Well, Small Prophets was rather lovely. In today's world, there's nowt wrong with a feel-good whimiscal comedy with grounded characters.

I hope there is a second series

People will remember the great films Robert Duvall enriched, but spare a thought for the less than great films he nevertheless made better. Deep Impact, Days of Thunder, The Outfit. The very definition of an actor who never gave a bad performance

I don't know anyone there sorry

I agree, foul stuff

Personally, I would not be bothered if an American or other non-Brit took the role. As long as they were the right fit for Bond and whatever vision the producers have.

I would like the reboot to start just after WW2, but I doubt it will happen

People who suggest actors in their 50s for the next James Bond really annoy me. We are a year or two away from production starting, and we all want a series of several films.

So, the new Bond clearly needs to be in their 30s, or maybe even late 20s if we reboot his career pre-spy

Yep, I was hanging off every word

Everything You Know About D-Day Is Wrong: WW2 Historian Exposes What Most Experts Don’t Tell You YouTube video by Jacob J. Watson-Howland

If you miss hearing me talk about war stuff this weekend. I urge you to watch me being interviewed by Jacob Watson-Howland here www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc7f...

I am looking forward to it

2 And are they wine flavoured?

Again, no

But they have port, claret and sherry written on them?

Err, yes

But they are not wine flavoured?

No, just fruit

French person walks off shaking their head!

1 Explaining Wine Gums to a French person:

Are they like chewing gum?

No

But they have gum in the name

Yes I know, but they are just sweets like Haribo

Harder now because the leaves have fallen, but the area north of St Lo, Saint Georges d'Elle is good

Congratulations to Frank McDonough on publication of the latest volume of his #SecondWorldWar series, this one focused on the Holocaust.
@paulmcgannon.bsky.social read very movingly from the book, at @hatchards.bsky.social this evening.

Out and about in Saint Lo and on Omaha beach today

I have it pre-ordered

The Damned - Not Like Everybody Else [CD] (Digipak) The Damned - Not Like Everybody Else [CD] (Digipak) The Damned return with a personal and

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Some great tracks by The Animals, Pink Floyd, Lovin' Spoonful, The Kinks etc

There's A Ghost In My House YouTube video by R. Dean Taylor - Topic

I believe this is what young folks call a "banger".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnR...

I am so excited that this is one of the songs the Damned are covering on their forthcoming Brian James tribute album

Interesting..

Sure, always happy to do more Bomber Command stuff

Thanks

Thanks Greg

A reminder to my followers from the WW2 history world, I am always looking for new guests and subjects for my YouTube channel. Battles, social history, biographies, niche research - all welcome. www.youtube.com/WW2TV

Here are some recent shows to give you an idea of the variety of subjects.

Mag and I went to a couple of the exhibitions at this year's Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents event. Whatever our feelings about politics, it's important to acknowledge the role of journalists covering conflicts around the World

Email me at paul@ddayhistorian.com please

Tomorrow at 19:00BST I’ll be on @ww2tv.bsky.social having a chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos and answering your questions! So if there’s something you want to know about the Third Arakan and/or the book, now is your chance to ask! ☺️

"There’s one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die – their silence.” Ben Hecht

Love his cheeky smile in that one

I am beginning the journey of "processing" my best bud Colin's passing yesterday. It was on the cards - cancer of the oesophagus is one of the shittiest ones, but we were hopeful, especially after he had a brief upturn 3 weeks ago.

I'll miss you mate, the beers, the gigs, the war talk and the craic

People adding extra information and detail in comments is brilliant. But when they do it in a passive aggressive tone it is frustrating. Things like "a proper historian would have said this"

Of course, but my point is, it used to be so simple