War in the 20th century, with a special focus on the Essex Regiment and the First World War. 2 Essex Regiment old contemptibles. 27 April 1916 10th Essex. 26 April 1916 10th Essex. 25 April 1916 10th Essex. On The RAMC chain of evacuation, early war experience to the Somme 1916. On Battle of Britain by James Holland. On Battle of Britain by James Holland. On How Essex was the 10 Battalion Essex Regiment 1914-1918? .

Some thoughts on Asian military history and especially the nexus with the modern Asian strategic environment. Sunday, 25 February 2018. I was doing some research on the National Archives of Australia. Wednesday, 06 September 2017.

Ideas, reviews and research from a nineteenth-century cultural historian. Tex Morton, Troubled Celebrity. New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Tex Morton is remembered as the father of Australian country music today. They note that he left Australia for ten years at the end of the 1940s, spending most of the 1950s touring Canada as a stage hypnotist. It is fascinating that even though these scandals were.

Today, I am two separate gorillas. Sunday, 25 March 2018. One good reason for not entrusting the future of the country to the people who think leaving the European Union will solve everything, is that those people look rubbish at handling money. Via a tiny unofficial campaign run by a 23 year old fashion student.

Modes of Life and Other Places. Posted by ndrobins under Europe. I wish I had expressed this as effectively. As Karl Schlögel has here. The Wall divided Europe, but the since of East and West has been ingrained in memory for much longer, at least since the Enlightenment. Posted by ndrobins under Immigration.

This one-day conference organised by our Edinburgh postgrads Anne Peale and Richard Sobolewski looks terrific. Download the full programme as a pdf here. The ordinary ebb and flow of coastal sediments at Portobello beach has temporarily exposed the outline of the old harbour and sea walls. Though the existence of the harbour has been well documented. Particularly in light of rescue archaeology work undertaken for the Harbour Green.