For those interested in the Recording Angel memorial behind Andy Burnham's historic selfie, I gave a paper on it @histparl.bsky.social last year 🤣 historyofparliament.com/2025/05/27/t...

Commemoration at #SWW grave of Norwegian sailor, Ingvar Edvardsen, as part of Norway Day, Edinburgh @cwgc.bsky.social

Inspired choice by @mattchorley.bsky.social for @warmovietheatre.com Used to watch the repeats with my Liverpudlian grandfather who was in the Home Guard. He would speak comedically about his own HG experiences in Huyton but I sometimes wonder if he felt obliged to do so.

Robert Hutton@roberthutton.co.uk · 6mo ago

This week's episode of War Movie Theatre is our most popular yet. Join me and Matt Chorley as we discuss why Dad's Army has lasted, why Captain Mainwaring really is a hero, and why Arthur Lowe had a trousers clause in his contract. https://pod.fo/e/37e11d

Before I left London many moons ago, I went to an exhibition of Lucian Freud's 'recent work' at Whitechapel. It seems fitting that now I'm visiting my daughter - in London - that we should see Freud's early drawings 😍

‘Ugolini’s close personal connections with her subject matter shine through the pages….’ Louise Miskell reviews Wendy Ugolini’s Wales in England, 1914-1945. (2024). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

BOOK REVIEW

Published in Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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‘Daly has produced a highly readable, and often poignant, account of those Italian emigrants...' Wendy Ugolini reviews Selena Daly’s Emigrant Soldiers. Mobilising Italians abroad in the First World War (2025). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Book review of emigrant soldiers

Published in Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Delighted to be included in the @thenacbs.bsky.social "30 for 75" list: articles celebrating the contribution of the Journal of British Studies to the field #SWW

Thrilled by this insightful review of 'Wales in England 1914-1945' by Louise Miskell for Immigrants & Minorities journal. It was, indeed, 'a labour of love'! ❤️

Goodbye St Andrews!

This is very much on my PhD reading list - someday soon 🤞

Have received a generous review of my book 'Wales in England 1914-1945' in The Welsh History Review: ✍️ a seminal study ✍️ an essential text which opens up a whole new field of Welsh cultural study Thank you Simon Brooks!

Looking forward to this: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/insti...

Tom Chadwick's 'The Christ Child'. Chadwick was killed at El Alamein in 1942, 2 days after his brother Hector. He'd set out to find Hector's grave when his scout car was hit by shell fire. @CWGC inscription: 'In Their Death They Were Not Divided' © @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

A beautiful piece of writing by @danigaravelli.bsky.social which reminds me that my original fascination with the Second World War began sitting at the feet of various great aunts & uncles visiting my nana's bungalow.

Dani Garavelli@danigaravelli.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm not really starting a substack, I don't think. But 1 of the best things that happened to me this year was being shortlisted for the Anne Brown essay prize. The essay was on my great aunt, her house & her remarkable siblings. You can read it here, if you like. danigaravelli.substack.com/p/lepanto

Many congrats to our wonderful PhD student, Dr Avril Newton, on her formal graduation yesterday. Her excellent thesis focuses on the banking/insurance sector in #FWW Britain.

What do you call a cluster of #SWW historians @thenacbs.bsky.social?

Arrived for @thenacbs.bsky.social at Montreal last night. Looking forward to an exciting few days of papers and my panel with Juliette Pattinson & @linseyrobb.bsky.social #FWW ##SWW

Thanks to Drs George Hay @cwgc.bsky.social & Talat Ahmed @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social for speaking to the CWGC #SWW report, 'Remembering the Dead of the British Empire' at our round table event.

Early morning @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Commemorating the dead of the Second World War – Commonwealth War Graves Commission round table. More information and tickets (free): edin.ac/4pOlSyx #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #SWW #WWII #War #CWGC

My book, 'Wales in England 1914-1945', is available at its lowest price yet: a whacking ✨️65% off✨️. How ideas of Wales and Welshness influenced two generations of English soldiers, writers, and politicians: www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...

A favourite pic from my recent inaugural @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social - with my gorgeous friend and colleague @agroundwater.bsky.social Thanks to everyone who came ❤️

Remembrance #Edinburgh

View from teaching room @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #AutumnLeaves

Thanks to everyone who came long to my inaugural lecture last week @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social : friends, family, and colleagues. It was a wonderful evening!

Reflections from Singapore on the 80th anniversary of when the Imperial Japanese Army formally surrendered to the Allied forces: www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

The island remembering Britain's 'worst disaster'

Britain's surrender of Singapore has long been viewed as a "humiliation". Now, a series of exhibits and tours are revealing how this dark event shaped British and Singaporean identity.

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Move over, Miss Marple.

Delighted to have signed a contract with @edinburghup.bsky.social to produce a scholarly edition of Fred Urquhart’s war-time letters. Urquhart, an accomplished writer, was a lover of men and admirer of flamboyant women. His letters offer a Rabelaisian account of the British #SWW home front.

Slightly belated, but I have a promotion code from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for my book, Wales in England 1914-1945: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

Amazon UK is apparently 'price pulsing' my book. This means some days it is £90, but today it is £31!!! Grab this bargain whilst you can 😁