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Matt Eaton

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Personal Account: researching troop morale & entertainment for p/t Military History PhD, London IC, voracious reader, keen baker, secret SWW modeller. Journaling about history here: https://matteatonmedia.substack.com

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 9d

My latest post uses primary sources to examine how entertainment raised morale in hospitals during the Italian campaign and examines what Joyce Grenfell taught the British Army after her first tour in 1944. #skystorians #milwelfhist open.substack.com/pub/matteato...

Only When I Laugh: Raising Patient Morale During the Italian Campaign

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely - love slow food at this time of year

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 20h

Membrillo made using the River Cottage recipe. Now just need some Manchego!

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Glut not gluten!

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently there's a gluten this year - these were from a friends tree.

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect - thanks

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks! Planning to give that a go next.

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

There's a piece missing 😜 Good luck!

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

I could feel my chakras clearing just watching that clip.

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

First time making quince jelly. Feeling very autumnal+

4 jars of quince jelly and 2 quinces used to make it.

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 2d

A real treasure hidden in the war diary!

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished Doppelganger A Trip into the Mirror World by @naomiaklein.bsky.social - essential reading for those trying to understand our strange new reality, the far right, social media, and our obsession with the self. Like Alice in Wonderland, so many important ideas down this rabbit hole!

Doppelganger - A trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Sharing on #histbookchat feed

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 4d

3000 words of the final chapter written today, following my protagonist's journey from Chittagong to Imphal and have just left Bill Slim in Monywaw. I need a lie down!

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 5d

Ah - good to know!

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 5d

Piekalkiewicz's The Battle for Cassino for this weeks #histbookchat. Written in 1980, looking to reading this Polish historian.

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“We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans.” — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declares war on beards 👀

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 7d

Good job, Lucy!

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 9d

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 9d

Sharing on #histbookchat

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 11d

I am

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 11d

Because sometimes only Peter Sellers will do.

Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Back

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 11d

@blueskyfeedcreator.com seems to be an outage affecting my feeds. Could you take a look please?

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 11d

#histbookchat

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 12d

Following on from the excellent Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson, I'm starting to read Saul David's Tunisgrad. Saw Saul talk at WHWF earlier this month and looking forward to this... #histbookchat

Saul David - Tunisgrad Victory in Africa

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 12d

Useful and thoughtful article - thanks James!

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