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2026 (1)

22 January Print the Legend: the Red Baron and friends (0)

2025 (11)

8 December Aurorae at war (0)
12 November Jan Smuts, zeroth air minister? (0)
20 October Ian Castle’s Forgotten Blitz trilogy (0)
7 October No total war but class total war (0)
18 August Introducing @TroveWW1AirRaidBot (0)
21 July Mutual aid in an air raid (0)
3 July Airminded at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 (1)
22 June Spooked (0)
16 April Images of Great War tube shelters (0)
16 March Scareships over YouTube (0)
15 January 1BoB+ (0)

2024 (18)

17 December Looking for the mothership (2)
8 December What I did in my holidays (sightseeing) – Portsmouth, Woking, Brighton (1)
6 December Civil defence from below (2)
3 November What I did in my holidays (sightseeing) – London (2) (0)
12 October What I did in my holidays (sightseeing) – Conwy, Bath (2)
30 September What I did in my holidays (sightseeing) – York, Liverpool (0)
22 September What I did in my holidays (sightseeing) – London (1), Glasgow (0)
27 August What I did in my holidays (research/sightseeing) (2)
31 July What I did in my holidays (research) (2)
15 May Archivtag! (4)
17 April First Blitz? – II (3)
3 April First Blitz? – I (0)
25 March The First Blitz? – III (0)
20 March The First Blitz? – II (0)
4 March The First Blitz? — I (0)
20 February A bad day at the office (7)
29 January The Flying Shadow and England is My Village and The World Owes Me a Living (0)
22 January The aero-sampan menace? (0)

2023 (32)

27 December The year of reading airmindedly — XVI (2)
20 December It’s over (4)
12 December The year of reading airmindedly — XV (0)
5 December Self-archive: ‘Spectre and spectacle’ (0)
20 November The year of reading airmindedly — XIV (2)
6 November After Guernica (2)
30 October The year of reading airmindedly — XIII (2)
23 October Queer letters and alien hands (0)
10 October The year of reading airmindedly — XII (3)
6 October Why I’m striking #UnimelbStrikes (0)
2 October Why I’m voting for the Voice #yes23 (2)
27 September The year of reading airmindedly — XI (3)
4 September The year of reading airmindedly — X (0)
14 August The year of reading airmindedly — IX (0)
31 July Where am I? (0)
25 July The only bomb-proof building in town (0)
23 July The year of reading airmindedly — VIII (2)
10 July Sky trackin’ (0)
19 June The year of reading airmindedly — VII (0)
6 June The end of ideology (in rigid airship nomenclature) (2)
5 June The year of reading airmindedly — VI (0)
25 May Marked for Death (0)
8 May The year of reading airmindedly — V (0)
17 April Phantom airship tales from Rat City (0)
11 April The year of reading airmindedly — IV (0)
7 March You wouldn’t read about it (3)
6 March The year of reading airmindedly — III (0)
20 February The year of reading airmindedly — II (9)
16 February 15 minutes of relevance (0)
23 January The year of reading airmindedly — I (5)
14 January Breaking the tyranny of distance revisited — II (3)
9 January Breaking the tyranny of distance revisited — I (2)

2022 (18)

18 November At Mastodon (0)
3 October A miscellany of Australian mystery aircraft, 1903-1940 — III (0)
12 August A miscellany of Australian mystery aircraft, 1903-1940 — II (2)
22 July A miscellany of Australian mystery aircraft, 1903-1940 — I (6)
7 June Self-archive: ‘William Le Queux, the Zeppelin menace and the Invisible Hand’ (0)
3 June Another month, another podcast! (0)
26 May The Invasion of 1909 — II (0)
24 May The Invasion of 1909 — I (0)
2 May Airmindedness: the podcast (0)
29 March The German air raids on Britain, 1914–1918: a reading list (2)
5 March Thoughts on war in somebody else’s air raid (0)
25 February Why this book? (3)
9 February Book contract: Home Fires Burning (0)
3 February Extended CFP: Aviation Cultures Mk.VI (0)
20 January Introducing @TTAships (0)
18 January Lady Drogheda’s Great Air Exhibition — III (2)
14 January Lady Drogheda’s Great Air Exhibition — II (0)
10 January Lady Drogheda’s Great Air Exhibition — I (0)

2021 (26)

