Vaughan William WW2 Playlist

And in case anyone is interested I've created a playlist of RVW music composed during or around the Second World War - open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ep...

Lab retriever sitting in a wood with his tongue out

Sleeping lab retriever

This good boi is 9 today. He had a run through bluebells, a huge bone, and a trip to the local pub. Happy Birthday Mickey!

Thanks Mika! I can recommend the book Bluebottle Goes to War by Peter Brownsword if you're interested in Sellers in the RAF Gang Shows.

Entertaining the Forgotten Army The West End Meets the Jungle

Entertaining the Forgotten Army
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Vaughan Williams by Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer's biography of Vaughan Williams is an excellent pairing with @alanallport.bsky.social's Britain at Bay. A composer I greatly admire whose music at times captures the Shire folk myth & whimsy Alan writes about. Perhaps the Gandalf of these simple folk? #histbookchat

cheers Dave!

A New Home for the Historical Ephemera Newsletter P

OK, here goes nothing - A New Home for the Historical Ephemera Newsletter matteatonmedia-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/a-new-home...

Hi @alliedarmour.bsky.social! Yes, that was the case in the first few weeks of the war - only serious music and news bulletins. They relaxed pretty quickly and usual programming returned. There was a period of time when they worried that Vera Lynn's songs were too soppy and harmed morale.

Two homemade white sandwich loaves

Two loaves - that should keep my boys in PB&J sandwiches for 24 hours.

I just need a home for my free newsletter, rather than a social media platform that tolerates and rewards extreme content creators. I like the look of some of the tools on Beehiiv too.

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This week, I have been mostly migrating my newsletter from Substack to Beehiiv.

Fascinating piece about the founder of Save the Children. #histbookchat

Sharing on #histbookchat feed

Good to see!

just to make you feel really old! :-)

Ah - and the right wing link?

I agree with first part, but I'm also an avid listener to R3. Too much Elgar?

Congratulations!

Sharing on #histbookchat feed

A happy looking Lab Retriever in a wood full of bluebells

Mickey and the bluebells yesterday.

Propaganda - Duel YouTube video by PropagandaVEVO

I can't get this ear worm out of my head, so I dont see why you shouldn't have it too.

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And a penchant for awkward displays of nudity.

I can see that. After watching The Other Bennet Sister, how about Ryan Sampson?

Will keep an eye on them - changed hosts for the time being.

#histbookchat and #histscalemodels users - these feeds should be running as normal again. I took an executive decision. Let me know if you experience any problems.

The last status update entry is a month old.

I suggest you update your status page when there's an outage like this. Especially for a paid service.

Apologies #histbookchat and #histscalemodels feed users, they appear to be down still. Any updates @blueskyfeedcreator.com? If not, I will look into re-hosting to get the feeds back.

Catchy