Dr James A.S. Sunderland
@jamesassunderland.bsky.social
Research Fellow. PDRA at St Edmund's, University of Cambridge. Historian of British ruled Palestine and Jewish political violence. Dphil, Merton College, University of Oxford
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December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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More bizarrely, there was a whole debacle over what to feed a Kosher premier. Messages flowed back and forth over this issue. The Gov. were keen to avoid repeating the faux pas of feeding the Israeli Economic Delegation the very un-kosher treat of... prawn cocktails.
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
More bizarrely, there was a whole debacle over what to feed a Kosher premier. Messages flowed back and forth over this issue. The Gov. were keen to avoid repeating the faux pas of feeding the Israeli Economic Delegation the very un-kosher treat of... prawn cocktails.
There were huge security concerns as the FCO feared someone might try to attack Begin for his terrorist past. FCO officials and the PM's office received many angry letters about the visit. One letter required a special response, coming from the last High Commissioner of Palestine who condemned Begin
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There were huge security concerns as the FCO feared someone might try to attack Begin for his terrorist past. FCO officials and the PM's office received many angry letters about the visit. One letter required a special response, coming from the last High Commissioner of Palestine who condemned Begin
The Association for Products of Eretz Israel ran many of these posters telling buyers to look for the symbol shown which indicated that the watermelon was grown on a 'Hebrew farm.' This was part of efforts to protect Jewish labour by Zionist groups, against cheaper Arab labour and foreign imports.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Association for Products of Eretz Israel ran many of these posters telling buyers to look for the symbol shown which indicated that the watermelon was grown on a 'Hebrew farm.' This was part of efforts to protect Jewish labour by Zionist groups, against cheaper Arab labour and foreign imports.
Civil Service-ese English = bureaucratic, opaque, often means the opposite of what it seems to say or requires careful reading between the lines to gain an understanding of its meaning.
American Dunce-ese English (Trump variant) = bombastic, self-congratulatory, content bereft of much meaning.
American Dunce-ese English (Trump variant) = bombastic, self-congratulatory, content bereft of much meaning.
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Civil Service-ese English = bureaucratic, opaque, often means the opposite of what it seems to say or requires careful reading between the lines to gain an understanding of its meaning.
American Dunce-ese English (Trump variant) = bombastic, self-congratulatory, content bereft of much meaning.
American Dunce-ese English (Trump variant) = bombastic, self-congratulatory, content bereft of much meaning.
contracts, often non-renewable or ballotable, and with gaps over summer so that you have to move out. It’s exhausting. I’ve lived in 16 different addresses since I moved to uni. That’s insane! And it’s not that (some of) these properties are not nice or in excellent locations: I've lived in […]
October 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
contracts, often non-renewable or ballotable, and with gaps over summer so that you have to move out. It’s exhausting. I’ve lived in 16 different addresses since I moved to uni. That’s insane! And it’s not that (some of) these properties are not nice or in excellent locations: I've lived in […]
Of course, 'Jerusalem' stone often did not (and still doesn't) come from the city, but shipping stone from the UK is next-level stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Of course, 'Jerusalem' stone often did not (and still doesn't) come from the city, but shipping stone from the UK is next-level stuff.
Deeply ironic because a) of how much effort the British put into espousing ideas about making use of local material to blend into the environment (supposedly), and b) the building meant to personify the past of the country has its story told through material from the colonial power. Lots to unpack.
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Deeply ironic because a) of how much effort the British put into espousing ideas about making use of local material to blend into the environment (supposedly), and b) the building meant to personify the past of the country has its story told through material from the colonial power. Lots to unpack.
Ohhanessian seems to have liked the design and concluded it was commercially viable. We can see copies of the casts of the Dome (near top right) awaiting painting alongside other designs in the background of a picture of a member of the studio working on painting a vase.
September 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ohhanessian seems to have liked the design and concluded it was commercially viable. We can see copies of the casts of the Dome (near top right) awaiting painting alongside other designs in the background of a picture of a member of the studio working on painting a vase.
It appears the initial design came from a piece created by Ohannessian for the British town planner and Arts & Crafts enthusiast C.R. Ashbee and was designed as a gift for Queen Mary upon her wedding in 1922 from the Arab's of Palestine.
September 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It appears the initial design came from a piece created by Ohannessian for the British town planner and Arts & Crafts enthusiast C.R. Ashbee and was designed as a gift for Queen Mary upon her wedding in 1922 from the Arab's of Palestine.