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James Connolly
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Historian at UCL SELCS specialising in modern France and Europe, the First World War, and military occupation. Other interests include film, TV, gaming, and comedy (especially puns). Very occasional stand-up comedian (5 performances so far).
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Le fait que les journalistes se sentent obligés de nier cette histoire ridicule, c'est mauvais cygne...
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Not normally a fan of these types of signs, but this one isn't bad - and an odd find in a South London play café.
August 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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@historywill.bsky.social If you're interested in the specific results:
Bar graphs showing votes for different images that 'best represent the French Revolution'. The highest number of votes, 16, is for the picture 'Liberty Leading the People'; the second highest, 8, is for a depiction of Louis XVI's execution. Bar graphs showing votes for different images that 'best represent the French Revolution'. The highest number of votes, 31, is for the picture 'Liberty Leading the People'; the second highest, 11, is for a depiction of Louis XVI's execution.
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Here they are.
Carving depicting men and women of Paris brandishing pikes and halberds, marching on the Tuileries Palace, 1792. A satirical cartoon by James Gillray entitled 'Un petit Souper à la Parisienne' showing fiendish-looking French people, one of whom is wearing a revolutionary Phrygian bonnet, eating human body parts. A carving showing French men and women wearing marching at Versailles, brandishing decapitated heads on pikes, October 1789. A painting depicting the execution of Louis XVI, his decapitated head held aloft in front of the crowd.
June 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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My mum took my son swimming today, and they came home with this object that they found in the toilets there. Not a massive fan.
June 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I think was this, linked to a chapter I published here: www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383533211...
A screenshot of a tweet from @DrJamesConnolly saying: 'On this day 100 years ago, the British League of Help for the Devastated Areas of France held its inaugural meeting in London. By the mid-1920s, 91 British towns had 'adopted' 100 French towns and villages damaged during the First World War by fighting or occupation.' The accompanying image shows a monochrome map of Britain superimposed on a map of northern France, showing the extent of devastation.
November 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM