
Alan Taylor 🎗️
@AlanTaylor168
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Married to Lillian, Cycling, History, Independent Company member Amateur Historian
Joined December 2020
11 October 2025. Diane Keaton died (aged 79). She appeared in the Godfather trilogy, but the films that most shaped her comedy acting career were with Woody Allen, including, Play It Again Sam, Sleeper, Love and Death and Annie Hall for which won her the Best Actress Oscar.
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@aylesburyowl My comment is that people shouldn't commit pogroms if they don't want their victims to retaliate. There you go!
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In July 45 Lt Ian Fraser attacked the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao in midget submarine XE3. After a dangerous voyage through minefields, he got XE3 beneath the cruiser. His diver James Magennis attached limpet mines which detonated and sank the Takao. Both men were awarded the VC
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Ultra-processed food as a % of household purchases (Europe). The UK is the only country on this map to be over 50%. And look at the huge difference between UK and France/Italy/Spain.
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WWIl Veteran Turns 107. Please join us in wishing a Happy 107th Birthday to our WWII veteran, Sgt. John Skeen! During WWII, Sgt. Skeen proudly served with the 70th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge,
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🕵🏼♂️ Big update in the Labour/China saga coming this evening @Telegraph
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Precisely how many crazed Hamas apologists do we have working in the NHS. And how is it they feel so emboldened to parade their hate so publicly.
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🙏⚓ Chaplin saying mass aboard HMS Scylla. Laying at anchor off the Normandy coast shortly after the D-Day invasion of France. 📸 Life magazine archives
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Statement from Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson following an update from the Independent Office for Police Conduct. This comes after last week's attack at Heaton Park Synagogue.
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What? This is the first sentence in the article. Israel didn’t launch a war in Gaza. Hamas attacked Israel, and Israel responded. This would be like saying in December 1943 that “it’s been two years since the U.S. launched its war in Japan.”
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This really sums up the imperial Woke Museum (previously known as the Imperial War Museum) as to their priority having kicked out over 200 Victoria Crosses. A sad decline. Now I understand they want to get rid of the word Imperial… @I_W_M
You know what’s perfect for history lovers? Some sort of gallery for the highest awards for gallantry.
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You know what’s perfect for history lovers? Some sort of gallery for the highest awards for gallantry.
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Keir Starmer says the Government didn’t deliberately collapse the trial of two men who spied for China. Stephen Parkinson, director of public prosecutions, says this is untrue. This is incredibly serious. The PM must answer all questions in Parliament.
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In May 2025, I covered The Royal Canadian Legion's 57th Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command convention hosted in my hometown of Antigonish, N.S., for @Legion_Magazine. The article is now online! 📸 Annie Bowers/LM. https://t.co/N6elmr3RbE
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