Brian Curragh MA
@briancurragh.bsky.social
Ph.D candidate at University of Birmingham - looking at Patronage & The Rings in the late Victorian British Army
MA British First World War Studies - dissertation on the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars: a military elite or agricultural cavalry?
MA British First World War Studies - dissertation on the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars: a military elite or agricultural cavalry?
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Josephine Tey's early death denied her a rightful place among the pantheon of crime writers.
The forgotten queen of crime fiction | @alecmarsh.bsky.social
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The forgotten queen of crime fiction | @alecmarsh.bsky.social
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The forgotten queen of crime fiction
Josephine Tey's early death denied her a rightful place among the pantheon of crime writers.
engelsbergideas.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Josephine Tey's early death denied her a rightful place among the pantheon of crime writers.
The forgotten queen of crime fiction | @alecmarsh.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/portraits/th...
The forgotten queen of crime fiction | @alecmarsh.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/portraits/th...
A lap round Silverstone - easy! Well, probably not with a new knee - but I'm giving it a go on Friday 12th September.
I'm fundraising for Women's Heartbeat. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can.
Thank you! #JustGiving
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I'm fundraising for Women's Heartbeat. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can.
Thank you! #JustGiving
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September 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A lap round Silverstone - easy! Well, probably not with a new knee - but I'm giving it a go on Friday 12th September.
I'm fundraising for Women's Heartbeat. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can.
Thank you! #JustGiving
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I'm fundraising for Women's Heartbeat. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can.
Thank you! #JustGiving
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Very disappointed with Silverstone Festival - we went specifically to see a large collection of Group C cars, as promised in the advertising and re-emphasised on the Silverstone Events app (“Expect iconic Jaguars, Porsches, Mercedes”) - none of the above marques were there #FAIL
August 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very disappointed with Silverstone Festival - we went specifically to see a large collection of Group C cars, as promised in the advertising and re-emphasised on the Silverstone Events app (“Expect iconic Jaguars, Porsches, Mercedes”) - none of the above marques were there #FAIL
Overshadowed by VJ Day but not forgotten - Operation Dragoon on 15th August 1944 when French and American forces landed in the Var. #operationdragoon #var #1944 #worldwartwo
August 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Overshadowed by VJ Day but not forgotten - Operation Dragoon on 15th August 1944 when French and American forces landed in the Var. #operationdragoon #var #1944 #worldwartwo
After a temporary technical hiccup, the @WomensHeartbeat website is back up again - please pass this on to any women you know who suffer with cardiac issues. #WomensHealth www.womensheartbeat.com
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Our charity, Women's Heartbeat, aims to promote awareness of the different types of heart problems and the symptoms that women can exhibit. By providing information, broadening education and assisti...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
After a temporary technical hiccup, the @WomensHeartbeat website is back up again - please pass this on to any women you know who suffer with cardiac issues. #WomensHealth www.womensheartbeat.com
Looking forward to getting stuck into this - David Keable-Elliott’s ‘The Doctrine of the British Army’ from Helion. #HistBookChat
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this - David Keable-Elliott’s ‘The Doctrine of the British Army’ from Helion. #HistBookChat
It's not bad when one of your musical heroes doesn't disappoint when you finally get to see them. #Kraftwerk #ForeverNow
June 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's not bad when one of your musical heroes doesn't disappoint when you finally get to see them. #Kraftwerk #ForeverNow
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For the third time this century the government of the USA is about to get involved in a situation it has not taken the trouble properly to understand, which it thinks it thinks it can quickly resolve by using limited military force.
To learn none of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan is criminal.
To learn none of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan is criminal.
June 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For the third time this century the government of the USA is about to get involved in a situation it has not taken the trouble properly to understand, which it thinks it thinks it can quickly resolve by using limited military force.
To learn none of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan is criminal.
To learn none of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan is criminal.
That is some pretty intense ducting going on under the @astonmartin.bsky.social Valkyrie hypercar! #WEC #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #LeMans
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
That is some pretty intense ducting going on under the @astonmartin.bsky.social Valkyrie hypercar! #WEC #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #LeMans
Leo Amery and his amazing networks
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Leo Amery's amazing networks
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1873-1955) lead a remarkable career; the son of a father who was a forestry official in Imperial India and a mother who descended from Hungarian Jews, he ended ...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Leo Amery and his amazing networks
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May 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you need an example of the financial insanity of the National Health Service - this equipment, not all of it actually used, is going to the skip as the hospital that issued it is not allowed to take it back due to the danger of cross-contamination. #nhs #wesstreeting
May 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you need an example of the financial insanity of the National Health Service - this equipment, not all of it actually used, is going to the skip as the hospital that issued it is not allowed to take it back due to the danger of cross-contamination. #nhs #wesstreeting
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A superb day that fully got into the geopolitical situation that Robert Bulwer-Lytton took on in 1876 - and where better to hold it that at his family home, @knebworthhouse.bsky.social. @henrycobbold.bsky.social & @hisbpf.bsky.social were perfect hosts.
This went very well and was great fun, many thanks to Henry Lytton Cobbold, most gracious of hosts, and Robert Lyman, moderator par excellence, and our very engaged audience:
May 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A superb day that fully got into the geopolitical situation that Robert Bulwer-Lytton took on in 1876 - and where better to hold it that at his family home, @knebworthhouse.bsky.social. @henrycobbold.bsky.social & @hisbpf.bsky.social were perfect hosts.
F1 coverage down from 85 pages to 75; only four pages for the Eddie Jordan obituary and the Lawson/Tsunodo switch only gets a mention in the Intro - not really the F1 coverage we used to get from GP Racing. Time to say goodbye @autsport-com.bsky.social #F1 #FormulaOne
April 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
F1 coverage down from 85 pages to 75; only four pages for the Eddie Jordan obituary and the Lawson/Tsunodo switch only gets a mention in the Intro - not really the F1 coverage we used to get from GP Racing. Time to say goodbye @autsport-com.bsky.social #F1 #FormulaOne
Quite pleased with this - the inside of my Tamiya 1/35 M113 APC substack.com/@bpc59/note/...
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Quite pleased with this - the inside of my Tamiya 1/35 M113 APC.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Quite pleased with this - the inside of my Tamiya 1/35 M113 APC substack.com/@bpc59/note/...
New arrival - ‘Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The Times and the Great War by AJA Morris #histbookchat
March 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New arrival - ‘Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The Times and the Great War by AJA Morris #histbookchat
This is such horrible news - he was one of the real characters in F1 and was very public about his illness and the fight he was undertaking to try and conquer it. A hero in every sense of the word. RIP #EddieJordan
We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Eddie Jordan. His impact will be felt across the motorsport community for generations to come.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is such horrible news - he was one of the real characters in F1 and was very public about his illness and the fight he was undertaking to try and conquer it. A hero in every sense of the word. RIP #EddieJordan
March 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A fantastic graphic that really makes its point very quickly
A graphic presenting each country's share of the global economy. Finding Russia is like finding Waldo & it is in no way a super power. Trump treats Russia like the sun rises & sets over it. It's indicative of some hold they have over him. Trump's traded his country for Trump Tower Moscow & silence.
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A fantastic graphic that really makes its point very quickly
Vote for Pole-Carew - the Unionist Candidate.
A strong navy and tariff reform.
A service man for service men.
[1910 general election]
#polecarew #1910generalelection
A strong navy and tariff reform.
A service man for service men.
[1910 general election]
#polecarew #1910generalelection
March 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Vote for Pole-Carew - the Unionist Candidate.
A strong navy and tariff reform.
A service man for service men.
[1910 general election]
#polecarew #1910generalelection
A strong navy and tariff reform.
A service man for service men.
[1910 general election]
#polecarew #1910generalelection
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Please give me online bookstore a follow and a visit. I've got 700 on there so far with lots to come.
@needabiggershelf.bsky.social
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Gonna Need A Bigger Shelf | Historical Book Shop Online
Discover Gonna Need A Bigger Shelf, your favorite online historical book shop. Browse rare and second-hand history and war books to enrich your collection.
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March 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Please give me online bookstore a follow and a visit. I've got 700 on there so far with lots to come.
@needabiggershelf.bsky.social
www.gonna-need-a-bigger-shelf.com
@needabiggershelf.bsky.social
www.gonna-need-a-bigger-shelf.com
So I’m doing a study of the members of the Bullingdon Club in the 1860s and 65% of them are from Christ Church - what’s the link? #bullingdon #oxford
March 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So I’m doing a study of the members of the Bullingdon Club in the 1860s and 65% of them are from Christ Church - what’s the link? #bullingdon #oxford
The wars of the memoirs #GarnetWolseley #Wolseley #FrederickRoberts #Roberts #WarsOfTheRings #LordsOfTheRings
March 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The wars of the memoirs #GarnetWolseley #Wolseley #FrederickRoberts #Roberts #WarsOfTheRings #LordsOfTheRings