Steve Murdoch
@profmurdoch.bsky.social
Professor of History, Swedish Defence University
Research & Teaching:
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- British Civil Wars (1639-1660)
- Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713)
- History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD
#Dyslexic in several languages.
Research & Teaching:
- The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- British Civil Wars (1639-1660)
- Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713)
- History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD
#Dyslexic in several languages.
Chat GPT says ...
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Chat GPT says ...
The two books I have on it, the newer one doesn't deal with the Gordons. The book about the 6th Gordons (V) opens the accoumt with this poem by Mary Symon. The chapter is about 40 pages if you want a scan
#Skystorians #Doric #Scots #NeuveChapelle #WWI
#Skystorians #Doric #Scots #NeuveChapelle #WWI
August 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The two books I have on it, the newer one doesn't deal with the Gordons. The book about the 6th Gordons (V) opens the accoumt with this poem by Mary Symon. The chapter is about 40 pages if you want a scan
#Skystorians #Doric #Scots #NeuveChapelle #WWI
#Skystorians #Doric #Scots #NeuveChapelle #WWI
This is the only pic I have of Jim in later life. Pretty much how I remember him in 1960s. The wars took their toll for sure. He was always drenched in the smell of rolling tobacco - a pleasant smell, which always makes me think of him
That and Fry's Chocolate Cream bars which he always brought us
That and Fry's Chocolate Cream bars which he always brought us
August 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is the only pic I have of Jim in later life. Pretty much how I remember him in 1960s. The wars took their toll for sure. He was always drenched in the smell of rolling tobacco - a pleasant smell, which always makes me think of him
That and Fry's Chocolate Cream bars which he always brought us
That and Fry's Chocolate Cream bars which he always brought us
Manic Street Preachers....
Fantastic gig tonight at Gröna Lund, Stockholm. One of the top gigs of 2025 for sure, and there's been a few!
With @lexythugcat.bsky.social and @warmatters.bsky.social
Full gig list here tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#ManicStreetPreachers #KeepMusicLive
Fantastic gig tonight at Gröna Lund, Stockholm. One of the top gigs of 2025 for sure, and there's been a few!
With @lexythugcat.bsky.social and @warmatters.bsky.social
Full gig list here tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#ManicStreetPreachers #KeepMusicLive
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Manic Street Preachers....
Fantastic gig tonight at Gröna Lund, Stockholm. One of the top gigs of 2025 for sure, and there's been a few!
With @lexythugcat.bsky.social and @warmatters.bsky.social
Full gig list here tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#ManicStreetPreachers #KeepMusicLive
Fantastic gig tonight at Gröna Lund, Stockholm. One of the top gigs of 2025 for sure, and there's been a few!
With @lexythugcat.bsky.social and @warmatters.bsky.social
Full gig list here tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#ManicStreetPreachers #KeepMusicLive
I often also think of Alfred's brother Jim (pic). He would come to visit his sister - our grannie Flora - who pretty much raised us.
There is no memorial to Jim in any village square. He saw years of trench warfare.
Sometimes I reflect on the anonymity of those who survived the horror of the war
There is no memorial to Jim in any village square. He saw years of trench warfare.
Sometimes I reflect on the anonymity of those who survived the horror of the war
August 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I often also think of Alfred's brother Jim (pic). He would come to visit his sister - our grannie Flora - who pretty much raised us.
There is no memorial to Jim in any village square. He saw years of trench warfare.
Sometimes I reflect on the anonymity of those who survived the horror of the war
There is no memorial to Jim in any village square. He saw years of trench warfare.
Sometimes I reflect on the anonymity of those who survived the horror of the war
We read this poem at school in the 1970s
Some say they cannot imagine the Military Profession can learn from the humanities. Yet this poem conveys so much. I cannot read it without thinking of uncle Alfred. It took 3x months to die from the gas attack. Listen
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
#Skystorians
Some say they cannot imagine the Military Profession can learn from the humanities. Yet this poem conveys so much. I cannot read it without thinking of uncle Alfred. It took 3x months to die from the gas attack. Listen
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
#Skystorians
July 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We read this poem at school in the 1970s
Some say they cannot imagine the Military Profession can learn from the humanities. Yet this poem conveys so much. I cannot read it without thinking of uncle Alfred. It took 3x months to die from the gas attack. Listen
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
#Skystorians
Some say they cannot imagine the Military Profession can learn from the humanities. Yet this poem conveys so much. I cannot read it without thinking of uncle Alfred. It took 3x months to die from the gas attack. Listen
youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...
