Nicholas Rankin

Author 6 Faber books inc 2023, Trapped in History: Kenya, Mau Mau & Me, Telegram from Guernica; Maggie’s husband, Rosa's dad. Opinions my own.

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Trapped in History is Book of the Day!
https://t.co/aVcdAPLHDW

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

MAGA knows Trump is lying about Ukraine.

They know Russia started the war.

They know Putin in entirely to blame for targeting civilians from the start.

They're so corrupted by evil that they'll flood my replies with praise of Trump's lies and Putin's murders.

Watch.

[Alexander Stahel 🌻 @BurggrabenH]

Excellent summary by former head of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, of this new era in geopolitics…adapt or die

[Literary Review @Lit_Review]

Norman Lewis was one of the great travel writers of the 20th century. His long life saw him travel to places as varied as Burma and Belize, Vietnam and Venezuela.

@RankinNick hits the road with Lewis via a new collection of his writings.

https://t.co/frkrXMxiea

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

The Weak Strongman (audio and text) - by Timothy Snyder https://t.co/ovKvprhtKn

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

The ‘Trump-Putin Axis’ smells like the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939. Won’t end well, as bandits always fall out…

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Cet homme s’amuse bien a Paris avec sa femme Maggie Gee …

[John Cortes @cortes_john]

. . . and the glorious sunsets and the figtrees in the Alameda gardens…

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

The Italian Woman by Vincent Van Gogh…

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Musee D’Orsay top floor…

[Beyond the Cosmic Veil @ClassicalAegis]

36,000 years ago, humans painted mammoths, cave lions, and woolly rhinos in a cave in France.

The Chauvet Cave paintings aren't just cave art.

They are a time capsule of Ice Age artistic masters.

Here's why: 🧵

[Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye]

12 Feb 1942, Lt Cdr Eugene Esmonde, died, aged 32. Posthumously awarded Victoria Cross while leading Fleet Air Arm bombers in 'Channel Dash''. Born nr. Barnsley. 1928, enlisted in RAF. 1934, joined Imperial Airways. Start of #WW2, returned to forces. Took part in Bismarck attack.

[30Commando @IHistorical]

Amazing and of course we had a special message from His Majesty for the ceremony in Brest last year.
@Commando_Ops @BrittanyRememb1

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Service in Ramsgate marking 83rd anniversary of Operation Fuller, the doomed attempt to stop three German battleships dashing up the English Channel. Six Fairey Swordfish bi-planes of 825 NAS from Manston were all shot down. Their leader won a posthumous Victoria Cross.

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Remembering the heroic naval airmen of the Channel Dash -12 February 1942 - at a ceremony in Ramsgate. Helen Esmonde, Valerie Sayer, Malcolm Cornwallis and Carol Lee.

[Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye]

11 Feb 1942, Germans launched Channel Dash, codenamed Operation Cerberus, with aim of running Kriegsmarine squadron of ships, including battleships Scharnhorst (photo) & Gneisenau & Cruiser Prinz Eugen, from Brest, France, through British blockade to home bases in Germany. #WW2

[UK Defence in Belgium & Luxembourg 🇬🇧🇧🇪🇱🇺 @UKDefenceBeLux]

Today is the funeral of Andrée (Codename 'Nadine') Dumont, one of Belgium's #WW2 Resistance heroes. As part of the Comet Line, she escorted Allied Airmen out of Belgium.
After an incredible life, she passed away aged 102.
The UK and #RAF remain forever grateful for her courage.

[History Girl @HistoryGirlBW]

Empire Day Children’s Parade. 🇬🇧
c. 1914 to 1918.

“You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.”

- Doris Lessing

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Blimey! D.H. Lawrence once said that ‘Ugliness is the curse of England”. Et tu, Calpe?

[Rebecca Calderon @reb_calderon]

Awful. A massive and totally unnecessary edifice at the entrance to #Gibraltar. Why do we need more luxury flats here?

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Gibraltar’s tunnels are a wonder. Look forward to seeing them again!

[Rebecca Calderon @reb_calderon]

What an amazing new tourist attraction in #Gibraltar! So exciting to see such quality and thought put into a project. Thanks Gail! @RankinNick @maggiegeewriter

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Absolutely MIND-BLOWING! A zoom out of the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars....