…for diseases eradicated in the UK or under control, but still prevalent in the Middle East or Afghanistan.

Yeah we used to be given a book to record them all, and I remember for example in 1990 everyone on my station was given a range of inoculations in case they got sent to the Gulf. Over time it got less stringent, and then 9/11 happened and it ramped up again. Mostly precautionary…

We did in the Armed Forces.

If they hadn’t been vaccinated, a requirement for all British military personnel before deployment, the spread of fatal diseases could have occurred in those same conditions with no barriers to prevent it.

He’s a fracking idiot.

Troops operate in close confines where infectious diseases can spread like wildfire. British troops for example in Iraq and Afghanistan suffered from several outbreaks of food poisoning and other hygiene related illnesses exacerbated by insanitary conditions.

Ah yes. What a show!

Wartime sci-fi drama The Sentinels acquired by the BBC A new kind of war and a new breed of soldier, in a reimagined World War I

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This probably won’t appeal to #TweetClubNoir but it is a #EuroDrama - it’s just a blend of #SciFi #SFF #Fantasy and #AltHistory

I think it’s reminiscent of many #Wargaming worlds that exist in #DieselPunk games like Iron Harvest and Scythe.

Well done Ravinder. 😃👍

There are people exonerated by the work of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who would have otherwise been executed by the legal system. I believe the Justice Department should be investigating those district attorneys who were responsible for so many miscarriages of justice. Instead under Trump…

It’s a nightmare on Downing Street: Starmer has no one left to blame for this Mandelson horror show | Marina Hyde Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

It’s a nightmare on Downing Street: Starmer has no one left to blame for this Mandelson horror show | Marina Hyde

That’s exactly what I was about to say Robbie. 👍

I’d be surprised that any US airline would be cleared to fly over the CONUS supersonic without careful route planning to avoid built-up areas. Plus the Air Traffic Control measures would need careful planning. They struggle with subsonic aircraft.

In the Heat of the Night (1967) Directed by Norman Jewison stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant and Warren Oates.

Online Talk: South and North rather than North and South: The ‘Big Strike’ Novel To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Professor Michael Sanders (University of Manchester) will deliver an online talk on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm covering two Mancunian female trailblaz…

To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Professor Michael Sanders @bronterre1.bsky.social will deliver an online talk on 20 May on the ‘Big Strike’ novels, exploring the works of Ellen Wilkinson and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Find out more here: sslh.org.uk/2026/04/20/o...

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Good evening Samantha. 👋

A couple of years back I was writing a scene where someone on an early 18th century ship was lighting a storm lantern, and I had to stop mid-paragraph because I had NO IDEA how they would do that, and spent a couple of hours learning about the invention of matches, which did not exist then.

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A Welsh election like no other: Labour’s dominance under threat Labour looks vulnerable in Wales like never before, trailing Plaid Cymru and Reform UK in the polls. So much for the old certainties of a Senedd election, writes Andy Davies.

A Welsh election like no other: Labour’s dominance under threat

Labour looks vulnerable in Wales like never before, trailing Plaid Cymru and Reform UK in the polls. So much for the old certainties of a Senedd election, writes Andy Davies.

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Happy Birthday to Charlotte Brontë! Born April 21, 1816, Brontë remains one of the most influential and acclaimed authors in English literary history. Read Ruth Livesey’s “Communicating with Jane Eyre: Stagecoach, Mail, and the Tory Nation."

The Mandelson Affair Was Survivable. Starmer’s Explanation Was Not. The Limits of Process Politics

The Mandelson affair was survivable. Keir Starmer’s explanation for it may not be. It is a parable of his premiership and its wider problems- that the explanation is always process, not politics.

Piece from me on the limits of process politics

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A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to Saturday night's arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, where he threw a petrol bomb through a window

He told the police he has "no hate towards the Jewish
people", did not know the building was a synagogue and had no intention of hurting anyone

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Good morning, book birthday is finally upon me!! Rabbit Test and Other Stories is out in the woooorld 🥳

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Backend magic from @garius.bsky.social with the @ghost.org and @transistor.fm integration. Cuts out several layers of pod feed pipework to make it much easier for our subscribers — and us!

Once Upon a Time in the West Soundtrack (Farewell To Cheyenne) YouTube video by BestSoundTracker

The music for Jason Robards (Cheyenne).

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Each character has their theme and that’s his. 😆

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