#Skystorians
Fun reference: 1627 - As for the books the chancellor of Denmark, Christian Friis, has sent to Sir Robert Anstruther in #Irish and #Welsh he will have to leave those to others to translate
@johngillibrand.bsky.social @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social @michellenic.bsky.social
#Gaelic #Skystorians
@johngillibrand.bsky.social @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social @michellenic.bsky.social
#Gaelic #Skystorians
July 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fun reference: 1627 - As for the books the chancellor of Denmark, Christian Friis, has sent to Sir Robert Anstruther in #Irish and #Welsh he will have to leave those to others to translate
@johngillibrand.bsky.social @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social @michellenic.bsky.social
#Gaelic #Skystorians
@johngillibrand.bsky.social @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social @michellenic.bsky.social
#Gaelic #Skystorians
We have just read Pelman to my 93yo mother-in-law (herself an Art Historian). The context & references continue to leave us all perplexed 🤣
@lexythugcat.bsky.social
@lexythugcat.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We have just read Pelman to my 93yo mother-in-law (herself an Art Historian). The context & references continue to leave us all perplexed 🤣
@lexythugcat.bsky.social
@lexythugcat.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Watching the #Lions from the comfort of my living room in Stockholm. Couldn't fly to Oz due to detached retina. But watching my nephew, his girlfriend, my brother and sister-in-law et al enjoying the game makes me very happy.....
As did the Van der Merwe tries 😉
#ANZvLIO #Rugby
As did the Van der Merwe tries 😉
#ANZvLIO #Rugby
July 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Of the several generals from the Army of Both Kingdoms superior in rank to Oliver Cromwell at #MarstonMoor, a very interesting man was Lt Gen. Alexander Hamilton. "Dear Sandy" to friend and foe alike, he commanded the artillery.
He was also the first ever recorded "Speculative" #Freemason 1640
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He was also the first ever recorded "Speculative" #Freemason 1640
🗃
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Of the several generals from the Army of Both Kingdoms superior in rank to Oliver Cromwell at #MarstonMoor, a very interesting man was Lt Gen. Alexander Hamilton. "Dear Sandy" to friend and foe alike, he commanded the artillery.
He was also the first ever recorded "Speculative" #Freemason 1640
🗃
He was also the first ever recorded "Speculative" #Freemason 1640
🗃
2 July 1644. The Battle of #MarstonMoor between Royalists under Prince Rupert v. the combined parliament armies under overall command of Lord General Alexander Leslie.
Read all about it here, inc. the later myth of #Cromwell's role
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist
Read all about it here, inc. the later myth of #Cromwell's role
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
2 July 1644. The Battle of #MarstonMoor between Royalists under Prince Rupert v. the combined parliament armies under overall command of Lord General Alexander Leslie.
Read all about it here, inc. the later myth of #Cromwell's role
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist
Read all about it here, inc. the later myth of #Cromwell's role
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist
AI getting it wrong again. Doing a google search to locate Scottish pistols in Sweden when AI intervened (uninvited) to tell me that a Scottish pistol is a type of dagger.
And many cretins want to base their university essays on this shit.
#FuckAI
And many cretins want to base their university essays on this shit.
#FuckAI
June 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
AI getting it wrong again. Doing a google search to locate Scottish pistols in Sweden when AI intervened (uninvited) to tell me that a Scottish pistol is a type of dagger.
And many cretins want to base their university essays on this shit.
#FuckAI
And many cretins want to base their university essays on this shit.
#FuckAI
You are a legend in several fields of the Humanities. AI is not even a legend on ChatGPT
June 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You are a legend in several fields of the Humanities. AI is not even a legend on ChatGPT
Presently working on a project on the Laws of War
The 1644 Scottish Articles of War has some interesting articles.
Atricle 10 includes a refreshing clause about protecting fruit trees and forbidding "to waste or deface any part of the beauty of the Country".
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist 🗃
The 1644 Scottish Articles of War has some interesting articles.
Atricle 10 includes a refreshing clause about protecting fruit trees and forbidding "to waste or deface any part of the beauty of the Country".
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist 🗃
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Presently working on a project on the Laws of War
The 1644 Scottish Articles of War has some interesting articles.
Atricle 10 includes a refreshing clause about protecting fruit trees and forbidding "to waste or deface any part of the beauty of the Country".
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist 🗃
The 1644 Scottish Articles of War has some interesting articles.
Atricle 10 includes a refreshing clause about protecting fruit trees and forbidding "to waste or deface any part of the beauty of the Country".
#Skystorians #17thC #MilHist 🗃
Braw! 30 year syne it wes but a dream. Monie big steps teen bi fowk baith wi an athoot the leid.
Ae chiel daen a survey (aneath) at wes teen tent o bi The GRO (Scotland) esp Ian Maté. Athoot his darg, #Scots wuidna hae made wir Census. Haud Gaan!
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Doric
Ae chiel daen a survey (aneath) at wes teen tent o bi The GRO (Scotland) esp Ian Maté. Athoot his darg, #Scots wuidna hae made wir Census. Haud Gaan!
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Doric
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Braw! 30 year syne it wes but a dream. Monie big steps teen bi fowk baith wi an athoot the leid.
Ae chiel daen a survey (aneath) at wes teen tent o bi The GRO (Scotland) esp Ian Maté. Athoot his darg, #Scots wuidna hae made wir Census. Haud Gaan!
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Doric
Ae chiel daen a survey (aneath) at wes teen tent o bi The GRO (Scotland) esp Ian Maté. Athoot his darg, #Scots wuidna hae made wir Census. Haud Gaan!
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#Doric
3x nights, 3x gigs in a row. This evening, The Corrs !
