Brian Williams
@briw74.bsky.social
Author of 'Fall From Glory' a life of Marshal Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of the Brave.
As well as random thoughts on policing, politics, Westerns, war films, and history.
As well as random thoughts on policing, politics, Westerns, war films, and history.
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Brian Williams
@briw74.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Interested in the Napoleonic Wars? My book 'Fall From Glory' is a life of Michel Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of Brave. A brilliant soldier of legendary courage who ended his life in front of a firing squad.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
Nuremberg. About an hour too long.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Nuremberg. About an hour too long.
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The revolution eats its grandad. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The revolution eats its grandad. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Hollywood made a rather moving film The Fighting O'Sullivans about the loss.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
FACT OF THE DAY. 13 November 1942. 5 American brothers (left to right: Joe, Frank, Al, Matt, and George Sullivan) died in the aftermath of the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau by the Japanese Navy. It was the largest loss of life by a single American family serving during WW2.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hollywood made a rather moving film The Fighting O'Sullivans about the loss.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
During the American Civil War Lincoln wrote a letter to a Mrs Bixby of Boston who had lost all her sons in the service of the Union.
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JFC...people obsessed with Hitler's genitalia are SO FUCKING WEIRD.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gone there at all?
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
JFC...people obsessed with Hitler's genitalia are SO FUCKING WEIRD.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
It's also just ...not super helpful. Because hidden JUST below the surface in all these things is an attempt to...explain Hitler.
Or, rather, to explain him in some unique way instead of just seeing him as a normal, awful human.
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Working on a presentation and...JFC, we need to shut down the pulpy "[Thing] of Auschwitz" machine until we can figure out what's going on.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Working on a presentation and...JFC, we need to shut down the pulpy "[Thing] of Auschwitz" machine until we can figure out what's going on.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
These things are just stealing the oxygen of important Holocaust histories.
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PCCs were originally proposed by Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell in 2008's The Plan which you can still buy on Amazon for £3.48 on Kindle.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
PCCs were originally proposed by Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell in 2008's The Plan which you can still buy on Amazon for £3.48 on Kindle.
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My sole Police & Crime Commissioner story: on the day of the first PCC elections in 2012, I met the only Scottish person disappointed they weren’t having them introduced there: the pilot of the Fair Isle plane, who gets paid overtime to fly the ballot box to Lerwick every time there’s an election.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My sole Police & Crime Commissioner story: on the day of the first PCC elections in 2012, I met the only Scottish person disappointed they weren’t having them introduced there: the pilot of the Fair Isle plane, who gets paid overtime to fly the ballot box to Lerwick every time there’s an election.
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@dorsetrachel.bsky.social Can you imagine how old police twitter would have reacted to the abolishing of Police and Crime Commissioner?!
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@dorsetrachel.bsky.social Can you imagine how old police twitter would have reacted to the abolishing of Police and Crime Commissioner?!
Went to see The Choral. Liked it. Now frustrated that a young female character- one of the choir-wasn't credited and I can't find who played her.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Went to see The Choral. Liked it. Now frustrated that a young female character- one of the choir-wasn't credited and I can't find who played her.
I watched The House of Dynamite last night. The depiction of best laid plans failing when faced with reality, of trained professionals breaking down in the face of catastrophe was chillingly believable.
Well cast and well played.
Well cast and well played.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I watched The House of Dynamite last night. The depiction of best laid plans failing when faced with reality, of trained professionals breaking down in the face of catastrophe was chillingly believable.
Well cast and well played.
Well cast and well played.
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NEW VIDEO!
We start our epic 200-year journey through the history of British women in the air with the very earliest days of flight - the age of hot air balloons and gliders.
youtu.be/Rd0ILLtjk84
We start our epic 200-year journey through the history of British women in the air with the very earliest days of flight - the age of hot air balloons and gliders.
youtu.be/Rd0ILLtjk84
Women Who Made Britain Fly: Getting Off the Ground, 1785 - 1900
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NEW VIDEO!
