Dave Stowe
@davidstowe1919.bsky.social
Independent Researcher and Historian. Interests: Civilian Internment, Crime, Urban History, Interwar Years. TV & Film. Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Previously https://x.com/InternierungWWI
Previously https://x.com/InternierungWWI
Lest We Forget www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0q... "The corner of northern France that is forever Yorkshire". This is a piece I did for ITN News with John Irvine in 2016.
(with special thanks also to @profalisonsfell.bsky.social and Legacies of War at the University of Leeds ) #Fricourt
(with special thanks also to @profalisonsfell.bsky.social and Legacies of War at the University of Leeds ) #Fricourt
The corner of northern France that is forever Yorkshire
YouTube video by ITV News
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November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Lest We Forget www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0q... "The corner of northern France that is forever Yorkshire". This is a piece I did for ITN News with John Irvine in 2016.
(with special thanks also to @profalisonsfell.bsky.social and Legacies of War at the University of Leeds ) #Fricourt
(with special thanks also to @profalisonsfell.bsky.social and Legacies of War at the University of Leeds ) #Fricourt
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 08,1945
November 08,1945
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 08,1945
November 08,1945
I've set a couple of hours aside this afternoon to watch Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch (1974). I like this type of documentary-style cinema where the plotline and characters are given time to develop.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3s...
Edvard Munch (1974) Peter Watkins - Türkçe Altyazılı - English, Français, Español Subtitles
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November 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've set a couple of hours aside this afternoon to watch Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch (1974). I like this type of documentary-style cinema where the plotline and characters are given time to develop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3s...
One for the Christmas stocking - if available in Oz! @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
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Cat On The Road To Findout by Yusuf/Cat Stevens | Waterstones
Buy Cat On The Road To Findout by Yusuf/Cat Stevens from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
One for the Christmas stocking - if available in Oz! @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
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www.waterstones.com/book/cat-on-...
Bonfire Night when I was younger (w/out wanting to sound too nostalgic) was mostly about pie and peas, jacket potatoes, and parkin. It was also a community event, involving 'chumping' (collecting firewood) or 'raiding' the rivals' stockpile, and then getting together to make the biggest bonfire.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bonfire Night when I was younger (w/out wanting to sound too nostalgic) was mostly about pie and peas, jacket potatoes, and parkin. It was also a community event, involving 'chumping' (collecting firewood) or 'raiding' the rivals' stockpile, and then getting together to make the biggest bonfire.
Delfshaven - one year ago today! #Netherlands
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delfshaven - one year ago today! #Netherlands
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We’re deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Elspeth King — a dear friend and great supporter of Alasdair Gray. 💛
Link in bio to read Gray’s piece on King for Workers City.
Link in bio to read Gray’s piece on King for Workers City.
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We’re deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Elspeth King — a dear friend and great supporter of Alasdair Gray. 💛
Link in bio to read Gray’s piece on King for Workers City.
Link in bio to read Gray’s piece on King for Workers City.
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Dutch history, mythical creatures, Radbod and Bluey?! It's like this post was written for me personally!
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www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/mythica...
Mythical beasts of the Netherlands
I have to admit it: I know very little about the Netherlands. I’ve had a few very brief stopovers in Amsterdam – which I suspect, like any capital city, bears almost no relation to the country it supp...
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June 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Dutch history, mythical creatures, Radbod and Bluey?! It's like this post was written for me personally!
www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/mythica...
www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/mythica...
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So pleased to get my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War". @HurstPublishers publishers have done a wonderful job in producing it.
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
So pleased to get my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War". @HurstPublishers publishers have done a wonderful job in producing it.
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc
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“In Peter Watkins’s world, no amount of time can bury the cry for freedom.”
Rest in power Peter Watkins, socialist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Rest in power Peter Watkins, socialist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“In Peter Watkins’s world, no amount of time can bury the cry for freedom.”
Rest in power Peter Watkins, socialist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Rest in power Peter Watkins, socialist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Happy Halloween - a perfect tune for the approaching All Hallows' Eve!
[Wold Newton Triangle - The powers of parkin and the cake-eating dragon of Filey is one of my favourite legends.]
