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Dave Stowe
@davidstowe1919.bsky.social
Independent Researcher and Historian. Interests: Civilian Internment, Crime, Urban History, Interwar Years. TV & Film. Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Previously https://x.com/InternierungWWI
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This is the simple truth that Rachel Reeves & many commentators in the MSM try to avoid. A pound spent into the economy circulates, creates demand, supports businesses and generates incomes. A pound hoarded, whether in private savings, corporate reserves or tax havens, does nothing for society.
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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' if it does not sell add snow' was spmething my father was taught at art school. I have no idea if it applies to this beauty having never seen it first .

Brian Hagger
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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new on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: distinguished historian @madameclair08.bsky.social pitches her new @beaconpress.bsky.social book, TELL HER STORY: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
carceral-history.ghost.io/authors-pitc...
author's pitch: how Eleanor Bumpurs became "more than my neighbor"
Today's author's pitch comes from Professor LaShawn Harris. She is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her area of expertise includes twentieth century African American His...
carceral-history.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Today’s Oscar-qualified short is 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls,' a hauntingly beautiful gothic stop-motion fable of love and greed. Directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, the TIFF-winning short was produced by the NFB and Clyde Henry Productions.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/the-g...
'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
The hauntingly beautiful stop-motion short follows a poor boy who discovers a mysterious girl whose tears transform into luminous pearls.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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More podcasts from The World Turned Upside Down resource (see www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk)
Historical fiction and the English Civil Wars👇
Creating Memory - Historical Fiction and the English Civil Wars - The World Turned Upside Down
Historical fiction is often a lens through which the memory of the Civil Wars has been shaped. Therefore, this is an important, but often forgotten topic
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Lest We Forget www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0q... "The corner of northern France that is forever Yorkshire". This is a piece I did for ITN News with John Irvine in 2016.

(with special thanks also to @profalisonsfell.bsky.social and Legacies of War at the University of Leeds ) #Fricourt
The corner of northern France that is forever Yorkshire
YouTube video by ITV News
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November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 08,1945
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've set a couple of hours aside this afternoon to watch Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch (1974). I like this type of documentary-style cinema where the plotline and characters are given time to develop.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3s...
Edvard Munch (1974) Peter Watkins - Türkçe Altyazılı - English, Français, Español Subtitles
YouTube video by İyi Ki Filmler Var
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November 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Bonfire Night when I was younger (w/out wanting to sound too nostalgic) was mostly about pie and peas, jacket potatoes, and parkin. It was also a community event, involving 'chumping' (collecting firewood) or 'raiding' the rivals' stockpile, and then getting together to make the biggest bonfire.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Delfshaven - one year ago today! #Netherlands
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Dutch history, mythical creatures, Radbod and Bluey?! It's like this post was written for me personally!
www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/mythica...
Mythical beasts of the Netherlands
I have to admit it: I know very little about the Netherlands. I’ve had a few very brief stopovers in Amsterdam – which I suspect, like any capital city, bears almost no relation to the country it supp...
www.pucaprinthouse.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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So pleased to get my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War". @HurstPublishers publishers have done a wonderful job in producing it.
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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“In Peter Watkins’s world, no amount of time can bury the cry for freedom.”

Rest in power Peter Watkins, socialist hero.

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
tribunemag.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy Halloween - a perfect tune for the approaching All Hallows' Eve!

[Wold Newton Triangle - The powers of parkin and the cake-eating dragon of Filey is one of my favourite legends.]
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!

In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.

Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
29 October 1914 – Through the Evening and Night

As the Rohilla steamed down the east coast, the fierce storm increased in severity. With wartime blackouts hiding every coastal and ship’s light, the captain was forced to navigate by dead reckoning guessing his 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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#NationalGeographic has named #Hull, #England, one of the top 25 destinations in the world for 2026, thanks in part to the city's embrace of its rich #MaritimeHistory. Hull is in the midst of a massive restoration of several sites, including a maritime museum and the 1927 Spurn #Lightship.
National Geographic names Hull one of the top 25 places to visit in the world — The Hull Story
By Rick Lyon , Co-Editor Hull has been named one of the Top 25 global destinations to visit in 2026 by  National Geographic , in its prestigious Best of the World list. The city joins an elit...
www.thehullstory.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Remembering the superlative writer and editor Keith Roberts, who was born on this day 1935.
A fitting day therefore to be embarking on his 1968 book ‘Pavane’, which many still regard as not only his masterpiece but also one of the genre’s finest ‘alternative history’ novels.
September 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Early rise & watching Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) on Talking Pictures. It's left me thinking that the dressing gown and cravat plays an impt part in the studio wardrobe in this period. Bulldog Drummond stands out in that he's wearing a stud collar and dickie bow for the night scenes.
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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‘After the war, a group of French engineers suggested dropping fifteen hydrogen bombs on Tunisia in order to clear a waterway to the newly discovered oil reserves of southern Algeria.’

Oliver Cussen on the ecological dynamics of imperialism.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Oliver Cussen · Fish in the Wrong Place: Aquatic Colonialism
The environmental history of European empire doesn’t end with decolonisation. The quasi-colonial schemes of the Green...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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If you're looking for the short on my new article, Dr Tom Almeroth-Williams has made it easy for you! 👇👇
The 'slums' of Victorian Manchester actually housed wealthy doctors and engineers, mixed in with poor weavers, a @camhistory.bsky.social study shows.

@stjohnscollege.bsky.social historian @emvchung.bsky.social surprise discovery undermines major assumptions about the city: bit.ly/3WLt3dl #history
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Waterstones was a rather disorienting experience this morning. Exit lift, turn left now instead of straight ahead or right for History. Totally threw me. I couldn't work out the different sections or periodisation, or the alphabetical arrangement of historians/authors. I'll try again at the weekend.
a black and white photo of a fluffy cat with a mustache looking at the camera .
Alt: A black and white photo of a fluffy cat with a mustache looking at the camera .
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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM