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Dr Tessa Dunlop
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Agitator and agitated. Historian. Writer. Talker.
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Dr Tessa Dunlop @tessadunlop.bsky.social · Jan 15
📣📣Monumentally excited that LEST WE FORGET will be published this April with @HarperNorthUK

The human stories and history behind 100 British monuments to war and peace.

bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d…
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Please do join me in Wantage this Saturday evening.
Talking King Alfred among the lexicon of Britain’s Great War leaders.

wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/saturday-1-n...
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Me 🖊️ @the-independent.com on Andrew as a symptom as a far greater royal problem.
Prince Andrew is symptom of a bigger problem with the royal family
Prince Andrew’s fall from grace could barely have been more dramatic, writes Tessa Dunlop. It also raises wider questions about his family’s private wealth and power they must answer to keep the publi...
www.independent.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
To be clear re ANDREW TATE. If a case does not make the criminal court it does not mean that there is no evidence against the accused, but rather that there was not enough evidence for 'proof beyond reasonable doubt; (very rare in rape/sex abuse cases) as i explained on @piersmorgan @PiersUncensored
September 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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historyrage.bsky.social
Did you know many WWII soldiers didn't want more monuments? 🎖️💥
Historian @tessadunlop.bsky.social rages against the myth of remembrance for Gloucester History Festival

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/30c0ca
🎟️ See her live, Tues 16 Sept: www.gloucesterhistor...

#WWII #History
August 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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historyrage.bsky.social
🚨Festival Special 🚨 Who gets remembered — and who stays silent? 🗿✨ @tessadunlop.bsky.social explores the hidden voices behind our monuments. 🎙️

🎙️ Listen here: pod.fo/e/30c0ca

See Tessa speak at Gloucester History Festival, Tues 16th Sep
🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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historyrage.bsky.social
🔥 HUGE thanks to @tessadunlop.bsky.social for kicking off my Gloucester History Festival specials! She dropped by Rage Towers to rage about 🏛️ commemoration, 🗿 monuments & the wars we choose to remember ⚔️.
Out 7th Aug! 🎙️✨
#History #Podcast #TessaDunlop
July 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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amytalkspodcast.bsky.social
Thankfully I’m feeling much better this week, and indulging in some new shows 🙌🏻 but of course I’ve also got my regular faves on there 😄 have a great weekend all, and enjoy the sunshine ☀️ #followfriday

@tessadunlop.bsky.social @iaindale.bsky.social @48hourscbs.bsky.social @wonderymedia.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Thank you. I feel seen. A ‘monument’ of a post!
@jennifergilmour.bsky.social
jennifergilmour.bsky.social Jennifer Gilmour @jennifergilmour.bsky.social · Jun 28
“Lest we forget” by DrTessDunlop very,very interesting.
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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billy-in-philly.bsky.social
@tessadunlop.bsky.social Brilliant historical article! Came to understand the significance of these women in “The Imitation Game“ film. Thank you so much for this piece. apple.news/ACbF1Sn6LQ5G...
The women who cracked Nazi codes: why the female cryptanalysts of Bletchley Park should never be forgotten — BBC History Magazine
Betty Webb and the female codebreakers of Bletchley Park Historian Tessa Dunlop shines a light on the secret and undervalued work of the women of Bletchley Park, without whom the codebreaking successe...
apple.news
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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nickhewitt4.bsky.social
Nice to see @tessadunlop.bsky.social ‘s fab new book War and Peace in Exeter Waterstones today. If you’re interested in how war memorials can tell us about our national story this one’s for you, great job Tess ❤️
June 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
This week @iaindale.bsky.social and I discuss the riots in Ballymena and the Roma.
Wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
June 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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amytalkspodcast.bsky.social
I’ve been wiped out with a cold this week 🤧 but happy to share my #FollowFriday, the shows that got me through 🙌🏻🎧

@iaindale.bsky.social @tessadunlop.bsky.social @wonderymedia.bsky.social @afuahirsch.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @48hourscbs.bsky.social

#podcasts #podcastrecommendation
June 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Extraordinary I have to write this.

The Roma are human too.
The Roma have rights too.
The Roma have been persecuted for centuries.
The Roma were the last enslaved people in Europe.
The Roma are last whipping boy IN Europe - on BBC this lunchtime people being openly discriminatory.

STOP
June 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Calling Bath! This Thursday 6.30pm @waterstonesbath
@britwarmemorial.bsky.social @harpernorth.bsky.social

www.waterstones.com/events/lest-...
June 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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histfest.bsky.social
Chester Storyhouse to host talk on war and commemoration - @tessadunlop.bsky.social on her upcoming event!

www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2522060...
War, commemoration and Bevin Boys for Chester Storyhouse talk
CHESTER Storyhouse will host a talk about war and commemoration next week as part of HistFest and the literature festival.
www.chesterstandard.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Dear Bath and Bristol please come and join me 12 June 6.30pm to discuss the West Country’s incredible monuments and statues to war! #lestweforget
❤️⬇️ @waterstonesbath.bsky.social
waterstones.com/events/lest-we…
June 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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jonathanfoyle.bsky.social
Last week’s entertainment on The Royal Beat with @trueroyaltytv @lovemondaytv discussing the new book ‘Lest We Forget’ by @tessadunlop.bsky.social - ranging discussion of royal monuments and memorials including Elizabeth II -should be out today. Enjoyed it. play.trueroyalty.tv/the-royal-be...
May 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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histfest.bsky.social
We’re really looking forward to hosting Phil Robinson and @tessadunlop.bsky.social at Storyhouse, Chester, next Wednesday! www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2520710...
Chester Storyhouse to host 'Bevin Boy' Phil Robinson in talk next week
A FORMER Wirral man who was a 'Bevin Boy' during the Second World War, forced to work down coal mines, will tell his story at Chester's Storyhouse…
www.chesterstandard.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Charles’s historic stopover, he was careful not only to embolden his own country’s sovereignty but also to underscore the “vitality of our constitutional monarchy…’ Small wonder Charles made the effort to cross the Atlantic.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/r...
Charles is following an important tradition – keeping Canada out of America’s hands
As Donald Trump rants about a 51st state, the King’s successful visit to Ottawa has reminded the world that he is Canada’s monarch – and no amount of posturing by the US president can erase that royal...
www.independent.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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jondepeyer.bsky.social
@tessadunlop.bsky.social's 'Lest We Forget: War and Peace in 100 British Monuments' is so good on the contested nature of memorials and memorialisation.

www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Protecting Churchill is to miss the point, writes Tessa Dunlop
It will soon become a criminal offence to climb on Winston Churchill’s outsized statue.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
I discuss BBC ‘bias’ on our latest pod with @iaindale.bsky.social
#wherepoliticsmeetshistory

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
May 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Blown away by lovely generous review in @AspectsHistory for #LestWeForget

‘A brilliant book’

‘An intimitate approach to national Monuments’

Thank you @nicolacornick very generous. 🙏

Signed copies available @foxlanebooks aspectsofhistory.com/book_reviews...
Lest We Forget, by Tessa Dunlop - Aspects of History
Lest We Forget, by Tessa Dunlop, by Nicola Cornick. Lest We Forget examines not only memorials to individuals and conflicts, but also the
aspectsofhistory.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Why does the BBC keep framing a Youth mobility scheme as a ‘loss’ for Britain?

As usual in hoc to the tabloid press - which no longer speak for the majority of Britons 👏👏👏👏
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
tessadunlop.bsky.social
Românian exit poll 54.9% Nicușor (centrist)
45.1% Simion ( far right)

But that does not include the large diapsora vote. More likely to be in favour of Simion.

Good luck Romania
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May 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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jmcn.bsky.social
From @foxlanebooks.bsky.social and @tessadunlop.bsky.social. A lovely signed copy. #histbookchat
May 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM