Dennis Abbott
@dennisabbott.bsky.social
Hack, author, dad. Laura's hubby. Brussels Times scribe, Chair Royal British Legion Brussels @rblbrussels.bsky.social. UTB, Malinwa
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Today is the 81st anniversary of the Liberation of Brussels by the Welsh Guards. W01 RSM Christoper Greaves (pictured) and Regimental Adjutant Lt Col Guy Bartle-Jones presented a new hand-made uniform to the city for the Manneken-Pis. The little boy can now say he is taking a leek
September 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today is the 81st anniversary of the Liberation of Brussels by the Welsh Guards. W01 RSM Christoper Greaves (pictured) and Regimental Adjutant Lt Col Guy Bartle-Jones presented a new hand-made uniform to the city for the Manneken-Pis. The little boy can now say he is taking a leek
Top 10 WW2 escapes www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/top-ten...
Top Ten Escapes
From daring tunnels to jungle escapes, discover ten of history’s most breathtaking true stories of courage, resilience, and the will to be free.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Top 10 WW2 escapes www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/top-ten...
Two 5-star reviews for my book (and not provided by me) www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Operation Telic and the Liberation of Iraq: From the De…
Operation Telic and the Liberation of Iraq Operation Te…
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August 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Two 5-star reviews for my book (and not provided by me) www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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🚨 The King Baudouin Stadium in Heysel, home of Belgian football for almost a century, may have hosted its last ever game for the Red Devils
It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
Exclusive: King Baudouin Stadium could be torn down, insider reveals
Belgium’s dilapidated national football stadium in Heysel is in desperate need of "emergency renovation" and may ultimately have to be demolished.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🚨 The King Baudouin Stadium in Heysel, home of Belgian football for almost a century, may have hosted its last ever game for the Red Devils
It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
It needs major repairs and may be torn down - with new sites already being considered
Me with @dennisabbott.bsky.social: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1653...
Creator of Battle of Waterloo's most popular painting remembered www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/the-sol...
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Creator of Battle of Waterloo's most popular painting remembered www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/the-sol...
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Staying in Liège, @dennisabbott.bsky.social meets the Dardennes brothers, whose award-winning movies, mostly set in the Seraing neighbourhood, have shone a light on gritty personal dramas - including the recent Jeunes Mères
www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/160...
www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/160...
June 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Staying in Liège, @dennisabbott.bsky.social meets the Dardennes brothers, whose award-winning movies, mostly set in the Seraing neighbourhood, have shone a light on gritty personal dramas - including the recent Jeunes Mères
www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/160...
www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/160...
Looking fwd to the #SmurfsMovie premiere in #Brussels & esp Smurfette #Rihanna. Here's my take on the empire of the #Smurfs, their 🇧🇪🇬🇧 creator #Peyo & his wife Nine who made em blue brusselstimes.com/499686/empir...
The inside story of the little blue tribe that conquered the world
“The Smurfs are probably the best-known Belgian brand in the world but hardly anyone knows they’re Belgian."
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June 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Looking fwd to the #SmurfsMovie premiere in #Brussels & esp Smurfette #Rihanna. Here's my take on the empire of the #Smurfs, their 🇧🇪🇬🇧 creator #Peyo & his wife Nine who made em blue brusselstimes.com/499686/empir...
Eoghan moans a lot but he's an exceptional writer. Here are his thoughts on the heatwave
“Brussels…is not equipped for temperatures above 25 degrees celsius, nevermind anything beyond the 30 degree heatwave threshold. We have no air conditioning. Everything stinks. The streets stink. The air stinks. The bus stinks. The metro stinks. I stink.” brusselsnotes.substack.com/p/107-take-m...
#107: Take me to my beach
It's too hot in Brussels right now. I need the sea.
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June 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Eoghan moans a lot but he's an exceptional writer. Here are his thoughts on the heatwave
First edition copies of my book about life as a media ops officer in Basra (Operation Telic & the Liberation of Iraq) are still available. Check out this video from the launch event www.bruzz.be/en/videoreek...
Dennis Abbott wrote diary on Iraq war: 'Hope I don't shock maiden hearts'
We meet Dennis Alexander Abbott, who was a spokesman at the European Commission and is now author of the book ‘Operation Telic and the Liberation of Iraq. From the Desert Rats to the Media War'.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
First edition copies of my book about life as a media ops officer in Basra (Operation Telic & the Liberation of Iraq) are still available. Check out this video from the launch event www.bruzz.be/en/videoreek...
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Our next commemorations take place on 4 May at Hotton War Cemetery (11.15am) and the 51st Highland Division memorial at La Roche. Why not join us?
April 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Our next commemorations take place on 4 May at Hotton War Cemetery (11.15am) and the 51st Highland Division memorial at La Roche. Why not join us?
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Andrée ‘Nadine’ Dumon was a Belgian Comet Line courier, helping Allied airmen escape during the World War II. @dennisabbott.bsky.social looks at her legacy.
Alice Austen’s new novel, 33 Place Brugmann also features the Nazi occupation. She tells Alia Papageorgiou why wartime history matters today.
Alice Austen’s new novel, 33 Place Brugmann also features the Nazi occupation. She tells Alia Papageorgiou why wartime history matters today.
April 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Andrée ‘Nadine’ Dumon was a Belgian Comet Line courier, helping Allied airmen escape during the World War II. @dennisabbott.bsky.social looks at her legacy.
Alice Austen’s new novel, 33 Place Brugmann also features the Nazi occupation. She tells Alia Papageorgiou why wartime history matters today.
Alice Austen’s new novel, 33 Place Brugmann also features the Nazi occupation. She tells Alia Papageorgiou why wartime history matters today.
'The problem is that the radical people aren't sensible, and the sensible people aren't radical' shorturl.at/bDLLa
The Brief – Blairmania's Brussels afterlife - Euractiv
At a European Parliament event to promote Tony Blair's latest book, EU lawmakers fawned over Britain's former prime minister.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
'The problem is that the radical people aren't sensible, and the sensible people aren't radical' shorturl.at/bDLLa
Andrée 'Nadine' Dumon, one of the great heroines of the Ligne Comète, helped many allied airmen & soldiers to escape from occupied territory to Gibraltar during WW2 fb.watch/xsR5xH9YT_/
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Andrée 'Nadine' Dumon, one of the great heroines of the Ligne Comète, helped many allied airmen & soldiers to escape from occupied territory to Gibraltar during WW2 fb.watch/xsR5xH9YT_/
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On Christmas Eve night…
A story about the Christmas Truce 110 years ago and how we now definitely known that Indian soldiers were a part of it
Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce
www.thetimes.com/article/0550...
A story about the Christmas Truce 110 years ago and how we now definitely known that Indian soldiers were a part of it
Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce
www.thetimes.com/article/0550...
Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce
The cases, given to some Indian troops instead of smoking kits in the First World War, became part of festive exchange between enemy soldiers, research reveals
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December 24, 2024 at 9:43 PM
On Christmas Eve night…
A story about the Christmas Truce 110 years ago and how we now definitely known that Indian soldiers were a part of it
Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce
www.thetimes.com/article/0550...
A story about the Christmas Truce 110 years ago and how we now definitely known that Indian soldiers were a part of it
Spice tins given to Germans prove Indians were at Christmas truce
www.thetimes.com/article/0550...