The #GrönaLund annual pass is the best value for live acts anywhere. All these gigs for under 500 SEK (40 quid)! A proper deal.
#KeepMusicLive #TheCorrs
The #GrönaLund annual pass is the best value for live acts anywhere. All these gigs for under 500 SEK (40 quid)! A proper deal.
#KeepMusicLive #TheCorrs
June 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
3x nights, 3x gigs in a row. This evening, The Corrs !
The #GrönaLund annual pass is the best value for live acts anywhere. All these gigs for under 500 SEK (40 quid)! A proper deal.
#KeepMusicLive #TheCorrs
The #GrönaLund annual pass is the best value for live acts anywhere. All these gigs for under 500 SEK (40 quid)! A proper deal.
#KeepMusicLive #TheCorrs
In tonight's #KeepMusicLive update, The Cult at Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Ian Astbury can still carry the classics alright. I've looked forward to this for a long time, and I was not dissapointed!
#TheCult #GrönaLund
Ian Astbury can still carry the classics alright. I've looked forward to this for a long time, and I was not dissapointed!
#TheCult #GrönaLund
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In tonight's #KeepMusicLive update, The Cult at Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Ian Astbury can still carry the classics alright. I've looked forward to this for a long time, and I was not dissapointed!
#TheCult #GrönaLund
Ian Astbury can still carry the classics alright. I've looked forward to this for a long time, and I was not dissapointed!
#TheCult #GrönaLund
Excellent gig tonight. @alanismorissette.bsky.social at Gröna Lund in Stockholm
Full of energy, hitting every note with power, heart and soul. Superb.
The old gig list, extending back to the 70s, is getting both long and ever more eclectic these days
tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#KeepMusicLive
Full of energy, hitting every note with power, heart and soul. Superb.
The old gig list, extending back to the 70s, is getting both long and ever more eclectic these days
tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#KeepMusicLive
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Excellent gig tonight. @alanismorissette.bsky.social at Gröna Lund in Stockholm
Full of energy, hitting every note with power, heart and soul. Superb.
The old gig list, extending back to the 70s, is getting both long and ever more eclectic these days
tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#KeepMusicLive
Full of energy, hitting every note with power, heart and soul. Superb.
The old gig list, extending back to the 70s, is getting both long and ever more eclectic these days
tentsmuir.wordpress.com/1490-2/
#KeepMusicLive
Mary was a legend. I strongly reccomend Pamela's book (@tannerritchie.bsky.social) and also reading Mary's letters. Great stuff, thanks for posting.
#Skystorians #16th #EarlyModern #History #KeepItStuart @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social 📚 🗃
#Skystorians #16th #EarlyModern #History #KeepItStuart @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social 📚 🗃
June 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Mary was a legend. I strongly reccomend Pamela's book (@tannerritchie.bsky.social) and also reading Mary's letters. Great stuff, thanks for posting.
#Skystorians #16th #EarlyModern #History #KeepItStuart @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social 📚 🗃
#Skystorians #16th #EarlyModern #History #KeepItStuart @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social 📚 🗃
Left: Scots on tour in Ireland (#16thC Redshanks)
Right: Scots on tour in Sweden
(as seen in the Officers Mess at the Swedish Defence University, 2025)
#Shinty - That is all!
🗃 #Skystorians #Scots
Right: Scots on tour in Sweden
(as seen in the Officers Mess at the Swedish Defence University, 2025)
#Shinty - That is all!
🗃 #Skystorians #Scots
May 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Left: Scots on tour in Ireland (#16thC Redshanks)
Right: Scots on tour in Sweden
(as seen in the Officers Mess at the Swedish Defence University, 2025)
#Shinty - That is all!
🗃 #Skystorians #Scots
Right: Scots on tour in Sweden
(as seen in the Officers Mess at the Swedish Defence University, 2025)
#Shinty - That is all!
🗃 #Skystorians #Scots
This was a great event. Huge thanks to @leosmuller.bsky.social for his skillful direction of CEMAS over the last 15 years. He certainly gave me a career boost when he proposed me as @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Olof Palme Guest Professor in Peace Studies back in 2013 (attached).
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
May 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This was a great event. Huge thanks to @leosmuller.bsky.social for his skillful direction of CEMAS over the last 15 years. He certainly gave me a career boost when he proposed me as @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Olof Palme Guest Professor in Peace Studies back in 2013 (attached).
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
An overview of the various British engagements in the #ThirtyYearsWar
A repost for the benefit of new followers, and an insight into my core research.
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#MilHist #Skystorians #17thCentury #EarlyModern #Covenanters #EnglishCivilWar
A repost for the benefit of new followers, and an insight into my core research.
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#MilHist #Skystorians #17thCentury #EarlyModern #Covenanters #EnglishCivilWar
May 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An overview of the various British engagements in the #ThirtyYearsWar
A repost for the benefit of new followers, and an insight into my core research.
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#MilHist #Skystorians #17thCentury #EarlyModern #Covenanters #EnglishCivilWar
A repost for the benefit of new followers, and an insight into my core research.
www.academia.edu/resource/wor...
#MilHist #Skystorians #17thCentury #EarlyModern #Covenanters #EnglishCivilWar
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May 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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