JMcN
@jmcn.bsky.social
Books, motorcycles, and dog sitter. IC #36
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#Cambridge people… I’ll be signing copies of #AgentZo, the dramatic story of the only woman to parachute into Nazi-occupied Poland, at @waterstones.bsky.social , 1-3pm, Sat 13 Dec.
Please come & say hello!
Please come & say hello!
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#Cambridge people… I’ll be signing copies of #AgentZo, the dramatic story of the only woman to parachute into Nazi-occupied Poland, at @waterstones.bsky.social , 1-3pm, Sat 13 Dec.
Please come & say hello!
Please come & say hello!
I’ve got one and I heartily recommend it. No AI slop here!
One left, if anyone wants one of these
I have 2026 calendars! £12+p&p, nice quality prints of cars, boats, aviation etc which can be separated and displayed when the year is over #DigitalArt #MarineArt #AutomitiveArt
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I’ve got one and I heartily recommend it. No AI slop here!
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Yeah, actually, that's exactly how the system is supposed to work, Nazi Barbie.
(And JAG is there to help...unless you fire them all.)
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
(And JAG is there to help...unless you fire them all.)
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yeah, actually, that's exactly how the system is supposed to work, Nazi Barbie.
(And JAG is there to help...unless you fire them all.)
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
(And JAG is there to help...unless you fire them all.)
newrepublic.com/post/203628/...
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‘Infectious & mesmerising’… #AgentZo heads @wsj.com #WallStreetJpurnal’s list of 2025’s best books to buy for the Christmas hols!
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
‘Infectious & mesmerising’… #AgentZo heads @wsj.com #WallStreetJpurnal’s list of 2025’s best books to buy for the Christmas hols!
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"From Republican soldiers to ‘Tommies’: The Spaniards who wore British uniforms to fight in #WW2" by @almasylaszlo in @elpaisinenglish An excellent article on #ChurchillsSpaniards 👇🏽
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"From Republican soldiers to ‘Tommies’: The Spaniards who wore British uniforms to fight in #WW2" by @almasylaszlo in @elpaisinenglish An excellent article on #ChurchillsSpaniards 👇🏽
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
@throughtimepod.bsky.social fascinating/disturbing pod on Harriet Tubman.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@throughtimepod.bsky.social fascinating/disturbing pod on Harriet Tubman.
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I'll be talking about Janowska and the #VisualizingJanowska project this Thursday as I am honored to be giving the Aubrey Newman Lecture at the @uolsbc.bsky.social in Leicester!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
The 2025 Stanley Burton Centre's Aubrey Newman Lecture
Please join us for the 2025 Stanley Burton Centre's Aubrey Newman Lecture.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'll be talking about Janowska and the #VisualizingJanowska project this Thursday as I am honored to be giving the Aubrey Newman Lecture at the @uolsbc.bsky.social in Leicester!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
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1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
The Los Baños Raid, 1945
This one came up in passing as I was getting ready for WHWFest this year, and I have had a note to come back to it for Substack for a while.
achurchill.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
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Not good.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Not good.
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
From @alexchurchill.bsky.social substack. Save this for August ‘26.
open.substack.com/pub/achurchi...
open.substack.com/pub/achurchi...
The Los Baños Raid, 1945
This one came up in passing as I was getting ready for WHWFest this year, and I have had a note to come back to it for Substack for a while.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
From @alexchurchill.bsky.social substack. Save this for August ‘26.
open.substack.com/pub/achurchi...
open.substack.com/pub/achurchi...
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Always great fun catching up with @historywithjackson - talking about my book Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Always great fun catching up with @historywithjackson - talking about my book Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
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Tonsillitis has cleared up, toe is doing much better, so it's back on the bandwagon.
I'm fundraising to raise £2000 for @booktrust.org.uk by running in the London Marathon. Hoping to make £900 by the end of November!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
#kidlituk
I'm fundraising to raise £2000 for @booktrust.org.uk by running in the London Marathon. Hoping to make £900 by the end of November!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
#kidlituk
Helen in Wonderland's London Marathon for BookTrust
Help Helen Tamblyn-Saville raise money to support BookTrust
www.justgiving.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tonsillitis has cleared up, toe is doing much better, so it's back on the bandwagon.
