@drrichardduckett.bsky.social
Historian: www.soeinburma.com
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This bronze head of a goddess with her spooky, hypnotic inlaid silver eyes, will be roaming the shadows tonight on All Hallows Eve! Still looking for her body, 2,000 years later … 😱 🏺 1/
Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This bronze head of a goddess with her spooky, hypnotic inlaid silver eyes, will be roaming the shadows tonight on All Hallows Eve! Still looking for her body, 2,000 years later … 😱 🏺 1/
Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
Pretty damn cool.
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pretty damn cool.
What an excellent idea/initiative. Be brave people, and sign up.
I have spoken to many people who have a story to tell, but don't think they're the one to tell it.
I have spoken to many people who have a story to tell, but don't think they're the one to tell it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What an excellent idea/initiative. Be brave people, and sign up.
I have spoken to many people who have a story to tell, but don't think they're the one to tell it.
I have spoken to many people who have a story to tell, but don't think they're the one to tell it.
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OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
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Being released this Tuesday, 4 November. Also available as E book, and through Amazon as both hardcover and on Kindle.
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Being released this Tuesday, 4 November. Also available as E book, and through Amazon as both hardcover and on Kindle.
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From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:
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🚨 OUT THIS WEEK 🚨 Behind enemy lines, Belgian agents risked everything — knowing capture meant death. 🕵️♀️ Their courage redefined what it meant to fight without a weapon. Helen Fry tells their story. 🎧 pod.fo/e/345753
📖 uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
📖 uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 OUT THIS WEEK 🚨 Behind enemy lines, Belgian agents risked everything — knowing capture meant death. 🕵️♀️ Their courage redefined what it meant to fight without a weapon. Helen Fry tells their story. 🎧 pod.fo/e/345753
📖 uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
📖 uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
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🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Call for Participation | History and Archives in Practice 2026
Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️
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#OTD in 1941, the BV-222 Wiking flew a mission into Derna, hauling 60 German soldiers into Africa, and returning to Europe with 30 sick or wounded soldiers.
The BV222 Wiking in North Africa, 1941
Background The Blohm & Voss 222 Wiking (Viking) was a large flying boat, constructed in very small numbers during the war. Originally planned for commercial long-distance operations, similar to…
rommelsriposte.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
#OTD in 1941, the BV-222 Wiking flew a mission into Derna, hauling 60 German soldiers into Africa, and returning to Europe with 30 sick or wounded soldiers.
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This week’s Halloween episode for the podcast has dropped - on a U-boat ghost story and sea monsters…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
#history #podcast #navalhistory
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
#history #podcast #navalhistory
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This week’s Halloween episode for the podcast has dropped - on a U-boat ghost story and sea monsters…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
#history #podcast #navalhistory
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
#history #podcast #navalhistory
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6. The eagerly-awaited first book by engaging historian @lmbd1418.bsky.social "Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945" has recently been published (2025.) It relates the daring exploits of a Commando Brigade which included her grandfather. www.ospreypublishing.com/us/jungle-co...
Jungle Commandos
Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battl…
www.ospreypublishing.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
6. The eagerly-awaited first book by engaging historian @lmbd1418.bsky.social "Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945" has recently been published (2025.) It relates the daring exploits of a Commando Brigade which included her grandfather. www.ospreypublishing.com/us/jungle-co...
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5. Special Operations Executive (SOE) researcher Richard Duckett wrote his 4th book, "Jungle Warrior: Britain's Greatest SOE Commander" (2025) revealing the epic saga of Lt. Col. Edgar Peacock, who led guerrillas in WW2 Burma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom5...
Jungle Warrior (Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Peacock) - Britain’s Greatest SOE Commander
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
5. Special Operations Executive (SOE) researcher Richard Duckett wrote his 4th book, "Jungle Warrior: Britain's Greatest SOE Commander" (2025) revealing the epic saga of Lt. Col. Edgar Peacock, who led guerrillas in WW2 Burma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom5...