6 December Bombing by wireless (2)
25 November Publication and self-archive: ‘@TroveAirRaidBot, a 24/7/365 research assistant’ (0)
22 November The mysterious flying machine of the mysterious Señor Alvares — III (0)
17 November The mysterious flying machine of the mysterious Señor Alvares — II (0)
15 November The mysterious flying machine of the mysterious Señor Alvares — I (0)
16 October The first Big Bang — II (3)
3 October The first Big Bang — I (2)
19 September Civil defence, British pluck, and the Gotha shock (0)
9 September The most air-raid-minded town in Britain (0)
16 August The Myall Incident (0)
6 August Don’t listen to me (listen to me) (0)
14 July Putting the AI into Airminded (4)
15 June The air raid vanishes — III (0)
11 June The air raid vanishes — II (2)
8 June The air raid vanishes — I (2)
7 May Mayfly? (4)
9 April Victory through Disneyfication #HATMAus (0)
1 April The ‘true’ origins of the Royal Australian Air Force (0)
25 March Victory Through Air Power via Aviation Cultures Mk.V and #HATMAus (0)
18 March Aviation Cultures Mk.V: one week and counting… (0)
9 March A shelter of one’s own — II (0)
23 February A shelter of one’s own — I (5)
25 January Scareships over Fiji? (0)
15 January Truth Puzzle No. 1581 (0)
8 January CFP: Aviation Cultures Mk.V (0)
4 January Mistaken identities (0)

2020 (40)

9 December The Fleet Air Arm’s war on Scotland? (0)
4 December Publication: ‘Spectre and spectacle’ (2)
29 November Keine Insel mehr (No longer an island) (4)
14 November Must be a Zeppelin raid (2)
3 November Business as usual? (2)
25 October The Red Knight rises (0)
11 October The Jarrow ‘bombardment’, 19 February 1938 (2)
7 October When Britain is bombing Berlin (0)
16 September Thank u, NHS! (0)
31 August Dieselpunk dreaming #HATMAus (0)
25 August The world will [checks notes] tremble? #HATMAus (0)
15 August The Yamba ‘aeroplane’ (5)
10 August Introducing @TroveUFOBot (0)
21 July Damn gurrrrl (2)
5 July Partial Aeroplane archive (2)
3 July 2020-2005 hindsight (3)
22 June Fiasco at Chowder Bay — V (2)
17 June Empires of the Sky (2)
14 June Fiasco at Chowder Bay — IV (0)
9 June Britannia must rule the air! (0)
1 June Fiasco at Chowder Bay — III (0)
29 May History from below, looking up (0)
27 May Fiasco at Chowder Bay — II (0)
17 May Fiasco at Chowder Bay — I (2)
12 May Return to call of the clouds (0)
6 May Introducing @TroveAirRaidBot (1)
27 April Modern wonders — II (6)
20 April Modern wonders — I (7)
15 April Don’t let’s be beastly to the RAF — II (2)
6 April Don’t let’s be beastly to the RAF — I (2)
30 March The first kill of Nadar (0)
24 March Life during wartime (2)
16 March Aerial theatre in the time of coronavirus? (0)
24 February Partial FlightGlobal Archive archives (19)
14 February The fire on the oasis of Ghariunes (0)
12 February Daddy, what did YOU do in the climate emergency? (1)
7 February A conspiracy of boodlers (0)
20 January The accidents of aviation history (0)
7 January An Airminded #AuthorsForFireys (1)
3 January The Blitz Companion (0)

2019 (28)

18 December Publication: ‘William Le Queux, the Zeppelin menace and the Invisible Hand’ (2)
13 December Alien airmen and will-o’-the-wisp bridges (2)
5 December The thunderclaps of August (2)
26 November It’s that quote again — V (0)
20 November It’s that quote again — IV (0)
7 November @TroveAirBot 2 (0)
26 October It’s that quote again — III (0)
24 October It’s that quote again — II (0)
1 October Anzac and Aviator (0)
28 September Self-archive: ‘The meaning of Hendon’ (0)
19 September It’s that quote again — I (0)
1 September The man in the high aeroplane (0)
22 July Going… going… gone! (0)
14 July Call of the clouds (2)
14 June AIR in the AJCP (3)
1 June Miss Earhart’s Arrival (3)
26 May The phantom phantom air raid — II (0)
19 May The phantom phantom air raid — I (2)
9 May Perfectly ordinary banter, 1944 (2)
24 April The airship non-panic of Whitsun 1914 (0)
14 April Gospel airships, heroic hearts and holy scriptures (0)
6 April No longer an island? — III (0)
24 March No longer an island? — II (0)
20 March No longer an island? — I (0)
28 February The never-arriving aerial train (5)
6 February Breaking the tyranny of distance (5)
18 January 1,000,695 (2)
16 January A tall tale of Big Ben (10)

2018 (51)

2 December Faster, higher, stronger (2)
18 November Monday, 18 November 1918 (0)
23 October The lost Gotha of New Farm Park (2)
1 October Publication: ‘The militarisation of aerial theatre’ (0)
19 September Mock attack! (2)
23 August Self-archive: ‘The militarisation of aerial theatre’ (0)
20 August When was the Red Baron? (7)
26 July Armidale (3)
30 June From Web 1.0 to the Golden Age of Aviation (2)
18 June And back again (1)
3 June Monday, 3 June 1918 (0)
31 May Friday, 31 May 1918 (0)
22 May Wednesday, 22 May 1918 (0)
18 May Saturday, 18 May 1918 (0)
17 May The year for a trip Home (0)
16 May Thursday, 16 May 1918 (0)
13 May Sunday, 13 May 1917 (0)
12 May Sunday, 12 May 1918 (0)
11 May Saturday, 11 May 1918 (0)
10 May Friday, 10 May 1918 (0)
9 May Thursday, 9 May 1918 (0)
8 May Wednesday, 8 May 1918 (0)
7 May Tuesday, 7 May 1918 (0)
4 May Saturday, 4 May 1918 (2)
2 May Thursday, 2 May 1918 (0)
1 May Wednesday, 1 May 1918 (3)
30 April Tuesday, 30 April 1918 (2)
28 April Sunday, 28 April 1918 (1)
27 April Saturday, 27 April 1918 (0)
26 April Late night panic (0)
24 April Wednesday, 24 April 1918 (1)
23 April Tuesday, 23 April 1918 (2)
22 April Monday, 22 April 1918 (2)
20 April Saturday, 20 April 1918 (7)
19 April Friday, 19 April 1918 (2)
17 April Wednesday, 17 April 1918 (0)
12 April The great air-liner of the future (0)
10 April Wednesday, 10 April 1918 (0)
6 April Self-archive: ‘The shadow of the airliner’ (0)
3 April Wednesday, 3 April 1918 (4)
30 March Saturday, 30 March 1918 (2)
25 March Monday, 25 March 1918 (1)
22 March Friday, 22 March 1918 (8)
21 March Post-blogging the 1918 mystery aeroplanes: introduction (0)
20 March Self-archive: ‘The enemy at the gates’ (1)
19 March Welcome to Nyang Week! (2)
2 March Pulp aviation (7)
12 February Air panics of the British Raj (3)
26 January Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition) (0)
23 January Introducing @TroveAirBot (0)
16 January That’s war! (0)

2017 (31)

28 December Mossies over Brissie (0)
13 December Downward, inward persuasion — III (0)
24 November Downward, inward persuasion — II (1)
12 November Downward, inward persuasion — I (4)
29 October Eleven, Eleven, Eleven — II (3)
22 October Eleven, Eleven, Eleven — I (3)
20 October Acquisitions (0)
16 October War kites and air experts (0)
1 September Zeppelins and Gothas and a Fellowship (7)
18 August Acquisitions (0)
28 July Hendon in stereo (0)
14 July Acquisitions (0)
10 July In search of lost airships (0)
24 June Why I am not a UFO historian (3)
5 June A day to remember (2)
2 June Acquisitions (0)
31 May Heritage of the air (3)
19 May Acquisitions (0)
19 May The other Hendon (0)
12 May Acquisitions (0)
12 May Anticipation vs experience vs memory (0)
5 May Acquisitions (0)
21 April US AF (2)
31 March Acquisitions (2)
23 March The Melbourne balloon riot of 1858 (5)
6 March Caligula’s horse’s death ray — II (3)
21 February Publication: ‘Constructing the enemy within’ (2)
17 February Acquisitions (4)
25 January Aerial Pageant (7)
13 January Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition) (0)
11 January Why is A. D. Harvey still getting published? (12)

2016 (40)

31 December Caligula’s horse’s death ray — I (1)
9 December Acquisitions (2)
9 December This might have been a bomb (0)
2 December Acquisitions (0)
29 November Paperback writer (4)
25 November Acquisitions (0)
22 November The origin of the wooden bombs (6)
20 November The portable airship hangar at Farnborough (1)
14 November Seminar: ‘First World War Studies @ UNE’ (0)
11 November Acquisitions (omnibus edition) (6)
9 October Australia and the airship — IV (2)
2 September Acquisitions (0)
30 August Australia and the airship — III (1)
19 August Acquisitions (3)
16 July The story behind the terror behind Keep Calm And Carry On (0)
15 July Acquisitions (2)
8 July Lords of the air (0)
24 June Acquisitions (0)
23 June Australia and the airship — II (3)
17 June Acquisitions (0)
11 June Australia and the airship — I (6)
10 June Acquisitions (0)
18 May The airship panic of 1915 — VI (0)
12 May On the utility of rumours in wartime (1)
15 April Acquisitions (0)
15 April Preparing for take-off (2)
8 April Acquisitions (3)
4 April Seminar: ‘Constructing the enemy within’ (1)
19 March Strength in numbers (6)
18 March Acquisitions (0)
5 March Airships against the Mad Mullah; or, #fundTrove (1)
4 March Acquisitions (0)
28 February The airship panic of 1915 — V (1)
26 February Acquisitions (1)
19 February The airship panic of 1915 — IV (0)
7 February Publication: ‘The enemy at the gates’ (4)
12 January 1939 vs. 1940 (6)
6 January The airship panic of 1915 — III (2)
5 January Publication: ‘The phantom airship panic of 1913’ (3)
1 January Acquisitions (0)

