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Archive for July, 2008
Evelyn Waugh
Posted in 1, 8 on 28 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
Whoops!
Posted in British History 101 on 28 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had some technical difficulties with WordPress, resulting in posts being put on British History 101 that weren’t meant to be posted to this blog. Sorry for any confusion that resulted!
A big thank-you!
Posted in British History 101 on 27 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had to run by the post office this past week and thought I’d check the British History 101 box. I was delighted to find not one but two gems waiting there!
Listener John from Wigan very kindly sent me these two books, each of which I have been particularly looking forward to reading. An acquaintance [...]
The Long Range Desert Group
Posted in 1, 8 on 14 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Review: Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
Posted in British History 101 on 14 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Review: Killing Rommel
Pressfield, Steven. Killing Rommel: a Novel. Garden City: Doubleday, 2008. List price $24.95
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire (a book now taught at West Point) chronicles the factually-inspired expedition of the Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces team founded in 1940, to kill Erwin Rommel.
The [...]
A bone to pick with the BBC
Posted in British History 101 on 10 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been perusing the BBC’s website (it’s 0200 EST – why in the world am I still awake?) and found today’s selection for the ‘In Pictures’ section. Here’s the first photo in the series:
Now let’s move on to a later photo:
The BBC’s caption of this photo says “There was no sign the islanders recognised [...]
Bevan plaque for NHS anniversary
Posted in British History 101 on 5 July 2008 | 4 Comments »
From the BBC:
A plaque to mark 60 years of the NHS is to be unveilved in Tredegar, the birthplace of the service’s founder Aneurin Bevan.
[Health minister] Ms Hart said: “It is a fitting tribute to the man and to Tredegar, which is often described as the inspiration of the NHS, to be here today [...]
Happy Independence Day and a call for help
Posted in British History 101 on 4 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the commemoration in the United States of our independence from Britain, changing from colony to nation. It was a momentous event on both sides of the ocean, and it is of no small significance that our two nations now share (sometimes eyebrow-raising) friendship. How wonderful that a revolting colony now shares warm relations [...]