[Wold Newton Triangle - The powers of parkin and the cake-eating dragon of Filey is one of my favourite legends.]
Happy Halloween! If you fancy a spooky tune to go with it, check out our version of the traditional tune O Death. Recorded in one dark evening in the Wold Newton Triangle (look it up!).
We hope you like it! theoldcrowroad.bandcamp.com/music
#folk #halloween #traditionalmusic #folkmusic
We hope you like it! theoldcrowroad.bandcamp.com/music
#folk #halloween #traditionalmusic #folkmusic
The Old Crow Road
The Old Crow Road formed in the summer of 2024 and soon became regulars at various folk and acoustic nights on the east coast of Yorkshire.
The band take traditional British folk (and occasionally a ...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Happy Halloween - a perfect tune for the approaching All Hallows' Eve!
[Wold Newton Triangle - The powers of parkin and the cake-eating dragon of Filey is one of my favourite legends.]
[Wold Newton Triangle - The powers of parkin and the cake-eating dragon of Filey is one of my favourite legends.]
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Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
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The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
29 October 1914 – Through the Evening and Night
As the Rohilla steamed down the east coast, the fierce storm increased in severity. With wartime blackouts hiding every coastal and ship’s light, the captain was forced to navigate by dead reckoning guessing his 1/2
29 October 1914 – Through the Evening and Night
As the Rohilla steamed down the east coast, the fierce storm increased in severity. With wartime blackouts hiding every coastal and ship’s light, the captain was forced to navigate by dead reckoning guessing his 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
29 October 1914 – Through the Evening and Night
As the Rohilla steamed down the east coast, the fierce storm increased in severity. With wartime blackouts hiding every coastal and ship’s light, the captain was forced to navigate by dead reckoning guessing his 1/2
29 October 1914 – Through the Evening and Night
As the Rohilla steamed down the east coast, the fierce storm increased in severity. With wartime blackouts hiding every coastal and ship’s light, the captain was forced to navigate by dead reckoning guessing his 1/2
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#NationalGeographic has named #Hull, #England, one of the top 25 destinations in the world for 2026, thanks in part to the city's embrace of its rich #MaritimeHistory. Hull is in the midst of a massive restoration of several sites, including a maritime museum and the 1927 Spurn #Lightship.
National Geographic names Hull one of the top 25 places to visit in the world — The Hull Story
By Rick Lyon , Co-Editor Hull has been named one of the Top 25 global destinations to visit in 2026 by National Geographic , in its prestigious Best of the World list. The city joins an elit...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#NationalGeographic has named #Hull, #England, one of the top 25 destinations in the world for 2026, thanks in part to the city's embrace of its rich #MaritimeHistory. Hull is in the midst of a massive restoration of several sites, including a maritime museum and the 1927 Spurn #Lightship.
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Remembering the superlative writer and editor Keith Roberts, who was born on this day 1935.
A fitting day therefore to be embarking on his 1968 book ‘Pavane’, which many still regard as not only his masterpiece but also one of the genre’s finest ‘alternative history’ novels.
A fitting day therefore to be embarking on his 1968 book ‘Pavane’, which many still regard as not only his masterpiece but also one of the genre’s finest ‘alternative history’ novels.
September 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Remembering the superlative writer and editor Keith Roberts, who was born on this day 1935.
A fitting day therefore to be embarking on his 1968 book ‘Pavane’, which many still regard as not only his masterpiece but also one of the genre’s finest ‘alternative history’ novels.
A fitting day therefore to be embarking on his 1968 book ‘Pavane’, which many still regard as not only his masterpiece but also one of the genre’s finest ‘alternative history’ novels.
Early rise & watching Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) on Talking Pictures. It's left me thinking that the dressing gown and cravat plays an impt part in the studio wardrobe in this period. Bulldog Drummond stands out in that he's wearing a stud collar and dickie bow for the night scenes.
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Early rise & watching Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) on Talking Pictures. It's left me thinking that the dressing gown and cravat plays an impt part in the studio wardrobe in this period. Bulldog Drummond stands out in that he's wearing a stud collar and dickie bow for the night scenes.