2015 (54)

18 December Acquisitions (0)
6 December The airship panic of 1915 — II (1)
1 December The airship panic of 1915 — I (3)
20 November Acquisitions (0)
12 November A ham-bone for Sir Edwart (5)
7 November The first bombing war (1)
31 October Le Queux’s war (4)
16 October The peril in the air (0)
30 September The oscillation of R33 (5)
22 September Turning points: the Battle of Britain (3)
16 September Aviation cultures and aerial theatre (0)
28 August The joy of six (5)
25 August Turning points: the League of Nations (0)
23 August Am I fake or not? — IV (4)
4 August Turning points: Sputnik (6)
3 August Airminded: the PhD thesis (1)
1 August Repost: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — I (0)
30 July Repost: The aerial theatre (0)
29 July Repost: The first death of Roland Garros (0)
26 July Repost: On ‘the Few’ (0)
24 July Repost: The medium and the engineer (2)
22 July Repost: Australia forgets (0)
20 July Repost: Monday, 29 August 1938 (0)
17 July Repost: The expected holocaust (0)
11 July Repost: The Scareship Age (0)
8 July Repost: An unpleasant surprise (5)
3 July Airminded at 10 (16)
27 June Capturing historical reality on film: Battle of Britain (17)
26 June Acquisitions (2)
6 June The foe in the night (0)
30 May Acquisitions (3)
17 May Abstract: AAEH 2015 (2)
15 May Acquisitions (2)
3 May The one day of the century (8)
22 April The road to war – XII (6)
3 April Malaya XV (2)
1 April The road to war — XI (0)
21 March For what? (7)
17 March The road to war — X (0)
13 March Acquisitions (0)
13 March The fine print (1)
6 March Acquisitions (0)
22 February The St Eval Incident (14)
20 February Acquisitions (0)
13 February Dresden plus 70 (7)
13 February Acquisitions (3)
10 February The road to war — IX (2)
6 February Acquisitions (0)
30 January The commercial bombers of Zion — I (4)
30 January Acquisitions (0)
20 January The road to war — VIII (1)
16 January Acquisitions (0)
16 January Paris (7)
9 January Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition) (2)

2014 (63)

23 December The road to war — VII (4)
23 December After archives report (2)
16 December The road to war — VI (5)
12 December Acquisitions (omnibus jet lag edition) (4)
6 December Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — IV (4)
17 November What the showman saw (0)
5 November Burn or blight (3)
17 October Wolverhampton and Newcastle (3)
14 October The road to war — V (0)
11 October London, Newcastle and Berlin? (2)
7 October Seminar: ‘Staging the aerial theatre’ (6)
5 October Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — III (12)
26 September Acquisitions (0)
21 September Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — II (9)
19 September Acquisitions (0)
9 September The road to war — IV (2)
6 September Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — I (12)
26 August The road to war — III (2)
20 August More on ‘the Few’ (9)
17 August On the self-promotion of W. E. Johns (6)
15 August Acquisitions (2)
12 August The road to war — II (0)
31 July No escape (0)
24 July British newspapers online update, July 2014 (2)
22 July The road to war — I (4)
18 July From conference to conference (0)
11 July Acquisitions (4)
4 July Acquisitions (0)
28 June The other guys (4)
21 June The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — III (3)
15 June The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — II (3)
6 June Acquisitions (10)
1 June The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — I (5)
30 May Acquisitions (0)
23 May Course correction (9)
16 May Acquisitions (2)
13 May Throwing numbers at a map (3)
8 May Self-archive: ‘The airship panic of 1913’ (5)
5 May Teasing (0)
2 May Acquisitions (2)
1 May Flitting, 1950 (0)
15 April Abstract: AHA 2014 (1)
5 April Divers alarums (3)
28 March Acquisitions (0)
27 March Judging a book by its cover — II (6)
21 March Acquisitions (3)
12 March Judging a book by its cover (8)
8 March Half full and half empty (3)
7 March Acquisitions (6)
1 March The aerial theatre (11)
28 February Acquisitions (0)
26 February The British Empire and the Great War at Singapore (1)
21 February Acquisitions (2)
14 February Acquisitions (3)
13 February The air raid that didn’t (1)
8 February Gaming the knock-out blow — III (6)
31 January The other other aerial league (2)
24 January Forthcoming (11)
20 January The only way to be sure (5)
15 January Fame! Fortune! Tenure! (0)
13 January Gaming the knock-out blow — II (6)
3 January Acquisitions (0)
2 January Found: one holy grail (5)

