Alexander Clifford
@alexclifford.bsky.social
Research & write on 30s Britain, Spain, Germany. Britain's Iron Chancellor out now!
Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain, The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor
Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain, The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor
This has got to be one of the worst takes of all time from Badenoch. For one thing, the Roman Empire was very much a state: censuses, public transport, even welfare (free bread for citizens)
More importantly, the assertion that welfare is unchristian is the most unbiblical heresy I’ve ever heard
More importantly, the assertion that welfare is unchristian is the most unbiblical heresy I’ve ever heard
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This has got to be one of the worst takes of all time from Badenoch. For one thing, the Roman Empire was very much a state: censuses, public transport, even welfare (free bread for citizens)
More importantly, the assertion that welfare is unchristian is the most unbiblical heresy I’ve ever heard
More importantly, the assertion that welfare is unchristian is the most unbiblical heresy I’ve ever heard
Post a movie where you're from
My dad is the kid not doing a great job of being an extra next to Michael Caine
My dad is the kid not doing a great job of being an extra next to Michael Caine
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Post a movie where you're from
My dad is the kid not doing a great job of being an extra next to Michael Caine
My dad is the kid not doing a great job of being an extra next to Michael Caine
How it started How it’s going
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How it started How it’s going
White House have confirmed it was written by the Russians - with the ‘help’ of an American real estate entrepreneur
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
White House have confirmed it was written by the Russians - with the ‘help’ of an American real estate entrepreneur
Shot - Chaser
Will definitely appreciate the BBC MoTD Champions League show once the tv coverage disappears to Paramount
Will definitely appreciate the BBC MoTD Champions League show once the tv coverage disappears to Paramount
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Shot - Chaser
Will definitely appreciate the BBC MoTD Champions League show once the tv coverage disappears to Paramount
Will definitely appreciate the BBC MoTD Champions League show once the tv coverage disappears to Paramount
This is so shit
Paramount for the Champions League (except the Tuesday pick game which is on Prime!), Sky for the Europa & Conference Leagues
TNT still with the Saturday lunchtime Premier League game… at least all European football on BT/TNT made sense but it’s not done to make sense
Paramount for the Champions League (except the Tuesday pick game which is on Prime!), Sky for the Europa & Conference Leagues
TNT still with the Saturday lunchtime Premier League game… at least all European football on BT/TNT made sense but it’s not done to make sense
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is so shit
Paramount for the Champions League (except the Tuesday pick game which is on Prime!), Sky for the Europa & Conference Leagues
TNT still with the Saturday lunchtime Premier League game… at least all European football on BT/TNT made sense but it’s not done to make sense
Paramount for the Champions League (except the Tuesday pick game which is on Prime!), Sky for the Europa & Conference Leagues
TNT still with the Saturday lunchtime Premier League game… at least all European football on BT/TNT made sense but it’s not done to make sense
The whole “you get thrown in gaol just for saying you’re against genocide” is very much the left wing equivalent of the right’s “you get thrown in gaol just for saying you’re English”
The info on Palestine Action’s violent Bristol attack was out there when they were proscribed, but many ignored it
The info on Palestine Action’s violent Bristol attack was out there when they were proscribed, but many ignored it
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The whole “you get thrown in gaol just for saying you’re against genocide” is very much the left wing equivalent of the right’s “you get thrown in gaol just for saying you’re English”
The info on Palestine Action’s violent Bristol attack was out there when they were proscribed, but many ignored it
The info on Palestine Action’s violent Bristol attack was out there when they were proscribed, but many ignored it
Bizarre sensation this AM to open a marketing email and find my own book being touted at a massive discount
If you’d like to know how an aging nationalist president with authoritarian leanings can pave the way for fascist dictatorship, this might be of interest tinyurl.com/mr3zwswm #histbookchat 🗃️
If you’d like to know how an aging nationalist president with authoritarian leanings can pave the way for fascist dictatorship, this might be of interest tinyurl.com/mr3zwswm #histbookchat 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Bizarre sensation this AM to open a marketing email and find my own book being touted at a massive discount
If you’d like to know how an aging nationalist president with authoritarian leanings can pave the way for fascist dictatorship, this might be of interest tinyurl.com/mr3zwswm #histbookchat 🗃️
If you’d like to know how an aging nationalist president with authoritarian leanings can pave the way for fascist dictatorship, this might be of interest tinyurl.com/mr3zwswm #histbookchat 🗃️
Home in autumn
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Home in autumn
Felt like I was embarking on an adventure opening this - and the first chapter has not disappointed. Lovely writing, evocatively grounded in the landscapes I love
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Felt like I was embarking on an adventure opening this - and the first chapter has not disappointed. Lovely writing, evocatively grounded in the landscapes I love
Autumnal vibes
It’s been a great season so far
It’s been a great season so far
October 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Autumnal vibes
It’s been a great season so far
It’s been a great season so far
The hell mouth sanctuary bronze door knocker from the 12th century is of course a must see. For reasons I could not fathom, it granted you 37 days sanctuary. Cathedral staff could not account for this peculiar length of time. Anyway, it’s amazing
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The hell mouth sanctuary bronze door knocker from the 12th century is of course a must see. For reasons I could not fathom, it granted you 37 days sanctuary. Cathedral staff could not account for this peculiar length of time. Anyway, it’s amazing
And just for good measure, they also had on display the only surviving 1216 ‘second edition’ of Magna Carta. There was another one that was badly stained because an 18th century scholar who reportedly drank 25 cups of coffee a day had a fit/got the jitters and knocked over his ink pot
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And just for good measure, they also had on display the only surviving 1216 ‘second edition’ of Magna Carta. There was another one that was badly stained because an 18th century scholar who reportedly drank 25 cups of coffee a day had a fit/got the jitters and knocked over his ink pot
The centrepiece of the cathedral is of course the shrine to Cuthbert. So awed were Henry VIII’s agents when they opened his tomb during the Reformation that they ditched their plans to remove it
Within it is the head of King Oswald and I was very taken by the raven iconography at the shrine
Within it is the head of King Oswald and I was very taken by the raven iconography at the shrine
October 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The centrepiece of the cathedral is of course the shrine to Cuthbert. So awed were Henry VIII’s agents when they opened his tomb during the Reformation that they ditched their plans to remove it
Within it is the head of King Oswald and I was very taken by the raven iconography at the shrine
Within it is the head of King Oswald and I was very taken by the raven iconography at the shrine
“My chief delight has always been in study, teaching and writing”
So wrote Bede 1,300 years ago. Those words, and the fact I’m also from the north-east, means I feel an affinity with Bede and it was wonderful to see his tomb today at Durham cathedral - both the real thing and a rendition in Lego
So wrote Bede 1,300 years ago. Those words, and the fact I’m also from the north-east, means I feel an affinity with Bede and it was wonderful to see his tomb today at Durham cathedral - both the real thing and a rendition in Lego
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“My chief delight has always been in study, teaching and writing”
So wrote Bede 1,300 years ago. Those words, and the fact I’m also from the north-east, means I feel an affinity with Bede and it was wonderful to see his tomb today at Durham cathedral - both the real thing and a rendition in Lego
So wrote Bede 1,300 years ago. Those words, and the fact I’m also from the north-east, means I feel an affinity with Bede and it was wonderful to see his tomb today at Durham cathedral - both the real thing and a rendition in Lego
Not necessarily the same situation but this reminded me of Weimar in 1930-33
The radical left and right combined constantly to undermine governments, attempt to unseat chancellors and block legislation, all with the express purpose of creating instability, that only benefited the extremists further
The radical left and right combined constantly to undermine governments, attempt to unseat chancellors and block legislation, all with the express purpose of creating instability, that only benefited the extremists further
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Not necessarily the same situation but this reminded me of Weimar in 1930-33
The radical left and right combined constantly to undermine governments, attempt to unseat chancellors and block legislation, all with the express purpose of creating instability, that only benefited the extremists further
The radical left and right combined constantly to undermine governments, attempt to unseat chancellors and block legislation, all with the express purpose of creating instability, that only benefited the extremists further
Sleepy girl, lazy Saturday
October 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sleepy girl, lazy Saturday
I am biased but this classroom display has got to be the best classroom display ever created
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I am biased but this classroom display has got to be the best classroom display ever created
There comes a time in every historians life when they realise they aren't Indiana Jones, they're Marcus Brody
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There comes a time in every historians life when they realise they aren't Indiana Jones, they're Marcus Brody
Awake 👀, asleep 😴
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Awake 👀, asleep 😴
The end product 👌
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The end product 👌
It’s taken some practice but the wife has finally nailed sourdough baking. She’s delighted with what is apparently called the ‘ear’.
Now I’m on creamy scrambled eggs duty and we’ve got the perfect weekend brunch
Now I’m on creamy scrambled eggs duty and we’ve got the perfect weekend brunch
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It’s taken some practice but the wife has finally nailed sourdough baking. She’s delighted with what is apparently called the ‘ear’.
Now I’m on creamy scrambled eggs duty and we’ve got the perfect weekend brunch
Now I’m on creamy scrambled eggs duty and we’ve got the perfect weekend brunch
“A supposed membership portal” should be “ignored by all supporters”, direct debits “immediately cancelled”
What a shitshow. Is this party going to split before it’s even been founded???
What a shitshow. Is this party going to split before it’s even been founded???
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“A supposed membership portal” should be “ignored by all supporters”, direct debits “immediately cancelled”
What a shitshow. Is this party going to split before it’s even been founded???
What a shitshow. Is this party going to split before it’s even been founded???