22 February 1943. Sophie Scholl (aged 21), was executed by guillotine after a Nazi Special Court in Munich found her guilty of “high treason”. Her crime was distributing anti Nazi leaflets, as part of the White Rose Resistance Group, which was based at Munich University.

An 1882 guide to English found on the shelves of the French gîte where I’m staying.
Helpful phrases include:

“The duke’s park is large”
“I hate these rogues”
“Wealth shall not save men from death”

When Sorolla painted 'Niña en mar
plateado,' in 1909, it was amongst the most luminous, brilliant, and freely handled works he had produced; he was on the threshold of becoming one of Spain's most celebrated artists. The newspaper 'La Nación' reported in 1906 that 'Sorolla is…

Doesn't even get the get the title of her own old job right - she was PM of the United Kingdom, not 'Prime Minister of Great Britain'.

This is fascinating: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

.Royal Historical Society Research Funding. Applications now invited for following 4 programmes: bit.ly/3TmkPrI

• RHS Workshop Grants - *closes 19 January*
• Early Career Research Fellowships
• Open Research Support Grants
• David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland

UCL has announced a new Master's scholarship scheme to enable 100 of India’s brightest students to study in the UK at one of the world’s leading universities, as well as its first ever Summer School for pre-university students in the country. #UCLandIndia

ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/nov/…

Prof Renaud Morieux's discovery of unopened letters to French prisoners of war, sent during the Seven Year's War, is widely reported today, with the full journal article published in Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

Have you heard this week’s episodes on the Crimean War?

On Tuesday, William Dalrymple + anita anand discussed the famous Charge of the Light Brigade.

On Thursday, it was A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale.

Reply with your opinion👇

Or, listen: linktr.ee/empirepoduk

Louis Feutren, Breton nationalist and SS collaborator, escaped war crimes trial in France by fleeing to Ireland and teaching French; died in 2009. Utterly shocking. irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

So renovating an old shed on the farm in W Cork and found this - it’s gelignite - lots of it. Bomb squad have arrived. Earlier tweet with pic of DF personnel deleted at DF request. It’s War of independence era

“This is Parnell’s anniversary,” said Mr O’Connor, “and don’t let us stir up any bad blood. We all respect him now that he’s dead and gone.'

Ivy Day in the Committee Room, Dubliners

At Maynooth University museum - posing with Sisi’s vestments ! She donated these to the college along with a statue of Saint George - actually the patron saint of England but for Sisi English/Irish was all the same because she was never not at it ..

Nous vous attendons aux Rendez-vous-histoire stand n°151

This #BlackHistoryMonth why not explore Imtiaz Habib’s 'Black Lives in the English Archive 1500-1607'. Habib traces the lives of people of colour in early modern England, like Tudor trumpeter John Blanke

Dr Wendy Ugolini - Senior Lecturer in History - has been awarded a large AHRC Research Grant, as Principal Investigator, for the 3-year project, ‘Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK’. More: edin.ac/46ElLeo

#History #WWII

Sometimes history takes the strangest of twists: BBC war journalist Fergal Keane finds gelignite which may have started the Irish War of Independence....when renovating his own property. irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/1….

✅ Book launch Maynooth University ✅

***Thursday 5 October from 6pm***

The MAYNOOTH launch of my new Cambridge University Press book takes place tomorrow evening Maynooth History!

I’m delighted that Vincent Comerford will be doing the honours ✍️

All welcome! Full details: maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/un…

Impressive synthesis, I must say: richer and more convincing in its arguments than Sleepwalkers.. surely the best panorama of 1848-1849 we now have .. what did others think ?

One of the frustrations of trying to finish my new book on Nazi disinformation warfare in GB is the inaccessibility of crucial files from the Royal Archive.
Let's hope that Charles III will feel inspired by Willem-Alexander's decision to open WWII files:
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10…