2013 (152)

27 December Acquisitions (0)
23 December Gaming the knock-out blow — I (8)
18 December One book, 2013 (8)
17 December The sum of their fears (1)
14 December More (14)
9 December Small moves (4)
7 December Acquisitions (jet lag edition) (8)
27 November The past is a foreign country (5)
22 November Acquisitions (3)
20 November An early death ray (0)
15 November Acquisitions (3)
8 November The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — V (3)
1 November Acquisitions (0)
26 October The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — IV (2)
24 October Zeppelins over your town (3)
20 October Airminded world tour 2013-14 (14)
14 October Air Raid (0)
10 October Douhet and the Singularity (3)
4 October Acquisitions (0)
3 October British newspapers online update, October 2013 (2)
1 October The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — III (2)
23 September The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — II (4)
15 September Self-archive: ‘”Bomb back, and bomb hard”‘ (2)
13 September Acquisitions (0)
12 September In the next history war (13)
30 August Acquisitions (4)
28 August The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — I (4)
23 August Acquisitions (0)
17 August Cause and effect in British air policy discourse (8)
16 August Acquisitions (2)
15 August Publication and self-archive: ‘Dreaming war’ (8)
9 August Acquisitions (0)
5 August Wellington (22)
26 July Notes towards a history of the commercial bomber in New Zealand (0)
19 July Cohesion and division in Wellington (3)
19 July Acquisitions (3)
12 July Acquisitions (5)
10 July Interdependent and inseparable — III (1)
5 July Acquisitions (0)
30 June Interdependent and inseparable — II (1)
28 June Acquisitions (2)
24 June Interdependent and inseparable — I (6)
21 June Acquisitions (4)
19 June The first and last commercial bombers (25)
13 June CFP: Empire in Peril (3)
12 June Rhyme nor reason (0)
8 June Secrets of the German aërial fleet — II (2)
1 June In which the author gets a job (22)
29 May Secrets of the German aërial fleet — I (6)
24 May Portraits (18)
17 May Acquisitions (2)
15 May The first death of Roland Garros (8)
13 May Everybody’s doing it (0)
9 May Enemy inside the gates (18)
6 May Scareship Venus (3)
3 May Mapping the 1913 phantom airship scare (3)
3 May Acquisitions (5)
29 April Bomben auf Amerika? (3)
25 April Lest we forget what? (15)
23 April Post-blogging the 1913 scareships: conclusion (4)
22 April Tuesday, 22 April 1913 (0)
19 April Saturday, 19 April 1913 (0)
19 April Acquisitions (2)
17 April Thursday, 17 April 1913 (0)
16 April The uses and abuses of counterfactual history (9)
12 April Saturday, 12 April 1913 (0)
12 April Acquisitions (9)
11 April Friday, 11 April 1913 (0)
11 April The Israeli rocket scare of 1963 (0)
9 April Wednesday, 9 April 1913 (0)
8 April This powder kills fascist aero-engines (5)
5 April Saturday, 5 April 1913 (0)
4 April Friday, 4 April 1913 (1)
4 April Volcanic warfare — II (0)
