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Brian Curragh MA

@briancurragh.bsky.social

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Ph.D candidate at University of Birmingham - looking at Patronage & The Rings in the late Victorian British Army MA British First World War Studies - dissertation on the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars: a military elite or agricultural cavalry?

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · 19m

Amazing how many grammatical errors still get through these days with the software checking that is available - but they still do…and they’re still really irritating.

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · 18d

Surprisingly, the ELMS event last weekend was very reasonable £25 entry for the whole weekend.

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · 28d

A lap round Silverstone - easy! Well, probably not with a new knee - but I'm giving it a go on Friday 12th September.

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Aug 24

Very disappointed with Silverstone Festival - we went specifically to see a large collection of Group C cars, as promised in the advertising and re-emphasised on the Silverstone Events app (“Expect iconic Jaguars, Porsches, Mercedes”) - none of the above marques were there #FAIL

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Overshadowed by VJ Day but not forgotten - Operation Dragoon on 15th August 1944 when French and American forces landed in the Var. #operationdragoon #var #1944 #worldwartwo

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Aug 12

After a temporary technical hiccup, the @WomensHeartbeat website is back up again - please pass this on to any women you know who suffer with cardiac issues. #WomensHealth www.womensheartbeat.com

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Our charity, Women's Heartbeat, aims to promote awareness of the different types of heart problems and the symptoms that women can exhibit. By providing information, broadening education and assisti...

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jul 16

I think you’ll be very lucky to find anything so organised from that era - war studies fell into disfavour a decade ago and it’s only recently making a strong comeback under @jfb1066.bsky.social - you could also try contacting Dan Whittingham at @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jul 11

Mine is that I always hyphenate Field-Marshal as that’s the way it was written in the day. You can find a few contemporary examples of unhyphenated usage but these days the trend is to drop the hyphen.

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jul 4

47 years since I got to the front of the stage at Salford Uni. She was spectacular.

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jul 1

Looking forward to getting stuck into this - David Keable-Elliott’s ‘The Doctrine of the British Army’ from Helion. #HistBookChat

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's not bad when one of your musical heroes doesn't disappoint when you finally get to see them. #Kraftwerk #ForeverNow

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · Jun 18

For the third time this century the government of the USA is about to get involved in a situation it has not taken the trouble properly to understand, which it thinks it thinks it can quickly resolve by using limited military force.
To learn none of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan is criminal.

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jun 8

That is some pretty intense ducting going on under the @astonmartin.bsky.social Valkyrie hypercar! #WEC #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #LeMans

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jun 5

Leo Amery and his amazing networks
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Leo Amery's amazing networks

Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1873-1955) lead a remarkable career; the son of a father who was a forestry official in Imperial India and a mother who descended from Hungarian Jews, he ended ...

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Jun 4

Very sad news - a shame I only got to meet him once.

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · May 21

What a night, what a team! COYS @tottenhamhotspur.com #TottenhamHotspur #Spurs

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · May 21

If you need an example of the financial insanity of the National Health Service - this equipment, not all of it actually used, is going to the skip as the hospital that issued it is not allowed to take it back due to the danger of cross-contamination. #nhs #wesstreeting

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · May 21

Aw, that’s sad news - one last time: “Norm!”

#Norm #Cheers #GeorgeWendt

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · May 17

A superb day that fully got into the geopolitical situation that Robert Bulwer-Lytton took on in 1876 - and where better to hold it that at his family home, @knebworthhouse.bsky.social. @henrycobbold.bsky.social & @hisbpf.bsky.social were perfect hosts.

Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hisbpf.bsky.social · May 17

This went very well and was great fun, many thanks to Henry Lytton Cobbold, most gracious of hosts, and Robert Lyman, moderator par excellence, and our very engaged audience:

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · May 17

It was a brilliant day and fully lived up to expectations - kudos to all who put it together!

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Apr 17

I bought this a few years back but haven’t had a chance to read it (yet). amzn.eu/d/boXKzHL

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Apr 17

I must reread that sometime!

Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Apr 17

Great news - congratulations!

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great looking subject however the ‘academic’ pricing means I won’t be buying it. Bring out a sensibly priced paperback @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great looking subject however the ‘academic’ pricing means I won’t be buying it. Bring out a sensibly priced paperback @manchesterup.bsky.social