lucy colback

Ex-banker, former FT Lex writer, 中文学生and gatherer of tales from the WW2 generation now published in Afterbursts

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

Thrilled to announce the publication of my book, Afterbursts: Reliving World War II. The history of the war told firsthand by survivors from the US through UK, Russia and China. Available in paperback now or preorder on Kindle for your VE Day reading. https://t.co/egD4LQjiff

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

@AmazonHelp Wow. Why make it so hard? It’s a digital copy. You know, no borders and all that?

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

@AmazonUK @amazon please sort this out—with a US setting on my region, can’t buy kindle for someone in the UK. .com versions won’t open there and .co.uk won’t show me the kindle ebook to buy. WTAF. Totally ridiculous and utterly frustrating.

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@AmazonHelp You do realise that is absurd, right? Why?

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Hey @thetrainline. Finding your customer service very not. Why offer WhatsApp if you don’t actually respond to it?

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@MidOfficer It looks like a stunning backdrop for a challenging undertaking. I wonder were you ever able appreciate the former given the latter.

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@DrHelenFry Dutch newspapers. Arnhem? Oosterbeek Hartenstein?

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@Tunisia_1943 Rationing in the U.K. went on into the 50s. Crazy to think. My mum remembers going with her mum to meet an aunt who used to pass them sugar under the table in the music halls. And the treat of a tinned peach…

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@James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters @almurray Instantly think Dad’s Army

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@Tunisia_1943 I have my great grandmother’s French set text books from 1915 or so. “French soldiers at the front”. Reading “history” as it is being made I find quite surreal.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

Loved sharing the stories of a few of the amazing survivors I met. My work only scratches the surface but I embrace the quote from @johnwilliswrit1 The People’s War: “In remembering one…you remember them all”

[AfricanStalingrad @Tunisia_1943]

Great show tonight from @whatsitschops on @WW2TV

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

Captain Rolfe Monteith. 1923-2025. RIP

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

Amazing experience to ride in the back of a black London taxi through the fields of Normandy with WW2 veterans who liberated the region in 1944. #DDay75thAnniversary @TaxiCharity

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@thebowlerhatman Windy Miller was a popular moniker for windmill oars in college eights. Confess I did not connect to the source until this tweet.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

With one hat I write about #WWII memories (check our Afterbursts). With my other hat on, I write about #AI. This latest report is on the infrastructure behind the tech we all increasingly lean on. https://t.co/WQ4ihrYkRT

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

@harries71 @almurray Sadly we are often only interested enough when we are older and it’s too late. My grandfather was at Ypres. Found out from his obit in my dad’s papers.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

@thebowlerhatman Yes, sir, hat tip.
We ♥️ Mr Benn. Just the other day I had an “as if by magic” moment. Don’t ever let him go—keep up the good work keeping him alive.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

I see your Arnhem is a book for the summer, @almurray. Off to have a read now. Would love to compare notes on the soldiers’ eye views from some of the vets featured in Afterbursts.

[Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman]

A recently went to the launch of this Fabulous book by Lucy Colback @whatsitschops ...
Definitely one for you @almurray & @James1940 ...
I highly recommend it.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

(PS. Huge respect to the #ww2 generation for all they sacrificed for our peace. Afterbursts is just a small glimpse into that)

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

My Miss Congeniality speech at Afterbursts US launch party: I really do want world peace—for the animals even if we can’t do it for ourselves. #worldpeace #veterans @VFP_LA @VFPNational @usabmc

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@thebowlerhatman @almurray @James1940 Thank you for joining the launch party. Really delighted you found it a worthwhile read.

[lucy colback @whatsitschops]

In @DefenceHQ heartland neighbouring @SouthEastRFCA facilities, @AldershotMuseum, @RAPTC_Official museum and @FriendsofMMM and know that 100s if not 1000s of people within a 5mi radius would love my book of WW2 survivor stories. Tweet me with ideas on how to tell them it exists!