2 April British newspapers online update, April 2013 (3)
31 March Monday, 31 March 1913 (0)
30 March Sunday, 30 March 1913 (0)
29 March Saturday, 29 March 1913 (1)
29 March Acquisitions (0)
28 March Friday, 28 March 1913 (0)
27 March Seeking Sonora (7)
22 March Saturday, 22 March 1913 (0)
21 March Friday, 21 March 1913 (0)
20 March Thursday, 20 March 1913 (2)
20 March Next (4)
19 March Wednesday, 19 March 1913 (1)
18 March Tuesday, 18 March 1913 (0)
16 March Sunday, 16 March 1913 (0)
15 March Saturday, 15 March 1913 (1)
15 March Acquisitions (0)
14 March Friday, 14 March 1913 (0)
14 March Border patrol — II (1)
13 March Thursday, 13 March 1913 (3)
10 March Monday, 10 March 1913 (2)
8 March Acquisitions (0)
8 March Saturday, 8 March 1913 (1)
7 March Friday, 7 March 1913 (0)
6 March Thursday, 6 March 1913 (2)
5 March Wednesday, 5 March 1913 (5)
4 March Tuesday, 4 March 1913 (3)
3 March Monday, 3 March 1913 (5)
2 March Sunday, 2 March 1913 (6)
1 March Saturday, 1 March 1913 (6)
28 February Friday, 28 February 1913 (2)
27 February Thursday, 27 February 1913 (3)
26 February Wednesday, 26 February 1913 (4)
25 February Tuesday, 25 February 1913 (3)
24 February Monday, 24 February 1913 (9)
22 February Saturday, 22 February 1913 (3)
21 February Friday, 21 February 1913 (1)
20 February Thursday, 20 February 1913 (2)
17 February Monday, 17 February 1913 (0)
15 February Saturday, 15 February 1913 (7)
15 February Acquisitions (0)
14 February Friday, 14 February 1913 (0)
13 February Thursday, 13 February 1913 (4)
12 February Wednesday, 12 February 1913 (4)
11 February The many minutes of the Royal Aero Club (0)
11 February Tuesday, 11 February 1913 (4)
10 February Monday, 10 February 1913 (0)
8 February Saturday, 8 February 1913 (1)
7 February Friday, 7 February 1913 (0)
6 February Thursday, 6 February 1913 (5)
6 February A little air war booty (7)
4 February Tuesday, 4 February 1913 (1)
3 February Monday, 3 February 1913 (5)
2 February Sunday, 2 February 1913 (0)
1 February Saturday, 1 February 1913 (0)
1 February Seeing things (3)
31 January Friday, 31 January 1913 (1)
31 January Border patrol — I (12)
30 January Thursday, 30 January 1913 (5)
28 January Tuesday, 28 January 1913 (2)
27 January Monday, 27 January 1913 (0)
25 January Saturday, 25 January 1913 (0)
24 January Friday, 24 January 1913 (4)
23 January Thursday, 23 January 1913 (3)
22 January Wednesday, 22 January 1913 (5)
21 January Tuesday, 21 January 1913 (12)
18 January Saturday, 18 January 1913 (0)
18 January Acquisitions (0)
15 January Wednesday, 15 January 1913 (3)
14 January Tuesday, 14 January 1913 (2)
13 January Monday, 13 January 1913 (4)
11 January Saturday, 11 January 1913 (2)
10 January Friday, 10 January 1913 (6)
9 January Thursday, 9 January 1913 (3)
6 January Monday, 6 January 1913 (12)
5 January Post-blogging the 1913 scareships (0)
5 January British newspapers online update, January 2013 (1)
3 January Short, sharp shocks (2)
1 January The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — III (16)

