William H. Burke

Journalist & Researcher | Author of Thirty Four | Founder of Your Story by WHB | All-weather Wallabies/Tahs supporter | Rights enquiries @curtisbrownaus

[William H. Burke @WHBurke]

The mini @ZDF doco on Albert Göring just dropped on Terra X History. It is seriously good💯. (And not just because I'm in it😀) Such a fresh take that will hopefully resonate with a wider audience, especially school kids. That last scene. Wow!
https://t.co/Upef8ekZrr

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😉@kinson88 💪

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@kinson88 @iainpayten @StanSportAU Rather than talk of avoiding a whitewash, shouldn’t the psychology in camp be: win on Sat and turn that big question mark on G2 into a whopping asterisk on the whole series? Let old BIL sing about that in the sheds.

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Watch the complete reveal on GMB https://t.co/oSQYymAKLU

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What’s in a name? British TV personality Richard Arnold has built a career around his surname. It has become a brand of sorts. But as I uncovered for MyHeritage and Good Morning Britain, it turns out there is even more to his name. A whole family mystery in fact …
👇Link below

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This is why we do it. Six months of research, chasing leads and hitting dead-ends. All for this: a father found, a family united and a 77-year-old mystery solved.

@MyHeritage and I teamed up to crack this case through some serious detective work.

https://t.co/FaMta3CJdH

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My Warhol project with a @Vegemite flavour. Jar by bar, the project chronicles my time away from Australia, along with the fade of time. All up, I've been away from home for 21 jars.

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Sitting back and watching history unfold on Königsplatz, Munich 😎

Here in 1922, Hermann Göring & Hitler first met & one of the most infamous duos was formed. Or was it?

In Hermann’s own words: “I met Hitler in 1922 at a meeting and was not too impressed with him at first.”

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@RankSteve Cheers! It should be on YouTube at some stage. Watch this space ...

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📽️Just doing my thing for German TV. Over a 2-day shoot, we retraced Albert Göring’s footsteps in and around Munich, from his student days in the wild '20s to his final resting place in Waldfriedhof. 👀Can’t wait to see the final product on Terra X History for ZDF ...

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Never ask an Australian for directions, not unless you're a "it's-the-journey-not-the-destination" kind of person. In that case, you'll have the time of your life - i.e., for the entirety of your natural life😁

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

After 16 years in Australia I think these measurements are pretty accurate 😉

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🤔Look familiar? Robert De Niro in period costume? Nope, that’s Johann Vogt of Breslau (Wrocław). The portrait of the Breslau city councillor was completed in 1628 by Silesian painter Bartholomeus Strobel the Younger. Now it is known forevermore as ‘the Robert De Niro painting’.

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💡Some source info was uncovered by the programme Who Do You Think You Are? BTW, celebrities like Nigella aren’t the only ones with a colourful past. Dig deeper enough and chances are that you’ll find an extraordinary tale in your own family history.
https://t.co/Mj3lkgODGs

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Nigella oozes class and old money, but it all began with a Prussian tobacco spinner in dirt-poor East London and a channel-hopping Dutch fugitive 🤔
Here's a 📸YS Snapshot🧵of Nigella's family story ...

@NotQuiteNigella @NigellaOnline
#NigellaLawson

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Nigella’s 4x great grandfather Coenraad was an apprentice shoemaker, but at one point he fell in trouble with the law for possessing stolen lottery tickets. Before his appeal trial, he fled to England with his family. To hide his tracks, he changed their family name to Joseph.