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‘After the war, a group of French engineers suggested dropping fifteen hydrogen bombs on Tunisia in order to clear a waterway to the newly discovered oil reserves of southern Algeria.’
Oliver Cussen on the ecological dynamics of imperialism.
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Oliver Cussen on the ecological dynamics of imperialism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Oliver Cussen · Fish in the Wrong Place: Aquatic Colonialism
The environmental history of European empire doesn’t end with decolonisation. The quasi-colonial schemes of the Green...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
‘After the war, a group of French engineers suggested dropping fifteen hydrogen bombs on Tunisia in order to clear a waterway to the newly discovered oil reserves of southern Algeria.’
Oliver Cussen on the ecological dynamics of imperialism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Oliver Cussen on the ecological dynamics of imperialism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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If you're looking for the short on my new article, Dr Tom Almeroth-Williams has made it easy for you! 👇👇
The 'slums' of Victorian Manchester actually housed wealthy doctors and engineers, mixed in with poor weavers, a @camhistory.bsky.social study shows.
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social historian @emvchung.bsky.social surprise discovery undermines major assumptions about the city: bit.ly/3WLt3dl #history
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social historian @emvchung.bsky.social surprise discovery undermines major assumptions about the city: bit.ly/3WLt3dl #history
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you're looking for the short on my new article, Dr Tom Almeroth-Williams has made it easy for you! 👇👇
Waterstones was a rather disorienting experience this morning. Exit lift, turn left now instead of straight ahead or right for History. Totally threw me. I couldn't work out the different sections or periodisation, or the alphabetical arrangement of historians/authors. I'll try again at the weekend.
a black and white photo of a fluffy cat with a mustache looking at the camera .
Alt: A black and white photo of a fluffy cat with a mustache looking at the camera .
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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Waterstones was a rather disorienting experience this morning. Exit lift, turn left now instead of straight ahead or right for History. Totally threw me. I couldn't work out the different sections or periodisation, or the alphabetical arrangement of historians/authors. I'll try again at the weekend.
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For The @newstatesman.com, I wrote about the greatest modern Italian novel (newly adapted by Netflix): The Leopard, but the essay is also about living in a time of change, where novels come from, and how to be the last of one's kind www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The Leopard and the ruins of history
Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times.
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March 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For The @newstatesman.com, I wrote about the greatest modern Italian novel (newly adapted by Netflix): The Leopard, but the essay is also about living in a time of change, where novels come from, and how to be the last of one's kind www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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Thanks for sharing, @illuminations.bsky.social 😊
A glorious CST post from @helenwheatley.bsky.social about unwritten projects for research at the BBC WAC, and the devastating impact the recent restrictions will inflict.
Do read - and add your own future projects needing independent access for exploratory research.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
Do read - and add your own future projects needing independent access for exploratory research.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
Defending the WAC: All the things I haven’t (yet) written by Helen Wheatley
People following the last few weeks of the Critical Studies in Television blog will have seen my brilliant colleagues discussing the essential work that they have been able to do thanks to the…
cstonline.net
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Thanks for sharing, @illuminations.bsky.social 😊
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In Vol 46 (2021) we published Ben Braber and Natalie Braber, 'From Tangier to Locarno: The Experience of War in Nottingham and Language Use in Local Newspapers, 1905-1925'.
Read the full article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#history #nottingham #openaccess #published
Read the full article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#history #nottingham #openaccess #published
From Tangier to Locarno: The Experience of War in Nottingham and Language Use in Local Newspapers, 1905-1925
This article applies a historical linguistic approach to compare specific word choice before, during and after the First World War in a sample of UK newspapers and two Nottingham papers. It finds t...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In Vol 46 (2021) we published Ben Braber and Natalie Braber, 'From Tangier to Locarno: The Experience of War in Nottingham and Language Use in Local Newspapers, 1905-1925'.
Read the full article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#history #nottingham #openaccess #published
Read the full article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#history #nottingham #openaccess #published
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I just love this video. It reminds me of the farm set I had as a child.
Greetings and good morning it’s the Sunday farm rush hour with Letty-Lou, Mo, George & Kate
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I just love this video. It reminds me of the farm set I had as a child.