@ThroughTimePod@DavidOlusoga Am greatly enjoying the pod, and these episodes were really moving. Poor Iva. Life ruined by some really shitty people. Made me think of Bad Day at Black Rock and even James Ellroy’s LA 1941/2-set novels, that touch on the lot of US-Japanese citizens in WW2.
@MtarfaL I watched Lion being broken up at Inverkeithing during my daily commute from Rosyth to Edinburgh. The scrappers was easily visible from the railway line.
@ShiinaBR The latest from @dcsandbrook … a children’s history of British youth & football hooliganism in the early ‘70s. Looking forward to hearing @TheRestHistory episodes that must surely follow!
@RestIsPolitics interesting article about Jonathan Powell’s role in Starmer’s handling of POTUS in today’s @guardian. What I hadn’t realised was how long he’d been around … long enough to work with John Maynard Keynes
@HMWarships My Granfather was a Royal Marine on Edward VII. Like all but one of his shipmates, he survived her sinking. It made him miss the planned date of his wedding, however.
@RestIsPolitics@RoryStewartUK@campbellclaret Trump’s repudiation of support for the US’s allies has undermined the credibility of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, which relies on US consent to use. Should we therefore scrap the Trident boats & redirect the planned investment in their replacement towards conventional forces?