XanthH
@xanthh.bsky.social
#NOWAR! Scottish-German painter, writer, gardener, actor, photographer and family historian. Editor of German language online lexicon on nuclear weapons, "Atomwaffen A-Z". Living in Berlin, often in Greece.
Hey, have I mixed the time up for #AncestryHour?
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hey, have I mixed the time up for #AncestryHour?
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Die IPPNW wünscht Euch friedliche und frohe Weihnachtsfeiertage!
Bildmotiv „Friedenstaube“ von Xanthe Hall (2025)
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Bildmotiv „Friedenstaube“ von Xanthe Hall (2025)
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December 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Die IPPNW wünscht Euch friedliche und frohe Weihnachtsfeiertage!
Bildmotiv „Friedenstaube“ von Xanthe Hall (2025)
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Bildmotiv „Friedenstaube“ von Xanthe Hall (2025)
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Only a couple of days to Christmas, and I have been thinking about the Christmas Truce in 1914 on the Western Front. What happens when you fraternise with the enemy or you discover that he isn’t bad, but just following orders?
#genealogy #ww1
#genealogy #ww1
Duncan – Prisoner of War
Part 2 of "The Blenkiron Brothers"
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December 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Only a couple of days to Christmas, and I have been thinking about the Christmas Truce in 1914 on the Western Front. What happens when you fraternise with the enemy or you discover that he isn’t bad, but just following orders?
#genealogy #ww1
#genealogy #ww1
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Vor 40 Jahren erhielt die IPPNW den #Friedensnobelpreis in Oslo. Der sowjetische Kardiologe und IPPNW-Mitbegründer Jewgeni Tschasow erinnerte an die Worte von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "Warum sollten wir uns gegenseitig hassen?" ippnw.de/bit/fnp
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Vor 40 Jahren erhielt die IPPNW den #Friedensnobelpreis in Oslo. Der sowjetische Kardiologe und IPPNW-Mitbegründer Jewgeni Tschasow erinnerte an die Worte von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "Warum sollten wir uns gegenseitig hassen?" ippnw.de/bit/fnp
This is the story of my grand-uncle Harold Arthur Blenkiron who was wounded at the Somme and ended up on the streets, selling matches.
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#genealogy #ww1 #familyhistory
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#genealogy #ww1 #familyhistory
Harold, the ex-soldier who sold matches
Part 1: The Blenkiron Brothers
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December 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is the story of my grand-uncle Harold Arthur Blenkiron who was wounded at the Somme and ended up on the streets, selling matches.
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#genealogy #ww1 #familyhistory
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#genealogy #ww1 #familyhistory
Read my series about the Blenkiron Brothers. 4 brothers who already suffered from their parents’ difficult marriage and divorce, before they left to fight in the trenches and skies of World War I, coming out the other side damaged in different ways.
open.substack.com/pub/xanthh/p...
#genealogy
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#genealogy
The Blenkiron Brothers
Introduction
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December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Read my series about the Blenkiron Brothers. 4 brothers who already suffered from their parents’ difficult marriage and divorce, before they left to fight in the trenches and skies of World War I, coming out the other side damaged in different ways.
open.substack.com/pub/xanthh/p...
#genealogy
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#genealogy
This is a good one: the 1921 census has a note on it saying that my great-grandfather was trading under another name as a herbalist. He and his wife were also in the electoral register as Duncan Stuart and Ada Fordyce, although their name was Blenkiron.
#genealogy #FAN
#genealogy #FAN
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This is a good one: the 1921 census has a note on it saying that my great-grandfather was trading under another name as a herbalist. He and his wife were also in the electoral register as Duncan Stuart and Ada Fordyce, although their name was Blenkiron.
#genealogy #FAN
#genealogy #FAN
Heads up! I'll be telling the story of "Uncle Len, Wife-Killer" on 8 Jan 2026 on "Speaker's Corner". Just going through all the facts again to prepare.
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#genealogy #familyhistory #murder
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#genealogy #familyhistory #murder
Speakers’ Corner: Tragedy Strikes Families in England and the US with Xanthe Hall and Marian Beaman
(2026) Thu 8 Jan, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM [PST]: Two stories about family surprises. Join us for our first 2026 episode for Projectkin’s Speakers’ Corner series hosted by Jennifer Jones. This series seeks...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Heads up! I'll be telling the story of "Uncle Len, Wife-Killer" on 8 Jan 2026 on "Speaker's Corner". Just going through all the facts again to prepare.
tockify.com/eventscalend...
