Simon Jones
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Writes about the First World War. FRHistS. Late museum curator. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
I've been researching the journalist Dorothy Lawrence for many years but have only now been able to fill the key gaps in her story. Hopefully soon I will be sharing the details with the wider world.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I've been researching the journalist Dorothy Lawrence for many years but have only now been able to fill the key gaps in her story. Hopefully soon I will be sharing the details with the wider world.
Liverpool this evening.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Liverpool this evening.
I'm due to be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7.45am tomorrow, 11th November, to talk about the life and work of the journalist Dorothy Lawrence.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm due to be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7.45am tomorrow, 11th November, to talk about the life and work of the journalist Dorothy Lawrence.
Liverpool said thank you to Simon Rattle this evening...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Liverpool said thank you to Simon Rattle this evening...
North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
North of Liverpool is a two-mile stretch of beach where rubble from the bombing during the Second World War was dumped.
My third attempt to post a photo of Anthony Gormley's Another Place that doesn't get blocked by BS's sexual content filter!
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My third attempt to post a photo of Anthony Gormley's Another Place that doesn't get blocked by BS's sexual content filter!
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Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
The mystery of coffee in a glass.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The mystery of coffee in a glass.
Liverpool Cenotaph.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Liverpool Cenotaph.
This is amazing. The Imperial War Museum before it was a museum.
#RemembranceSunday
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
Wounded Soldiers' Day, 1916
A summer garden party for wounded soldiers filmed for Bethlem Hospital by Mr Pearce of the Essenay Company (ref. WSD-01).
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November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is amazing. The Imperial War Museum before it was a museum.
Sunrise over the Mersey this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Sunrise over the Mersey this morning.
The 11am silence on Armistice Day, London, 11th November 1925.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The 11am silence on Armistice Day, London, 11th November 1925.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Patched leather waistcoat worn by the anti-submarine commander Captain Johnnie Walker, seen in the Western Approaches Museum and on his statue at Liverpool Pier Head.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Patched leather waistcoat worn by the anti-submarine commander Captain Johnnie Walker, seen in the Western Approaches Museum and on his statue at Liverpool Pier Head.
Oriel Chambers by Peter Ellis, 1864, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of the most remarkable buildings of its date in Europe'.
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Oriel Chambers by Peter Ellis, 1864, described by Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of the most remarkable buildings of its date in Europe'.
Waiting by Judy Boyt, the memorial to the working horses of Liverpool, is one of my favourites.
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Waiting by Judy Boyt, the memorial to the working horses of Liverpool, is one of my favourites.
I'm currently experiencing massive and emotional nostalgia for my old home city.
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm currently experiencing massive and emotional nostalgia for my old home city.
I have to admit to being a little disappointed after seeing David Olusoga at the Liverpool Phil last night. The latter part relies entirely on Ellis's 50-year-old polemic The Social History of the Machine Gun, giving a very lazy and uninformed presentation about the weapon during the 1stWW.
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I have to admit to being a little disappointed after seeing David Olusoga at the Liverpool Phil last night. The latter part relies entirely on Ellis's 50-year-old polemic The Social History of the Machine Gun, giving a very lazy and uninformed presentation about the weapon during the 1stWW.
I've been revisiting this from 1975 in advance of seeing David Olusoga's A Gun Through Time tonight in Liverpool. Ellis's book is catastrophically dated in respect of the First World War but DO cites his chapter on the Maxim gun in Africa in The World's War. I'm looking forward to it.
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I've been revisiting this from 1975 in advance of seeing David Olusoga's A Gun Through Time tonight in Liverpool. Ellis's book is catastrophically dated in respect of the First World War but DO cites his chapter on the Maxim gun in Africa in The World's War. I'm looking forward to it.
If I had £10-15k... The copy of Over the Brazier that Robert Graves gave to Siegfried Sassoon on 6th May 1916 is being auctioned in two days' time.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If I had £10-15k... The copy of Over the Brazier that Robert Graves gave to Siegfried Sassoon on 6th May 1916 is being auctioned in two days' time.
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The First World War: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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The First World War: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of Forum Auctions' online sale The Pity of War, The First World War in words and images on November 6 include:Late Lyrics and Earlier by Thomas Hardy
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November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The First World War: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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