A building with a unique history in central London - 9 Carlton House Terrace. A fascinating site of interwar diplomacy on the eve of war. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

Hoesch was critical of Hitler’s foreign policy and sparked a feud over Germany’s re-militarisation of the Rhineland in March 1936. His untimely death the following month enabled Hitler to appoint a more sympathetic agent - Joachim von Ribbentrop - to London. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social

Hoesch’s funeral cortège received an escort from the Grenadier Guards & was followed by Britain’s leading diplomats including the foreign minister and a young Prince Philip as it made its ways past Buckingham Palace to Victoria Station. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

It might surprise you to see the swastika flag of the Nazi Party draped over von Hoesch’s casket in 1936 coming on to Pall Mall in central London, but remember that Britain would not go to war with Nazi Germany for over three years. @uk.diplo.de @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

It pays to pause and recognise the history around you. ‘Giro’ was the pet dog of Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to London 1932 (that’s pre-Nazis) to 1936. @uk.diplo.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social

It pays to pause and recognise the history around you. ‘Giro’ was the pet dog of Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to London 1932 (that’s pre-Nazis) to 1936. @uk.diplo.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @germanhistsoc.bsky.social

What's the connection between Sir Walford Selby and Bellatrix Lestrange? 🤔 For 2.5 years during my PhD I worked on a riddle that concerns @austriainuk.bsky.social and the British Embassy in Vienna, and resulted in an unexpected link to #HarryPotter! Read on to follow my discovery! 👇

Great to attend the fourth Hella Pick lecture on 'Charting a Landscape of Antisemitism and Radicalisation Online and Offline' with talks from @isdglobal.bsky.social's Julia Ebner and @oeaw.bsky.social's Gerald Lambrecht at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London last night. @austriainuk.bsky.social

Fun to contribute thoughts on the history of the Austrian First Republic and its problematic depiction in 'The Sound of Music' to Histoflick, a new @sheffielduni.bsky.social initiative! @botstiberinstitute.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social @ahy-history.bsky.social histoflick.com/2026/06/02/e...

Edelweiss and Evasion: Where ‘The Sound of Music’ strays from the truth  - HistoFlick

The Sound of Music is one of the most beloved films ever made. But hidden beneath the singalongs and the Alpine scenery is a far darker history...

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Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social

So great to meet @chriswiederkehr.bsky.social and Austrian-British educators at @austriainuk.bsky.social this week. Thinking through the challenges of AI, the environment and geopolitics across borders brings minds together to solve global issues. What a great forum for discussion! 🇦🇹🤝🇬🇧

Radley College are back-to-back national champions of the English-Speaking Union's Schools' Mace debating competition - the oldest and largest in the UK. As Master-in-Charge of Debating at Radley, I shared some thoughts on our success with @theesu.bsky.social. www.esu.org/news-and-vie...

‘Debating is a tool for how you actually live in the real world’ | ESU

Tim Schmalz, Head of History and debating lead at Radley College, twice winners of the ESU Schools’ Mace debating competition, tells us the secrets of his teams’ success, and why debating is such a us...

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Thanks to @germanhistsoc.bsky.social for publishing my review of 'Interwar Salzburg: Austrian Culture Beyond Vienna', ed. Robert Dassanowsky & Katherine Arens! @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @botstiberinstitute.bsky.social @austriainuk.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

Interwar Salzburg: Austrian Culture Beyond Vienna. Edited by Robert Dassanowsky and Katherine Arens

Salzburg between the wars was a veritable laboratory of cultural expressions and competing identities that drew on its distinct history to offer newly form

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My review of 'Controlled Freedom: Allied Cultural Policy in Vienna, 1945–1955', edited by Oliver Rathkolb and Agnes Meisinger ( @dgb-history.bsky.social ), has been published in @ahy-history.bsky.social! @cas-umn.bsky.social @botstiberinstitute.bsky.social #Vienna www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looking forward to Oliver Rathkolb (@univie.ac.at) speaking on 'The Hidden Impact of Allied Cultural Policies and the Austrian Exile Community' at the Austrian Cultural Forum next Thursday. @austriainuk.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social RSVP 👇 www.acflondon.org/events/the-a...

After Robert Lackner's fascinating talk on 'Austrian Refugees in the British Army' at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London, it was excellent to be in conversation with him about his research project and the complexities of wartime British-Austrian relations. @austriainuk.bsky.social @lbg.ac.at

Great to listen to @neilgregor.bsky.social speak about his latest book, 'The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany', at tonight's Modern European History Seminar at @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social in their new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities - an interesting venue! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/326...

The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany: Orchestras and their Audiences

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Happy to have facilitated this! Oliver Rathkolb of @univie.ac.at presents on 'Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna, 1945-55' to @camgeopolitics.bsky.social and @camhistory.bsky.social at @caiuscollege.bsky.social. @austriainuk.bsky.social @cas-umn.bsky.social RSVP below! 👇👇👇

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New event! Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna from 1945 Hosted by CfG & the Modern European History Seminar, Prof Oliver Rathkolb will discuss his newly released book. 🗓️Wed 5th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/471fjkT

On Thursday, I'm speaking with Robert Lackner of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (@lbg.ac.at) on Consequences of War about his work on 'Austrian Refugees in the British Army' during the Nazi regime at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London. Read more and register 👇 www.acflondon.org/events/talk-...

Splendid to speak at Radley College on Sunday. Great hospitality, great questions, great team. Thanks so much. “Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties” is now on sale geni.us/LessonsinDip... #book #books #booktok #lessonsindiplomacy #international #diplomats #diplomacy #diplomacybooks

After first crossing paths with @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social while he was still UK ambassador in Vienna and I was writing about his predecessor in the 1930s for my PhD, it was so good to have him at Radley to speak with our students last night. Check out his new memoir, 'Lessons in Diplomacy'!

'The crisis of our time is happening not only before our eyes, but in our minds.' Chris Clark (@camhistory.bsky.social) gives the keynote address on behalf of @bundespraesident.at marking today's 80th anniversary of the declaration of Austrian independence. www.bundespraesident.at/aktuelles/de...

Festrede von Sir Christopher Clark - Unsichere Zeiten

"Die Krise unserer Zeit passiert nicht nur vor unseren Augen, sondern in unseren Köpfen."

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'On Tyranny' by @timothysnyder.bsky.social changed my life when I read it as a History graduate student. I've since read and discussed it each year with my own students. It awakens you and stirs you into action. What's the use of studying History? This.👇 snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Incredibly exciting news out of @bmeia.gv.at! A new research project investigating members of the Austrian Foreign Ministry during the Nazi era, 1938-45, and after. Did they resist, or take up a Nazi commission? Were they persecuted, or persecutors? www.bmeia.gv.at/ministerium/...

The Anglo-Austrian Society's Angela Krosik Award for Doctoral Study (up to £10,000 for a UK- or Austria-based PhD student) might be of interest to @lbg.ac.at, @univie.ac.at, @ghilondon.bsky.social, @germanhistsoc.bsky.social, @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social angloaustrian.org.uk/the-angela-k...

The Angela Krosik Award | Anglo Austrian Society

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My review of 'Sir Orme Sargent and British Policy towards Europe, 1926-1949' by Adam Richardson ( @routledgehistory.bsky.social ) was published by MBHjournal.bsky.social. @mybisa.bsky.social

Modern British History Journal (@mbhjournal.bsky.social)

https://academic.oup.com/tcbh Modern British History publishes peer reviewed work in modern British history. We skeet our articles, reviews, and the latest British history news. Formerly 'Twentieth C...

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