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Niall Devitt
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Author, tenacious historian and researcher, love all trains-Camelot, QPR, The Fall, opera, film and comedy, Warner Brothers cartoons, Will Hay and importantly, where to find the best doughnut in London and how to make the perfect pot of tea to go with it!
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 5d
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Now due on the 30 Jan 2026, Tec issues but worth the wait my friends!

First of four covering 1801-2050. Uses countless new primary sources. This is different and fresh! Quote by a kind reviewer -' written by an expert researcher and genuine historian.'
Underground Railway 1801-1902
The London Underground, the very essence of a great metropolis, is a story which has fascinated and captivated generations since its first opening in January…
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 1h
Ps recently written on setting up London Transport under a young Herbert Morrison , Barbara Castle as a minister and a Fabian warrior in Denis Healey.
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 9h
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Also available from all your usual podcast providers. Get yourself a brew, sit back and learn about a critical event in the history of London.

Came close to being a very dangerous political crisis for Churchill as bombs rained down in 1940. Who now ran the tube?
36. The shelters of the London Underground in two world wars with Niall Devitt
On this episode, Mark welcomes Niall Devitt to discuss the shelters of the London Underground during the First and Second World Wars. Niall was proudly raised from a London Underground railway family ...
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Lee David Evans @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social · 9d
Picture Post's preview of the 1952 Labour conference held in Morecambe.

It features many of the post-war Labour greats: Attlee, Bevan, Foot, Castle, Braddock, Wilson...

The drama of this conference is the subject of the latest Since Attlee & Churchill podcast.

Available now.
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Lee David Evans @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 NEW PODCAST: The Crucible of Conference (Labour, 1952)

With party conference season under way, Richard and I discuss Labour's dramatic 1952 party conference in Morecambe.

Amidst pelting rain, Britain's socialists gathered in opposition for the first time in over a decade. The party was…
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Lee David Evans @leedavidevansuk.bsky.social · 8d
🚨 BONUS PODCAST: Conservative Lives Cut Short

Richard and I recently completed a three-part miniseries on the Since Attlee & Churchill podcast on ‘Labour Lives Cut Short’.

All three episodes are free to listen to on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 22h
Children of Men (2006) Directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón.
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 3h
Love so much what you do!

Got a subject you might want to do:

Nationalisation, to privatisation to re-nationalisation.1933-2025 Delighted to do with you as interview? Includes Fabians and Adam Smith Institute etc
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 3h
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act II Finale (Quarrel Scene)
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Hyrax Every Hour @hyraxeveryhour.bsky.social · 4h
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Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 4h
An adorable raccoon.
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 4h
Greta Garbo and John Gilbert with director Rouben Mamoulian on set of QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933).
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 4h
By Japanese artist Kishi Ganku (1756-1838), Tiger and a cub
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 4h
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71000 'Duke Of Gloucester' A Glistening Arrival Into Shrewsbury !
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 4h
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Fab news, what an engine! Love a BR Std!
BR Class 8 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' Returns after REPAINTING with Mainline Loaded Test Run!
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Niall Devitt @historyniall.bsky.social · 5h
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Vic Reeves Big Night Out - Action! Image! Exchange!
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Hyrax Every Hour @hyraxeveryhour.bsky.social · 6h
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Ferret Every Hour @ferretperhour.bsky.social · 6h
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 6h
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Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 6h
An adorable raccoon.
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 6h
You're never alone with a pilchard!

#TheBowmans
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 12h
Registration now open for our upcoming 3D Spring School: shorturl.at/GpY8r

3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage
13-17 April 2026

This in-person course will introduce you to issues, methods and technologies in the 3D imaging and modelling of ancient artefacts and buildings.
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 6h
Richard Benjamin’s MY FAVORITE YEAR, starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, and Joseph Bologna, opened in the U.S. on October 8, 1982.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 5h
"Life in Hong Kong: Comes dusk and the bicycle-riding lamplighter makes his rounds in the outlying districts where automatic electrical systems have not been put in."
1951
Photo of a man on a bicycle using a long stick to light a streetlamp. There is a person pulling a rickshaw behind him on the street.
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 5h
The choice of books in Felix Vallotton’s 'The Bookcase,' (1915) play nicely into the picture's palette: the shelves are filled with the yellow spines of the Bibliothèque Charpentier collection, in a nod to the (then) supposed female preference for thrilling novels.
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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 5h
La petite mandoliniste (1905)
by Henri Lebasque
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