Dr Phil Marter
@MarterPhil
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Researching archaeology of the recent past - including aviation archaeology, battlefield archaeology, WWI and WWII military heritage. All views my own.
Winchester, England
Joined May 2019
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
every professor I talk to that uses AI says the college system is about to collapse
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The social contract is broken
What not many people realise about UK student loans is that earners in the middle of the salary range end up paying back far more than either lower or higher earners, as they earn enough to pay the loan and interest back before the 30 year cut off, but not enough to pay it off
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University degrees are not all about salaries. They are about learning to think differently and more carefully. Dispiriting discussion on bbc politics live which focussed entirely on earnings. Ok the financing is v important but the aim is not just a high paid job.
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Rachel Reeves should be very careful arguing only graduates should pay for their degrees Would be a lot of cold pensioners without our generation’s taxes. I don’t make much use of the nuclear deterrent either Education is a public good, not a commodity
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26 December 1944 F/Lt Donald James Stanley Turner: age 20 He was lost whilst flying in Typhoon IB, MP132 of No 263 Sqn, which was shot down by flak near Deventer. https://t.co/CZvN3ekDQG
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Ian “Widge” Gleed in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB at RAF Ibsley, Hampshire, 1942 Colorized by : Dan Steele
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Going to leave X today. Thanks for the friendship. Going somewhere more positive. See you again!
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BBC News - The death of the last surviving WW1 veterans changed how we commemorate https://t.co/YiRcEytOEV
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What do displays of national pride mean when they are no longer accompanied by the mass shared grief that gave rise to them?
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Anyone else noticed that their daily feed is rapidly filling with anti democratic, unpatriotic, anti British nonsense? Maybe it's just me, but this platform seems increasingly full of human ugliness.
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The real weakness of the BBC, as exemplified by recent events, is its failure to stand up to ludicrous claims from the right that it is somehow hugely biased to the left. Listening to Telegraph journalists bleat about a biased BBC, or Reform MPs enjoying more platforming than any
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The irony meter just broke. The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
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Still in the news. See The Telegraph... https://t.co/pkdHMiZAUk
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The wreck of a 617 Squadron Avro Lancaster has become a tourist attraction in Sweden
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About time. BBC News - Military homes to be renovated in £9bn government plan https://t.co/Dxg0vob4Ow
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The poor state of military housing has been a consistent complaint among serving personnel in recent years.
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BBC News - Standing with Giants D-Day tribute set up at Fort Nelson - BBC News https://t.co/HLNEgik8Wm
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The 1,475 statues represent the servicemen under British command who gave their lives on D-Day.
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Junkers Ju-88A-4 of KG-40 displayed in the Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodo Norway. The bomber crashed on Gardevarre Mountain near Smorfjord on 13 April 1942 when it ran out of fuel after attacking Russian warships. The remains were recovered from the mountainside in 1982.
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Over the past fortnight, we’ve moved into the heart of our P-47 crash site in north Essex. The team have been systematically machining and sieving in the area showing the greatest metal density, helping us investigate the same ground where, on 26th January 1944, 2nd Lt Lester
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BBC News - Submerged D-Day Mulberry Harbour pontoon recovered in Southampton - BBC News https://t.co/huyfhDoBqC
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Associated British Ports plans to move and restore the Whale roadway section of a Mulberry Harbour.
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This month we marked #BOB85 with tours, talks & events at the Bunker. The first without a known living pilot or WAAF, it reminds us to keep their memory alive. Our new exhibition & daily tours will continue & you can book your tickets via our website! 👉 https://t.co/Vr9yCkwMSl
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"A group of working class children, black and white, playing together on 'Crown Street' in Canning Town, London, E16. " 1930s. Unattributed photograph for Barnaby's Studios Ltd. © Mary Evans Picture Library
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