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1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
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Fast, unarmed, and unstoppable: the Mosquito became the Allies’ ultimate recon weapon! 💨
History Rage explores how it shaped the air war.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/342a15
#WWII #WW2Aircraft #RAF ✈️⚡
History Rage explores how it shaped the air war.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/342a15
#WWII #WW2Aircraft #RAF ✈️⚡
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fast, unarmed, and unstoppable: the Mosquito became the Allies’ ultimate recon weapon! 💨
History Rage explores how it shaped the air war.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/342a15
#WWII #WW2Aircraft #RAF ✈️⚡
History Rage explores how it shaped the air war.
🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/342a15
#WWII #WW2Aircraft #RAF ✈️⚡
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Your Saturday need some spicing up? 😄 Via the link below you can read my latest article (open access) on surveillance of the Scottish public during the Second World War. Enjoy!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A country with “its own special problems”: domestic surveillance in Scotland during the Second World War
In the early years of the Second World War, rising workplace discontent, perceived communist influence, and war weariness sparked a suite of investigations into civilian mood and behaviour in the v...
www.tandfonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Your Saturday need some spicing up? 😄 Via the link below you can read my latest article (open access) on surveillance of the Scottish public during the Second World War. Enjoy!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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#RIP Saddened to hear of the passing of Tim Cook, chief historian at the Canadian War Museum. He leaves us an impressive legacy with his books that tell Canada's story.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
#RIP Saddened to hear of the passing of Tim Cook, chief historian at the Canadian War Museum. He leaves us an impressive legacy with his books that tell Canada's story.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Whilst we are between series,Jack&Rob are still working on new content&we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star. Looking forward to having them on for Remembrance Day.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Whilst we are between series,Jack&Rob are still working on new content&we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star. Looking forward to having them on for Remembrance Day.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
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Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...
Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle
In a special episode we are joined by Professor Peter Doyle who delivered this talk on Loos at a Podcast Supporters Evening for the 110th Anniversary of the battle last month. Peter’s new edi…
oldfrontline.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...
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This week we look forward to publication, on Thursday, of the next in the Society's New Historical Perspectives book series:
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 - University of London Press
The west has long gripped the imagination. In Atlantic Isles, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’, which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain an...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This week we look forward to publication, on Thursday, of the next in the Society's New Historical Perspectives book series:
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT
Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
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🗓️ #OTD in 1945 – with the end of the war, COPP is officially disbanded. But it won't be long before the legacy is revived when 'cockleshell hero' Royal Marines officer 'Blondie' Hasler (📸 IWM A 29378) sets up the School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (SCOBBS). #NavalHistory 🧵
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🗓️ #OTD in 1945 – with the end of the war, COPP is officially disbanded. But it won't be long before the legacy is revived when 'cockleshell hero' Royal Marines officer 'Blondie' Hasler (📸 IWM A 29378) sets up the School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (SCOBBS). #NavalHistory 🧵
Never listened!
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Missing The Forgotten War Pod? Never listened? Why not charge into Series 1 and hear our overview of the campaign - the highs and lows of in India and Burma covered in 11 episodes. Find us on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you get podcasts.
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Never listened!
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
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Number 10 has arrived! The feeling never gets old.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Number 10 has arrived! The feeling never gets old.
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📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants!
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants!
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
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"Masters of Mayhem" will be available in paperback later this fall!
Learn about how T. E. Lawrence's ideas influenced modern special operations warfare.
Pre-Order Here: https://tinyurl.com/278yvanm
#militaryhistory #telawrence #britishmilitary
Learn about how T. E. Lawrence's ideas influenced modern special operations warfare.
Pre-Order Here: https://tinyurl.com/278yvanm
#militaryhistory #telawrence #britishmilitary
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Masters of Mayhem" will be available in paperback later this fall!
Learn about how T. E. Lawrence's ideas influenced modern special operations warfare.
Pre-Order Here: https://tinyurl.com/278yvanm
#militaryhistory #telawrence #britishmilitary
Learn about how T. E. Lawrence's ideas influenced modern special operations warfare.
Pre-Order Here: https://tinyurl.com/278yvanm
#militaryhistory #telawrence #britishmilitary