biography of Nathaniel Fiennes and your book has opening many new avenues for my research 👌

Now that’s what you would call an excellent pair of #incontinence #pants. Even have additional ties for each leg 😂😂😂😂 #History

Warwick Castle The #War of the #Roses If only it had been settled with a joust

End of life care initiative for people in the late stages of #Alzheimers. Proud to be supporting this collaboration www.lbc.co.uk/news/health/...

New £1 million initiative aims to transform end-of-life care for dementia patients

Five new research projects aimed at transforming end-of-life care for people living with dementia have been announced as part of a £1 million partnership between charities the Alzheimer’s Society and ...

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A terrible fate awaits future #archaeologists 😜

This #DementiaActionWeek, I'm joining @alzheimerssoc in raising awareness of common dementia symptoms. We all need to #KnowTheSigns of dementia so that we can seek an early and accurate diagnosis if we need it. For more info, visit: alzheimers.org.uk/checklist

Dementia symptoms checklist

A checklist to help you make a note of symptoms before you talk to your GP.

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Another Conference paper delivered and at my old alma mater.