We start our epic 200-year journey through the history of British women in the air with the very earliest days of flight - the age of hot air balloons and gliders.
youtu.be/Rd0ILLtjk84
We start our epic 200-year journey through the history of British women in the air with the very earliest days of flight - the age of hot air balloons and gliders.
youtu.be/Rd0ILLtjk84
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🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
In Part 2 of our 200 year history of British women in the air, we enter the era of powered flight - the world's first airships and aeroplanes - and five pioneering British flying women who have been largely forgotten.
youtu.be/zRlsg0OMI8c
In Part 2 of our 200 year history of British women in the air, we enter the era of powered flight - the world's first airships and aeroplanes - and five pioneering British flying women who have been largely forgotten.
youtu.be/zRlsg0OMI8c
Women Who Made Britain Fly, Part 2: The Aeroplane Age, 1900 - 1919
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨
In Part 2 of our 200 year history of British women in the air, we enter the era of powered flight - the world's first airships and aeroplanes - and five pioneering British flying women who have been largely forgotten.
youtu.be/zRlsg0OMI8c
In Part 2 of our 200 year history of British women in the air, we enter the era of powered flight - the world's first airships and aeroplanes - and five pioneering British flying women who have been largely forgotten.
youtu.be/zRlsg0OMI8c
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🚨🚨NEW VIDEO 🚨🚨
In Part 3 of our aviation series we cover the thrilling era of interwar aviation - the pioneering female pilots of the 1920s and 30s who broke world records through epic endurance flights (and became media sensations).
youtu.be/bA0fJmRevC0
In Part 3 of our aviation series we cover the thrilling era of interwar aviation - the pioneering female pilots of the 1920s and 30s who broke world records through epic endurance flights (and became media sensations).
youtu.be/bA0fJmRevC0
Women Who Made Britain Fly, Part 3: Record Breakers, 1919 - 1945
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🚨🚨NEW VIDEO 🚨🚨
In Part 3 of our aviation series we cover the thrilling era of interwar aviation - the pioneering female pilots of the 1920s and 30s who broke world records through epic endurance flights (and became media sensations).
youtu.be/bA0fJmRevC0
In Part 3 of our aviation series we cover the thrilling era of interwar aviation - the pioneering female pilots of the 1920s and 30s who broke world records through epic endurance flights (and became media sensations).
youtu.be/bA0fJmRevC0
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🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨
In the final episode of our EPIC 4-part series covering the entire 200 year history of British women in the air, we finish by covering 1945 up to the present day - the era of fast jets, supersonic speeds, round-the-world flights and SPACE!
youtu.be/W4m27ygXVe8
In the final episode of our EPIC 4-part series covering the entire 200 year history of British women in the air, we finish by covering 1945 up to the present day - the era of fast jets, supersonic speeds, round-the-world flights and SPACE!
youtu.be/W4m27ygXVe8
Women Who Made Britain Fly, Part 4: Breaking Barriers, 1945 - Present Day
YouTube video by Catherine Warr
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨
In the final episode of our EPIC 4-part series covering the entire 200 year history of British women in the air, we finish by covering 1945 up to the present day - the era of fast jets, supersonic speeds, round-the-world flights and SPACE!
youtu.be/W4m27ygXVe8
In the final episode of our EPIC 4-part series covering the entire 200 year history of British women in the air, we finish by covering 1945 up to the present day - the era of fast jets, supersonic speeds, round-the-world flights and SPACE!
youtu.be/W4m27ygXVe8
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Interested in the Napoleonic Wars? My book 'Fall From Glory' is a life of Michel Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of Brave. A brilliant soldier of legendary courage who ended his life in front of a firing squad.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Interested in the Napoleonic Wars? My book 'Fall From Glory' is a life of Michel Ney, Napoleon's Bravest of Brave. A brilliant soldier of legendary courage who ended his life in front of a firing squad.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
Available on Amazon as a paperback and on kindle.
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Peter Watkins gone. He was a hugely important filmmaker. Best known for The War Game but his 1964 Culloden film still influences way history TV is made today. It’s not perfect but it’s amazing and on YouTube as a good print. Watch it in his honour! youtu.be/-1TZq6DfKKA?...
"Culloden" (1964) Scottish Jacobite Rebellion Classic Docu-Drama
YouTube video by LionHeart FilmWorks
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Peter Watkins gone. He was a hugely important filmmaker. Best known for The War Game but his 1964 Culloden film still influences way history TV is made today. It’s not perfect but it’s amazing and on YouTube as a good print. Watch it in his honour! youtu.be/-1TZq6DfKKA?...
Paris police have arrested what they described as "a key suspect"
October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Paris police have arrested what they described as "a key suspect"
If I was that journalist I would probably take up another occupation.
But wine importer Bill DeBlasio did give the reporter what they wanted to hear
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If I was that journalist I would probably take up another occupation.
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"That's not necessary, Ney. That's not necessary. Brian has written a book about you"
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"That's not necessary, Ney. That's not necessary. Brian has written a book about you"
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"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Coventry South needs a by-election soon
Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence."
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.