I'm fundraising to raise £2000 for @booktrust.org.uk by running in the London Marathon. Hoping to make £900 by the end of November!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
#kidlituk
I'm fundraising to raise £2000 for @booktrust.org.uk by running in the London Marathon. Hoping to make £900 by the end of November!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
#kidlituk
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❄️Beautiful editions of WINTER #SIGNED by @valmcdermid.bsky.social have arrived❄️
Winter: A memoir of warmth and wonder from one of Scotland’s best-loved writers.
“A warm hug of a book… like sitting by a roaring winter fire.” — Jackie Kay
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
Winter: A memoir of warmth and wonder from one of Scotland’s best-loved writers.
“A warm hug of a book… like sitting by a roaring winter fire.” — Jackie Kay
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
❄️Beautiful editions of WINTER #SIGNED by @valmcdermid.bsky.social have arrived❄️
Winter: A memoir of warmth and wonder from one of Scotland’s best-loved writers.
“A warm hug of a book… like sitting by a roaring winter fire.” — Jackie Kay
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
Winter: A memoir of warmth and wonder from one of Scotland’s best-loved writers.
“A warm hug of a book… like sitting by a roaring winter fire.” — Jackie Kay
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
#BookSky💙📚
#histbookchat. Saw this slim tome off the plot this afternoon. Katja Hoyer mentioned the speech at either WHWF Drei or Vier and thought I’d like to learn a bit more. Interesting book about a notorious speech. Some surprises, for me anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#histbookchat. Saw this slim tome off the plot this afternoon. Katja Hoyer mentioned the speech at either WHWF Drei or Vier and thought I’d like to learn a bit more. Interesting book about a notorious speech. Some surprises, for me anyway.
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📯📯Spectacular News!! 📯📯
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📯📯Spectacular News!! 📯📯
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
The Polish Foreign Ministry has awarded AGENT ZO first prize in their prestigious awards for best history book over the last 2 years!
🇵🇱🇬🇧📘📗📙📕📖📚📚
I am absolutely thrilled to have helped bring Zo’s dramatic story out of the shadows!
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He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
The Blackout Ripper | World War True
YouTube video by History Play
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
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Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Jane Haining's story is incredible Waitman. I found out about her some years back after hearing the author Mary Miller speak. What a story...
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Check out the latest really interesting episode of the @holocaustpod.bsky.social!!!
NEW Episode is live!
How did Jews feel about their persecutors during the Holocaust? How do we know? In this episode, I talked with Amy Shapiro Simon about her fascinating work on ghetto diaries and these questions.
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
How did Jews feel about their persecutors during the Holocaust? How do we know? In this episode, I talked with Amy Shapiro Simon about her fascinating work on ghetto diaries and these questions.
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Ep. 66- Feelings about Perpetrators in Yiddish DIaries with Amy Shapiro Simon - The Holocaust History Podcast
We often make the mistake of thinking that history is all about what happened and why. However, its also very much about how people felt about what was happening to them.In this episode, I talke...
thhp.buzzsprout.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Check out the latest really interesting episode of the @holocaustpod.bsky.social!!!
I was vaguely aware of Jane Haining. I have another candidate for a Stolpersteine. Ivy Angerer of Broughty Ferry. 1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I was vaguely aware of Jane Haining. I have another candidate for a Stolpersteine. Ivy Angerer of Broughty Ferry. 1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From Katja Hoyer’s Zeitgeist substack, a slice of German confessional history.
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
An East German in the City of Archbishops
Notes From Braga about religion, identity and nationhood
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
From Katja Hoyer’s Zeitgeist substack, a slice of German confessional history.
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
open.substack.com/pub/katjahoy...
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Slight change of plan for tomorrow's episode as Keith has the dreaded lurgy. Instead we have some interviews and stories from those that were children during the occupation. Thanks to @katieci.bsky.social
for voicing one of the stories. Preview is here.
youtube.com/shorts/RyR1y...
for voicing one of the stories. Preview is here.
youtube.com/shorts/RyR1y...
Preview - Special Episode - Interviews with those who were Children during the Occupation.
YouTube video by Islands At War Podcast
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Slight change of plan for tomorrow's episode as Keith has the dreaded lurgy. Instead we have some interviews and stories from those that were children during the occupation. Thanks to @katieci.bsky.social
for voicing one of the stories. Preview is here.
youtube.com/shorts/RyR1y...
for voicing one of the stories. Preview is here.
youtube.com/shorts/RyR1y...
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Coming up at 6, the Sunday Tea Time rock show, online or smartspeaker. Great tunes incoming.😎🤘
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Coming up at 6, the Sunday Tea Time rock show, online or smartspeaker. Great tunes incoming.😎🤘