Tony Pollard
@ProfTonyPollard
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Prof of Conflict History & Archaeology. Uni of Glasgow. Some TV stuff & Novelist (Rep: Felicity Bryan Assoc). Tweets in a personal capacity. Also @WarDiaryF82
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined August 2011
Flights booked. Looking forward to dropping into Dien Bien Phu again in August.
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Don't care about the controversy, the movie of The Salt Path looks worth a watch.
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On my way home after a very intense but equally rewarding 4 days of brainstorming and writing with @DigWaterloo. Great to hook up with old friends and walk the ground again. Some really interesting stuff ahead. @UofGWarstudies
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RT @DigWaterloo: We are grateful to our partners and supporters who have made it possible for us to dig on this incredible site. A special….
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While working on the battlefield, took a look at the archaeology of Waterloo re-enactment before litter pickers arrived. Firing lines marked by paper cartridges & postholes show location of mock buildings, cork & foil left behind by exploding charges. Oh, and a pizza box or two.
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RT @DigWaterloo: Introducing our Waterloo Uncovered archaeology team. We are incredibly lucky to have, amongst our volunteers, Tony Pollar….
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On my way to Waterloo for a few days writing and project planning with colleagues from @DigWaterloo @UofGWarstudies
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Look forward to the cartoon of him at the pearly gates with St Peter telling him to get on his bike.
I won't be missing nasty Thatcherite Norman Tebbit. Will you?.If you're too young to remember Tebbit, he was like a bogeyman from a nasty fairytale told to kids to get them to behave.
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Hasn't changed my mind about retiring but. "I am _____ from your Islands at War course. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the class - it was truly my favourite course throughout my 4 yrs at uni. I learned so much, & it really stayed with me long after the lectures ended."
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Reading Mortimer Wheeler on his time in Egypt in 1942 while he was reading Gordon Childe. Meanwhile he was directing AA fire on bombers coming in over Crete on a plotting board part obscured by a game of whist. I’ve nicked part of his title for my book.
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I…Go…Swimming
Illustrations from Everard Digby's De Arte Natandi (The Art of Swimming) published in 1587 and considered the first English treatise on the practice. More here:
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RT @NinaAntonia13: #Standingstonesunday Illustrator Charles Keeping (1924-1988) drew ostensibly for children but also appealed to grown-up….
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Guessing Trump hasn’t let drowned children in Texas get in the way of golf this weekend.
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When you learn Peter Hammill is playing Edinburgh in September just in the nick of time!
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Most of the world might have been distracted by a popular beat combo called Oasis last night, but l was being wowed by my incredibly talented stepson as he danced in front of a sold out Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Stunning.
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A stab at a response to all those very thoughtful comments on my original post. A work in progress perhaps.
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