That line could be repeated in so many contexts. Sounding reasonable but absolute rubbish. “The death of Charles Dickens marked the end of his writing career.”
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That line could be repeated in so many contexts. Sounding reasonable but absolute rubbish. “The death of Charles Dickens marked the end of his writing career.”
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
7 March 1920 | A Pole, Bolesław Głębowicz, was born in Krakow.
In #Auschwitz from 8 August 1942.
No. 57317
In 1944, he was transferred to KL Sachsenhausen. He survived the war.
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Thanks Caitlin. Shame to see yet more evidence of the dreadful condition of many headstones.
Got up early to photograph some gravestones but it’s after 9:30 and the fog is still so thick I can barely see them let alone get good light.
A touch of #Folklore following on from the earlier post. The Hole of Horcum, is a natural amphitheatre situated near Pickering. Legend tells that that the ‘Hole’ was created when ‘Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth from the moors to throw at his wife Bell during an argument
🧵A touch of #Folklore following on from the earlier post. The Hole of Horcum, is a natural amphitheatre situated near Pickering. Legend tells that that the ‘Hole’ was created when ‘Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth from the moors to throw at his wife Bell during an argument. He missed!
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*History professor profits from sale of historical artefacts*
Another headline fixed
125 years ago today:
On 6th March 1901 in Bremen, shipyard worker Dietrich Weiland attempted to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm II (pic).
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We're revealing the details for nearly TWENTY talks available at our online conference on 26th April. Pick and choose your favourites, or load up with snacks and settle in for a marathon! @thelegalseagull.bsky.social
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A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
3 March 1871 | A Pole, Józef Steczowicz, was born in Tymbark. A railwayman.
In #Auschwitz from 9 June 1941.
No. 17210
He perished in the camp on 27 November 1941.
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It’s a warm day in Arras, which means the cemeteries are full of tiny lizards basking on the stones.
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Lawrence was chosen to go to the Hejaz partly because his name was already known to the Sherif, as the designer of his new stamps.
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A little friend joined us, singing quietly as he or she hopped around our feet looking for tasty treats.
#Düren - an important station with long platforms in German military plans for 1914 - linking up the troop garrisons from Cologne, Jülich and the Eifel region.
Bombing doesn’t bring democracy. Troops on the ground can’t impose democracy. Long term occupation doesn’t make democracy. The people have to want to change - a hard lesson from history.
Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.
But that would break the long tradition in Parliament of always giving someone a job they are not in any way qualified for.
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#OTD - 27 February 1915
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