James Barr
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I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA. More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org Signal - jamesbarr.62 Currently reading Alanbrooke’s diaries
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The hugely welcome ceasefire/hostage release deal finally happened when Trump used the full weight of US power to mobilise Arab pressure on Hamas and get Netanyahu over the line. But it will take sustained engagement by Trump personally (not his strong point) to avoid the deal unravelling 1/2
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You need a cactus in the corner
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I’ll add more as I find them.
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Back in the summer I took part in the Engelsberg Seminar in Sweden. Here are a series of interviews with speakers, starting with mine. The interviewer is @niklasekdal.bsky.social
The British and the French Mandates | James Barr
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I did this interview back in June in Sweden, on Sykes-Picot and the making of the modern Middle East
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Någonsin undrat varför kartan i Mellanöstern ser ut som den gör? Kolla på mitt Axess-samtal med James Barr, om Storbritanniens och Frankrikes bravader i regionen.
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The British and the French Mandates | James Barr
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Knackered but classy Sauj Bulagh rug (I reckon)
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Who published that? Was it the Palestine Post?
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Whenever I’m feeling vaguely optimistic about things Middle Eastern, I refer myself back to this 1936 headline…
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Science!
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RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
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These are by John Aldridge and are being shown (and are for sale) at Rowe and Williams in Yoxford. They were used to illustrate When Adam was a Ploughman.
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I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.
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I know. And of course there are people who think that letting Farage grow will force people to vote Labour. I wouldn’t bank on that.
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The quickest way to deal with Farage would be for Labour to ban outside earnings for MPs. It is supposedly doing so - when??
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If the Nobel Committee awards Trump the peace prize I shall never be buying their dynamite again.