2012 (128)

30 December The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — II (0)
22 December The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — I (2)
20 December One book (8)
14 December Keep calm and disburse contiguum (1)
13 December New Zealand — why not? (3)
11 December Publication: ‘The shadow of the airliner’ (14)
10 December (Nearly) all the bombs (3)
7 December Acquisitions (0)
6 December OA? Oh no! (6)
4 December The role of airpower in the Second Indian Mutiny (4)
30 November Acquisitions (0)
30 November The (rumoured) secret Nazi airfields of Amazonia (0)
23 November Not Millwall (5)
23 November Acquisitions (0)
22 November Social war, now and then (5)
19 November Volcanic warfare — I (1)
14 November The first blockbuster (23)
12 November Staging the knock-out blow (2)
8 November The hydroairplane-supersubmarine threat to New York (3)
2 November Acquisitions (5)
1 November After Millennium — IV (0)
29 October An awful day in history (5)
25 October Trenchardism? (8)
24 October Blog and blog again (5)
21 October The really very difficult indeed fourth article (9)
17 October Meanwhile, back on the Continent (2)
12 October Give this man a job (3)
11 October British newspapers online update, October 2012 (3)
5 October Acquisitions (0)
4 October Lost Dragon (8)
1 October Sykes’s lost imperial squadrons (7)
26 September On Googling British terror bombing (2)
21 September Acquisitions (2)
21 September After Millennium — III (3)
16 September The other vector (1)
13 September Conspiring through the Blitz? (2)
10 September Publication: ‘”Bomb back, and bomb hard”‘ (14)
7 September You Are a Ministry of Food (12)
4 September The last V-weapon (4)
30 August Sykes’s lost squadrons (19)
24 August Two mystery aeroplanes (0)
23 August After Millennium — II (8)
22 August Post-blogging Nehemiah Wharton’s letters and post-tweeting other things (0)
17 August Acquisitions (2)
16 August Adelaide (5)
10 August Acquisitions (2)
8 August Millwall’s end (14)
7 August If war should come, pump up the volume (1)
3 August Port Adelaide (13)
27 July After Millennium — I (3)
21 July Gotha vs Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (5)
20 July Acquisitions (0)
18 July Take on AHA (11)
7 July Look at the new look (15)
6 July Update: British newspapers online (2)
6 July Acquisitions (0)
4 July Don’t waste coal and other exhortations! (8)
1 July Talking ‘Dreaming war’ (0)
22 June Acquisitions (0)
22 June Fear, uncertainty, doubt — VII (4)
20 June Fear, uncertainty, doubt — VI (8)
12 June An Air Force Records Society? (17)
8 June Acquisitions (3)
6 June The war and Arthur Machen (2)
2 June Fear, uncertainty, doubt — V (3)
31 May Fear, uncertainty, doubt — IV (1)
28 May Fear, uncertainty, doubt — III (1)
26 May Fear, uncertainty, doubt — II (7)
25 May Acquisitions (7)
22 May Fear, uncertainty, doubt — I (6)
19 May Where again? (1)
18 May Acquisitions (2)
17 May When, what, where? (5)
12 May Planning ‘Dreaming war’ (2)
11 May Mystery aircraft and airmindedness (8)
11 May Acquisitions (0)
9 May Post-blogging the Baedeker Blitz: conclusion (8)
5 May Tuesday, 5 May 1942 (2)
4 May Monday, 4 May 1942 (1)
4 May Acquisitions (0)
3 May Sunday, 3 May 1942 (5)
2 May Saturday, 2 May 1942 (2)
1 May Friday, 1 May 1942 (3)
30 April Thursday, 30 April 1942 (4)
29 April Wednesday, 29 April 1942 (5)
28 April Tuesday, 28 April 1942 (7)
27 April Monday, 27 April 1942 (4)
26 April Sunday, 26 April 1942 (12)
25 April Saturday, 25 April 1942 (13)
24 April Friday, 24 April 1942 (5)
23 April Thursday, 23 April 1942 (4)
20 April Acquisitions (32)
19 April The last flight of the Patrie (8)
11 April Panic Day in Oslo (2)
6 April Future schemes of air defence (2)
3 April Self-archive: ‘The air panic of 1935’ (2)
30 March Acquisitions (2)
29 March The necessary madness of air defence (5)
24 March As it was (19)
21 March The Yellow (4)
20 March When war does come (0)
16 March Acquisitions (0)
14 March The way ahead (18)
14 March Lasts (3)
8 March Smithy and the mystery aeroplane (3)
7 March If war should come (1)
3 March Commemorating the Adelaide River Stakes (15)
2 March A quiet riot (13)
24 February Acquisitions (2)
24 February New horrors of air attack (0)
22 February The international air force and the Inner Government of the World (0)
16 February Self-archive: ‘World police for world peace’ (5)
15 February Am I fake or not? — III (13)
8 February The doom of cities (21)
3 February Acquisitions (0)
2 February Counter-revolution from above (15)
31 January Duck and cover, 1942 (7)
25 January Death from the skies (13)
21 January The wooden bombs return (32)
19 January Anxious nation? — VII (2)
16 January Anxious nation? — VI (4)
13 January Acquisitions (0)
12 January Anxious nation? — V (6)
8 January Anxious nation? — IV (13)
6 January 2011 Clios (0)
5 January Anxious nation? — III (0)
4 January Anxious nation? — II (6)
2 January Anxious nation? — I (4)

2011 (158)

