Rab Cooper
@rabcooperhistory.bsky.social
History nerd, especially 20th century, and an obsessive cricket badger 🏏🦡
Currently researching my first book on the transformation of the British Army during the Second World War
Currently researching my first book on the transformation of the British Army during the Second World War
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Love this. Humour with a historical sentiment.
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Love this. Humour with a historical sentiment.
So excited for We Have Ways Fest this week. My Glasto ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So excited for We Have Ways Fest this week. My Glasto ❤️
When you are looking to pursue a #PhD and think you have a great topic only to find a #thesis already published on exactly what you wanted to to #research 😂
a man in a suit is standing in a living room with papers falling from the ceiling
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in a living room with papers falling from the ceiling
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August 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm really chuffed to have been awarded my History M.A, specialising in Second World War. And to top it off with a Merit as well. 🎓📚
Many thanks to all who supported me, especially my wife Clare Cooper and my dissertation supervisor Phil McCarty.
Time for a nice takeaway celebration tonight :) 🍕
Many thanks to all who supported me, especially my wife Clare Cooper and my dissertation supervisor Phil McCarty.
Time for a nice takeaway celebration tonight :) 🍕
May 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm really chuffed to have been awarded my History M.A, specialising in Second World War. And to top it off with a Merit as well. 🎓📚
Many thanks to all who supported me, especially my wife Clare Cooper and my dissertation supervisor Phil McCarty.
Time for a nice takeaway celebration tonight :) 🍕
Many thanks to all who supported me, especially my wife Clare Cooper and my dissertation supervisor Phil McCarty.
Time for a nice takeaway celebration tonight :) 🍕
#Eurovision entertaining as always, but the voting result doesn’t make sense, and some appalling songs getting more votes than good…
Then again, I was watching while wearing a Pantera t shirt, so what do I know about pop music?
Then again, I was watching while wearing a Pantera t shirt, so what do I know about pop music?
May 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#Eurovision entertaining as always, but the voting result doesn’t make sense, and some appalling songs getting more votes than good…
Then again, I was watching while wearing a Pantera t shirt, so what do I know about pop music?
Then again, I was watching while wearing a Pantera t shirt, so what do I know about pop music?
It probably annoys me far more than it should, but to all and any booksellers….
For the love of #books, stop putting cheap stickers on your books that don’t peel off, forcing me to spend ten minutes picking at a stubborn price tag that tears, leaves behind a sticky mess, and damaging the cover.
For the love of #books, stop putting cheap stickers on your books that don’t peel off, forcing me to spend ten minutes picking at a stubborn price tag that tears, leaves behind a sticky mess, and damaging the cover.
a man standing next to a boy in a blue shirt holding a spray bottle
ALT: a man standing next to a boy in a blue shirt holding a spray bottle
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April 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It probably annoys me far more than it should, but to all and any booksellers….
For the love of #books, stop putting cheap stickers on your books that don’t peel off, forcing me to spend ten minutes picking at a stubborn price tag that tears, leaves behind a sticky mess, and damaging the cover.
For the love of #books, stop putting cheap stickers on your books that don’t peel off, forcing me to spend ten minutes picking at a stubborn price tag that tears, leaves behind a sticky mess, and damaging the cover.
A phenomenal result from the Bears. 90-5 at lunch chasing 338!
#Cricket at its best… #countychampionship
#Cricket at its best… #countychampionship
April 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A phenomenal result from the Bears. 90-5 at lunch chasing 338!
#Cricket at its best… #countychampionship
#Cricket at its best… #countychampionship
Especially now given that the Broccolis have lost the #Bond franchise, the ending of ‘No Time to Die’ is extra poignant.
A true love letter to the franchise, even if divisive amongst the fanbase. Personally, I loved it. 🍸🤵🏻
A true love letter to the franchise, even if divisive amongst the fanbase. Personally, I loved it. 🍸🤵🏻
April 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Especially now given that the Broccolis have lost the #Bond franchise, the ending of ‘No Time to Die’ is extra poignant.
A true love letter to the franchise, even if divisive amongst the fanbase. Personally, I loved it. 🍸🤵🏻
A true love letter to the franchise, even if divisive amongst the fanbase. Personally, I loved it. 🍸🤵🏻
Great to have the latest episodes of Military History Plus back, featuring @historian1914.bsky.social and @profgsheffield.bsky.social
A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on Churchill—highly recommended listening!
A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on Churchill—highly recommended listening!
April 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Great to have the latest episodes of Military History Plus back, featuring @historian1914.bsky.social and @profgsheffield.bsky.social
A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on Churchill—highly recommended listening!
A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on Churchill—highly recommended listening!
Being a Welsh rugby fan has often been up and down…
But today… humiliating feels an understatement 🏴
But today… humiliating feels an understatement 🏴
March 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Being a Welsh rugby fan has often been up and down…
But today… humiliating feels an understatement 🏴
But today… humiliating feels an understatement 🏴
Absolutely chuffed (and in shock) to get 78% on my M.A. dissertation! Thanks to all who supported me…
What a brilliant journey—fantastic course, brilliant lecturers, and mates for life. And to top it off, graduating with a merit… and so close to a distinction too!
Celebration time! 👨🏻🎓📚
What a brilliant journey—fantastic course, brilliant lecturers, and mates for life. And to top it off, graduating with a merit… and so close to a distinction too!
