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Alex Churchill

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FRHistS Royalty/WW1/WW2 history ferret Director @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social @15minutebook.club ๐ŸŽง www.istoriatravel.org โœˆ๏ธ Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social #CFC โšฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ But frequently bangs on about the French ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://achurchill.substack.com

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06.03.2026 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are you ready to join @kitchapman.bsky.social on a global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disease and transmute lead into gold?! Still rolling off the press, you heard it here first! @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @boneyabroad.com

Watch : tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut
LIsten: tinyurl.com/yc847v3r

06.03.2026 13:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HE CANT HEAR YOU UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ALL THAT 99c HAIRGEL

05.03.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're revealing the details for nearly TWENTY talks available at our online conference on 26th April. Pick and choose your favourites, or load up with snacks and settle in for a marathon!

Full details:
greatwargroup.com/product/online

05.03.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m not a dog person but I think Crufts started today and if so it couldnโ€™t be more poetic

05.03.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See if that was Britain the registrar would have peered over their spectacles and said โ€œpick one name and donโ€™t be ridiculousโ€

05.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What kind of a dumbarse name is Markwayne. Itโ€™s like the Waltons and Florida had an ugly mutant love child in an abandoned trailer park.

05.03.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had a blast as ever with Kit - come hear about why everything comes back to gold and urineโ€ฆ

05.03.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is going to be an epic day of #WW1 history. Follow the links below to see the talks announced so far!

05.03.2026 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are you ready to join @kitchapman.bsky.social on a global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disease and transmute lead into gold?! Still rolling off the press, you heard it here first! @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @boneyabroad.com

Watch : tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut
LIsten: tinyurl.com/yc847v3r

05.03.2026 07:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because right now minimum wage is a distant fantasy and there no more hours in the day.

04.03.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ARTICLE: Dadโ€™s Army and the Art of Prowling, WW2 I came across a hilarious pamphlet produced in the Second World War and decided I had to share the contents with you.

Turns out they really donโ€™t like it up โ€˜em if itโ€™s in the kidneys. The art of prowling as taught to the Home Guard in #WW2

04.03.2026 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you want to know more about the origins of the United Statesโ€™s difficult relationship with Iran youโ€™ll find more here:

04.03.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Or category three, historians who do both but have lost the will to live because itโ€™s never enough โœ‹๐Ÿป

04.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ARTICLE: Dadโ€™s Army and the Art of Prowling, WW2 I came across a hilarious pamphlet produced in the Second World War and decided I had to share the contents with you.

Turns out they really donโ€™t like it up โ€˜em if itโ€™s in the kidneys. The art of prowling as taught to the Home Guard in #WW2

04.03.2026 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kit has gone and done it again. This book is epicโ€ฆ

04.03.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m really looking forward to doing this. Do join us if you can.

03.03.2026 07:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And here is top billing for the Saturday! The way our programmes work, there are still TEN more speakers to be announced so that you can build your perfect day of #WW1 nerding! sign up via the link for news updatesโ€ฆ

02.03.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ If youโ€™re not a member get signed up for updates! Soon weโ€™ll
add to the who and tell you what everyone will be talking about!

02.03.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

T shirts?

02.03.2026 12:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Woody made me do it your honour @ww2tv.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“š

02.03.2026 12:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you seen the online conference? A whole day of talks then a social in the evening

01.03.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very much looking forward to discussing the monocled mutineer with Paul!

01.03.2026 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And hereโ€™s the main speaker lineup for Saturday! BUT with our small group talks in the morning, there are still TEN more options to come so that you can build your perfect nerdy day!

01.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Our annual get together to spend an entire weekend nerding out on #WW1 and crushing the evening socials is going to be better than ever this year! Thereโ€™s even discounted travel for all heading to Leeds on LNER! Stay tuned tonight for the Saturday lineup!

01.03.2026 12:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just tested it and itโ€™s fine this end. If in doubt drop me a message at gwgjournal@gmail.com and weโ€™ll make sure to keep you in the loop ๐Ÿฅฐ

01.03.2026 12:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's time to start revealing the details for nearly TWENTY talks available at our online conference on 26th April. Pick and choose your favourites, or load up with snacks and settle in for a marathon! Prit Buttar has a thrilling tale to tell! @dienekes.bsky.social

greatwargroup.com/product/online

01.03.2026 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The subsidiary lack of willpower books turned up yesterday evening randomly!! All hail Medimops! #histbookchat ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท #WW2

01.03.2026 11:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ WIN FREE MEMBERSHIP TO THE GREAT WAR GROUP FOR A YEAR! ๐Ÿšจ

27.02.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ WIN FREE MEMBERSHIP TO THE GREAT WAR GROUP FOR A YEAR! ๐Ÿšจ

27.02.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0