#genealogy #familyhistory #murder
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#genealogy #familyhistory #murder
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Workshop, Berlin, 10.12.: Im Klinikalltag sind wir immer wieder mit belastenden Situationen konfrontiert – wie etwa Abschiebeversuchen. Im Workshop klären wir über die Rechte, Pflichten und Möglichkeiten von Mitarbeiter*innen auf – für alle, die jetzt oder zukünftig im Gesundheitswesen arbeiten.
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Workshop, Berlin, 10.12.: Im Klinikalltag sind wir immer wieder mit belastenden Situationen konfrontiert – wie etwa Abschiebeversuchen. Im Workshop klären wir über die Rechte, Pflichten und Möglichkeiten von Mitarbeiter*innen auf – für alle, die jetzt oder zukünftig im Gesundheitswesen arbeiten.
How reliable is a 12cM DNA match? If it is correct, it would make my family tree implode, giving me a new great-grandfather. Who can help me with strategies to confirm?
#genealogy #dna #familyhistory
#genealogy #dna #familyhistory
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
How reliable is a 12cM DNA match? If it is correct, it would make my family tree implode, giving me a new great-grandfather. Who can help me with strategies to confirm?
#genealogy #dna #familyhistory
#genealogy #dna #familyhistory
Just discovered: My great-uncle Duncan Blenkiron was a Lieutenant in the 18th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment that fought in WW1 at the Somme. On 29 Jan 1916 he was captured at Frise near Vaux in France and was a POW till October 2018.
#genealogy
#genealogy
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just discovered: My great-uncle Duncan Blenkiron was a Lieutenant in the 18th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment that fought in WW1 at the Somme. On 29 Jan 1916 he was captured at Frise near Vaux in France and was a POW till October 2018.
#genealogy
#genealogy
My Great-Uncle Alfred Victor "Tony" Blenkiron was an ace pilot in WW1. But he also got into all sorts of trouble. At 23, after the war was over, he took his own life.
Here is his Wikitree profile:
www.wikitree.com/index.php?ti...
#familyhistory #genealogy
Here is his Wikitree profile:
www.wikitree.com/index.php?ti...
#familyhistory #genealogy
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My Great-Uncle Alfred Victor "Tony" Blenkiron was an ace pilot in WW1. But he also got into all sorts of trouble. At 23, after the war was over, he took his own life.
Here is his Wikitree profile:
www.wikitree.com/index.php?ti...
#familyhistory #genealogy
Here is his Wikitree profile:
www.wikitree.com/index.php?ti...
#familyhistory #genealogy
I've been working on my grandfather's story and created a Wikitree profile. Served in two World Wars, worked for Burmah Shell in India and for the oil branch of the Foreign Office in Germany. Not my favourite relative...
www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blenkir...
#genealogy
www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blenkir...
#genealogy
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I've been working on my grandfather's story and created a Wikitree profile. Served in two World Wars, worked for Burmah Shell in India and for the oil branch of the Foreign Office in Germany. Not my favourite relative...
www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blenkir...
#genealogy
www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blenkir...
#genealogy
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BBC Name New Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
BBC Name New Director General
"It's always been quite hard to know - to pinpoint, let's say - where one's unique story really begins. Does it really start at the moment of birth, or wit those that came before? Instilling, distilling, in one's veins the lived life, the unloved life, the regrets, the joys...
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"It's always been quite hard to know - to pinpoint, let's say - where one's unique story really begins. Does it really start at the moment of birth, or wit those that came before? Instilling, distilling, in one's veins the lived life, the unloved life, the regrets, the joys...
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Die Vorbereitungen für das IPPNW-Studierendentreffen dieses Wochenende in #Berlin laufen auf Hochtouren! Themen sind u.a.: Militarisierung des Gesundheitswesens •
Medical Peace Work • Ein neuer nuklearer Rüstungswettlauf. Was machen wir jetzt? www.ippnw.de/der-verein/s... #Frieden #Gesundheit
Medical Peace Work • Ein neuer nuklearer Rüstungswettlauf. Was machen wir jetzt? www.ippnw.de/der-verein/s... #Frieden #Gesundheit
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Die Vorbereitungen für das IPPNW-Studierendentreffen dieses Wochenende in #Berlin laufen auf Hochtouren! Themen sind u.a.: Militarisierung des Gesundheitswesens •
Medical Peace Work • Ein neuer nuklearer Rüstungswettlauf. Was machen wir jetzt? www.ippnw.de/der-verein/s... #Frieden #Gesundheit
Medical Peace Work • Ein neuer nuklearer Rüstungswettlauf. Was machen wir jetzt? www.ippnw.de/der-verein/s... #Frieden #Gesundheit
Douglas Fell was a civil servant in India after studying at Oxford. He belongs to my family's FAN, as he “gave away” my mother at my parents’ wedding. My maternal grandparents were divorcing at the time and it was impossible to agree on who to invite.
#genealogy #fan #familyhistory
#genealogy #fan #familyhistory
Douglas Yates Fell (1910-1982) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Douglas Fell born 1910 Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom died 1982 Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom including ancestors + children +...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Douglas Fell was a civil servant in India after studying at Oxford. He belongs to my family's FAN, as he “gave away” my mother at my parents’ wedding. My maternal grandparents were divorcing at the time and it was impossible to agree on who to invite.
#genealogy #fan #familyhistory
#genealogy #fan #familyhistory
Walter and Marion were two special people. Last week they both died. Two very different experiences. Both important to me.
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The Dying Light
Two wonderful people died this week.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Walter and Marion were two special people. Last week they both died. Two very different experiences. Both important to me.
open.substack.com/pub/xanthh/p...
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Rüstungskontrolle statt nuklearer Macho-Rhetorik!
Die IPPNW verurteilt die Ankündigung neuer Atomtests durch US-Präsident Donald #Trump. Sie fordert die Bundesregierung auf, diese Äußerung scharf zu kritisieren: www.ippnw.de/presse/artik...
#Atomtest #nuclearban
Die IPPNW verurteilt die Ankündigung neuer Atomtests durch US-Präsident Donald #Trump. Sie fordert die Bundesregierung auf, diese Äußerung scharf zu kritisieren: www.ippnw.de/presse/artik...
#Atomtest #nuclearban
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Rüstungskontrolle statt nuklearer Macho-Rhetorik!
Die IPPNW verurteilt die Ankündigung neuer Atomtests durch US-Präsident Donald #Trump. Sie fordert die Bundesregierung auf, diese Äußerung scharf zu kritisieren: www.ippnw.de/presse/artik...
#Atomtest #nuclearban
Die IPPNW verurteilt die Ankündigung neuer Atomtests durch US-Präsident Donald #Trump. Sie fordert die Bundesregierung auf, diese Äußerung scharf zu kritisieren: www.ippnw.de/presse/artik...
#Atomtest #nuclearban
I reached my reading goal for 2025 this year with Donal Ryan's brilliant and prize-winning book "Heart, Be at Peace".
Next year the goal will be higher.
💚📚
Next year the goal will be higher.
💚📚
Heart, Be at Peace
‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-y…
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October 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I reached my reading goal for 2025 this year with Donal Ryan's brilliant and prize-winning book "Heart, Be at Peace".
Next year the goal will be higher.
💚📚
Next year the goal will be higher.
💚📚
We need to wake up fast, as the world careers towards disaster. We should look at how much energy increase the use of AI is causing. And: we need to cut back on military energy consumption. Here in Greece renewables are surging but NATO fighter jets flying constantly overhead 🙄
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
share of coal in electricity generation dropped as #renewables surged, but general increase in power demand meant that more coal was used overall - world is moving too slowly on improving energy efficiency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
share of coal in electricity generation dropped as #renewables surged, but general increase in power demand meant that more coal was used overall - world is moving too slowly on improving energy efficiency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
We need to wake up fast, as the world careers towards disaster. We should look at how much energy increase the use of AI is causing. And: we need to cut back on military energy consumption. Here in Greece renewables are surging but NATO fighter jets flying constantly overhead 🙄