Matt Eaton
@matteatonmedia.bsky.social
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Personal Account: researching troop morale & entertainment for p/t Military History PhD, London IC, voracious reader, keen baker, secret SWW modeller. Journaling about history here: https://matteatonmedia.substack.com
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My latest post uses primary sources to examine how entertainment raised morale in hospitals during the Italian campaign and examines what Joyce Grenfell taught the British Army after her first tour in 1944. #skystorians #milwelfhist open.substack.com/pub/matteato...
Only When I Laugh: Raising Patient Morale During the Italian Campaign
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So much detail in these two articles - thanks for sharing!
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A veritable feast of fungus in Penn Wood this afternoon. Not that I'm recommending that any of these should be eaten!
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Wait, MTV still has music channels? I thought they had been pulled at the end of the 90s #raycokes
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Congratulations! Sharing on #histbookchat feed
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Absolutely - love slow food at this time of year
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Membrillo made using the River Cottage recipe. Now just need some Manchego!
A block of Quince cheese
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Apparently there's a gluten this year - these were from a friends tree.
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Thanks! Planning to give that a go next.
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There's a piece missing 😜 Good luck!
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I could feel my chakras clearing just watching that clip.
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First time making quince jelly. Feeling very autumnal+
4 jars of quince jelly and 2 quinces used to make it.
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A real treasure hidden in the war diary!
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Just finished Doppelganger A Trip into the Mirror World by @naomiaklein.bsky.social - essential reading for those trying to understand our strange new reality, the far right, social media, and our obsession with the self. Like Alice in Wonderland, so many important ideas down this rabbit hole!
Doppelganger - A trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
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Sharing on #histbookchat feed
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3000 words of the final chapter written today, following my protagonist's journey from Chittagong to Imphal and have just left Bill Slim in Monywaw. I need a lie down!
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Piekalkiewicz's The Battle for Cassino for this weeks #histbookchat. Written in 1980, looking to reading this Polish historian.
Piekalkiewicz's The Battle for Cassino
Reposted by Matt Eaton
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“We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans.” — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declares war on beards 👀
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My latest post uses primary sources to examine how entertainment raised morale in hospitals during the Italian campaign and examines what Joyce Grenfell taught the British Army after her first tour in 1944. #skystorians #milwelfhist open.substack.com/pub/matteato...
Only When I Laugh: Raising Patient Morale During the Italian Campaign
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Sharing on #histbookchat