James Barr
@jamesbarr.bsky.social
I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. Next book: THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Signal - jamesbarr.62
Currently reading J L Carr / A Month In The Country
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Signal - jamesbarr.62
Currently reading J L Carr / A Month In The Country
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January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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He won't though, will he? He's too scared of the consequences of doing so.
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
He won't though, will he? He's too scared of the consequences of doing so.
part of this is presumably a fear that the tech companies will turn to Trump.
January 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
part of this is presumably a fear that the tech companies will turn to Trump.
Good article. Something I miss is Keith Simpson's summer and Christmas book lists which were a useful antidote to this sort of stuff.
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Good article. Something I miss is Keith Simpson's summer and Christmas book lists which were a useful antidote to this sort of stuff.
I’ve been up Creag Meghaidh twice, both times in the winter.
Once with the cloud down (a bit hairy on that mountain); the second time we dug a snowhole at the pass
and climbed the rest the following day.
Once with the cloud down (a bit hairy on that mountain); the second time we dug a snowhole at the pass
and climbed the rest the following day.
January 22, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I’ve been up Creag Meghaidh twice, both times in the winter.
Once with the cloud down (a bit hairy on that mountain); the second time we dug a snowhole at the pass
and climbed the rest the following day.
Once with the cloud down (a bit hairy on that mountain); the second time we dug a snowhole at the pass
and climbed the rest the following day.
I wrote about this in my last book, Lords of the Desert. And I am currently writing a chapter on Suez for my next book, which looks at the crisis from a different angle (making clear the British were passengers in the fiasco)
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I wrote about this in my last book, Lords of the Desert. And I am currently writing a chapter on Suez for my next book, which looks at the crisis from a different angle (making clear the British were passengers in the fiasco)