Celebration time! 👨🏻🎓📚
March 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Absolutely chuffed (and in shock) to get 78% on my M.A. dissertation! Thanks to all who supported me…
What a brilliant journey—fantastic course, brilliant lecturers, and mates for life. And to top it off, graduating with a merit… and so close to a distinction too!
Celebration time! 👨🏻🎓📚
What a brilliant journey—fantastic course, brilliant lecturers, and mates for life. And to top it off, graduating with a merit… and so close to a distinction too!
Celebration time! 👨🏻🎓📚
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What we all wanted to see!
March 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What we all wanted to see!
Jon Stewart in an absolute epic and brilliant rant about the state of the world.
Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts
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Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show
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February 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Jon Stewart in an absolute epic and brilliant rant about the state of the world.
As the owner of a former racing #Greyhound, I can’t wait for this barbaric ‘sport’, which let’s be honest exists solely for #gambling, is outlawed across the the UK…
'Greyhound racing cost my pet its leg - I back the ban' www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Greyhound racing cost my pet its leg - I back the ban' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greyhound racing ban Wales: 'My dog lost its leg at the track'
The Welsh government says it will ban greyhound racing in what would be a first for the UK.
www.bbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As the owner of a former racing #Greyhound, I can’t wait for this barbaric ‘sport’, which let’s be honest exists solely for #gambling, is outlawed across the the UK…
'Greyhound racing cost my pet its leg - I back the ban' www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Greyhound racing cost my pet its leg - I back the ban' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Safe to say, bravo #Canada. You represented all of the (sane) international thought in yesterdays #icehockey… 🇨🇦
February 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Safe to say, bravo #Canada. You represented all of the (sane) international thought in yesterdays #icehockey… 🇨🇦
So pleased to have finally completed and submitted my History M.A. dissertation to @wlvuni.bsky.social:
‘The Right Sort of Chap’: Recruitment, Selection & Training of British Army Junior Officers, 1939-45.
Huge thanks to my wife Clare & supervisor Dr. Phil McCarty for their patience! #history
‘The Right Sort of Chap’: Recruitment, Selection & Training of British Army Junior Officers, 1939-45.
Huge thanks to my wife Clare & supervisor Dr. Phil McCarty for their patience! #history
January 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So pleased to have finally completed and submitted my History M.A. dissertation to @wlvuni.bsky.social:
‘The Right Sort of Chap’: Recruitment, Selection & Training of British Army Junior Officers, 1939-45.
Huge thanks to my wife Clare & supervisor Dr. Phil McCarty for their patience! #history
‘The Right Sort of Chap’: Recruitment, Selection & Training of British Army Junior Officers, 1939-45.
Huge thanks to my wife Clare & supervisor Dr. Phil McCarty for their patience! #history
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Applicable for all conflicts in the world. Past, present and future.
January 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Applicable for all conflicts in the world. Past, present and future.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Some exciting news for those researching Kindertransport:
'the records contain the names of almost all the children who fled to the UK and Holland on the Kindertransport – up to 9,000 children – on more than 90 trains between December 1938 and August 1939.'
'the records contain the names of almost all the children who fled to the UK and Holland on the Kindertransport – up to 9,000 children – on more than 90 trains between December 1938 and August 1939.'
Kindertransport 'lost' records found by researcher - BBC News
The documents will allow 'thousands of people to reconstruct their family units' academics say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Some exciting news for those researching Kindertransport:
'the records contain the names of almost all the children who fled to the UK and Holland on the Kindertransport – up to 9,000 children – on more than 90 trains between December 1938 and August 1939.'
'the records contain the names of almost all the children who fled to the UK and Holland on the Kindertransport – up to 9,000 children – on more than 90 trains between December 1938 and August 1939.'
Is there still anything more disheartening than getting an emailed titled ‘Your deliveries have been dispatched to DPD’
So the lottery of its arrival begins…
So the lottery of its arrival begins…
January 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Is there still anything more disheartening than getting an emailed titled ‘Your deliveries have been dispatched to DPD’
So the lottery of its arrival begins…
So the lottery of its arrival begins…
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This is Maisy. She gets an additional party hat for each birthday, and she just turned nine. 13/10 may this tradition go on forever
January 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is Maisy. She gets an additional party hat for each birthday, and she just turned nine. 13/10 may this tradition go on forever
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Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
Ah, the madness of the final stretch of M.A dissertation writing…
I got a picture of General Ronald Adam (big part of my research) looking up at me wholly unimpressed with my output… 😂
Sorry Sir, I’ll stop looking at videos on social media…
I got a picture of General Ronald Adam (big part of my research) looking up at me wholly unimpressed with my output… 😂
Sorry Sir, I’ll stop looking at videos on social media…
December 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Ah, the madness of the final stretch of M.A dissertation writing…
I got a picture of General Ronald Adam (big part of my research) looking up at me wholly unimpressed with my output… 😂
Sorry Sir, I’ll stop looking at videos on social media…
I got a picture of General Ronald Adam (big part of my research) looking up at me wholly unimpressed with my output… 😂
Sorry Sir, I’ll stop looking at videos on social media…
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This is just your friendly public service announcement to remind you that…
…IT’S ONLY 100 DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
#SeeingRed 🏏
#cricket
…IT’S ONLY 100 DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
#SeeingRed 🏏
#cricket
December 25, 2024 at 6:17 AM
This is just your friendly public service announcement to remind you that…
…IT’S ONLY 100 DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
#SeeingRed 🏏
#cricket
…IT’S ONLY 100 DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
#SeeingRed 🏏
#cricket