Good choice. Was there 5 years ago. Norfolk Tank Museum is good too.

If you could recommend only one #Coldwar museum, which one would it be?

From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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Apollo Soyuz checklists

Apollo Soyuz.

"Proletarian solidarity is our strength!", USSR, 1973

A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.

Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk .

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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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Coming to the US in July, a novel set in the darkest days of authoritarian rule in Romania from Oana Aristide:

"Part thriller, part fable, this is fascinating, funny, and very moving."―GUARDIAN (UK)
"A wry detective story and a searing political commentary."―Rajesh Parameswaran

From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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I am currently in Tirana Albania. Yesterday, l stumbled across an old man selling secondhand books on the street. Amongst his offerings were some old communist magazines featuring my favourite style of images from that era of the Soviet Union - technicians using computers.

That is correct. The list is intended to be locations publicly available.

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Ever wanted to know where your nearest UK #ColdWar collection or heritage site is?

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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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Chernobyl's last wedding: The couple who married as a nuclear disaster unfolded Serhiy and Iryna married 40 years ago, unaware a nuclear reactor had exploded less than 3 miles away.

40 years after #Chernobyl's last wedding: The couple who married as a nuclear disaster unfolded
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From East Berlin to West Ireland Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see h

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"From East Berlin to West Ireland"

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UK National #ColdWar #Heritage Week May 2026

Across the week, sites and museums around the UK will open their doors for guided bunker and airbase tours, special exhibitions, film screenings, expert talks, and hands‑on displays.

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I know this looks bad, but I am not giving my guest @rorycormac.bsky.social the finger!

I am pointing at his new book, Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line.

We had a great chat, and the episode and book come out in May.

Flying the F-111 from RAF Lakenheath Rick Shreve was a USAF F111 pilot based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK. We hear about his early USAF career as a fighter pilot, then we move onto his transfer to the F111 and how he was trained t

#OTD 14th April 1986 The United States launched air strikes against Libya in retaliation for sponsorship of terrorism against American personnel.

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New Media, Old Fears - Telling Cold War Stories Online Ian Sanders explores how digital storytelling is transforming the way we encounter Britain’s Cold War past.

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How is the Cold War being rediscovered, reinterpreted, and retold in the digital age?

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The Umbrella Man and Other Stories is released in exactly 2 weeks. Here's a selection of endorsements so far.

Featuring @almurray.bsky.social, @robinince.bsky.social, @chrischibnall.bsky.social, @knoxharrington.bsky.social, @coldwarpod.bsky.social, @gauthamrao.bsky.social, @quantick.bsky.social

Thankyou!

Thanks to all of my listeners & guests for helping to achieve this latest milestone.

It is such an honour to preserve and share these stories before they disappear from memory.

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NEW EPISODE Guarding the wire at #GuantanamoBay #Cuba

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NEW EPISODE Guarding the wire at #GuantanamoBay #Cuba

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Yuri Gagarin – the first human in space 9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile – orig

Today, 65 years ago, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to reach space. 

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