30 December Acquisitions (0)
28 December More like a trove (1)
23 December Comparing Hendon (7)
23 December Acquisitions (0)
19 December Positive and negative airmindedness (9)
17 December See, we told you so (2)
16 December Acquisitions (0)
15 December Suspicious minds (5)
12 December If, 193–? (0)
9 December Remembering the Pacific War at Monash (0)
8 December Look out! (4)
2 December Ending Hendon — VI: 1935-1937 (11)
2 December Acquisitions (0)
30 November Ending Hendon — V: 1932-1934 (2)
23 November Ending Hendon — IV: 1929-1931 (4)
19 November Ending Hendon — III: 1926-1928 (5)
18 November Acquisitions (3)
17 November Abolishing the Taboo (0)
15 November PhD → book (20)
11 November Ending Hendon — II: 1923-1925 (10)
9 November Ending Hendon — I: 1920-1922 (7)
7 November Air raid precautions (4)
3 November If you can’t win ’em, judge ’em (1)
1 November Nothing more than an experiment (3)
31 October Help! (4)
28 October Acquisitions (0)
28 October London defended (7)
27 October The problem of ærial propulsion solved (0)
27 October A Guilty Man? (5)
21 October Acquisitions (0)
20 October The successful start which ended in failure (2)
18 October The London Hum (6)
14 October Stop the planes (9)
12 October How to break morale and how to forget a war (4)
7 October E-booking the Sudeten Crisis (1)
7 October Acquisitions (2)
6 October The dragon will always get through — IV (10)
5 October The dragon will always get through — III (9)
30 September Acquisitions (1)
30 September The dragon will always get through — II (4)
27 September The dragon will always get through — I (6)
23 September Acquisitions (10)
22 September The last time Britain nuked Australia (6)
22 September Is there such a thing as folk strategy? (7)
19 September How London was warned (10)
16 September Acquisitions (0)
14 September The Belgrade blitz (0)
7 September #twitterstorians and the Other (0)
6 September Early modern operational research? (11)
2 September Acquisitions (0)
31 August On ‘the Few’ (28)
27 August Perth (0)
26 August Acquisitions (0)
21 August Spiritual air defence (6)
19 August Acquisitions (0)
19 August Not quite a trove (5)
13 August Black death rain (4)
7 August Body horror in the Blitz (5)
6 August Fremantle (3)
5 August Acquisitions (2)
31 July A little history of the Scareship Age (6)
28 July The last knock-out blow (2)
23 July Peace (2)
22 July World War II Plans That Never Happened (10)
18 July War and peace, barbarism and civilisation in Perth (9)
15 July Acquisitions (0)
9 July Putting it together (8)
8 July Acquisitions (3)
7 July Vox pops — IV (0)
6 July Vox pops — III (6)
4 July Vox pops — II (3)
4 July Vox pops — I (3)
3 July Reprisals after notice (5)
1 July Acquisitions (0)
28 June Bomb Berlin and… (1)
25 June Precisely (7)
21 June Looking backward, 1944-1941 (4)
17 June Acquisitions (2)
16 June History never repeats (6)
16 June Frightfulness for schrecklichkeit? (9)
13 June Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — III (8)
11 June Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — II (6)
10 June Double trouble (1)
9 June Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — I (13)
7 June Smugglers! (11)
6 June Who said that? (8)
3 June Acquisitions (0)
3 June The Emperor’s Viceroy (4)
31 May A myth of the Blitz? (35)
30 May Death on the Euphrates (4)
29 May Debating bombing and foreign intervention — IV (0)
28 May Post-blogging 1940: final thoughts and conclusions (0)
27 May Acquisitions (5)
21 May Wednesday, 21 May 1941 (1)
20 May Tuesday, 20 May 1941 (0)
19 May Monday, 19 May 1941 (1)
18 May Sunday, 18 May 1941 (2)
17 May Saturday, 17 May 1941 (3)
16 May Friday, 16 May 1941 (4)
15 May Thursday, 15 May 1941 (0)
14 May Wednesday, 14 May 1941 (2)
13 May Tuesday, 13 May 1941 (4)
13 May Acquisitions (0)
12 May Monday, 12 May 1941 (2)
11 May Sunday, 11 May 1941 (0)
10 May Saturday, 10 May 1941 (3)
7 May The dream of unmanned flight (15)
6 May Acquisitions (0)
4 May Every evening (0)
4 May Debating bombing and foreign intervention — III (3)
27 April Defending and making Willunga (2)
21 April Mystery aircraft of the Scareship Age (1)
20 April New light on the Battle of Los Angeles (18)
16 April Debating bombing and foreign intervention — II (3)
12 April War crimes from the air (26)
8 April Acquisitions (0)
8 April Debating bombing and foreign intervention — I (2)
2 April Travelling of the future (13)
1 April Acquisitions (0)
31 March Happy birthday, RAAF (6)
29 March Are you thinking what we’re thinking? (3)
26 March More THATCamp thoughts (1)
25 March Acquisitions (0)
23 March THATCamp thoughts (8)
19 March Wednesday, 19 March 1941 (2)
19 March Libya’s century as a target (8)
18 March Tuesday, 18 March 1941 (3)
18 March Acquisitions (0)
17 March Monday, 17 March 1941 (6)
15 March Saturday, 15 March 1941 (2)
14 March Friday, 14 March 1941 (4)
13 March Thursday, 13 March 1941 (0)
12 March Wednesday, 12 March 1941 (6)
9 March Post-blogging the Chinese Revolution of 1911 (0)
7 March Don’t sink the Caroline! (54)
5 March The National Government and the air (2)
3 March The medium and the engineer (5)
27 February In case you were wondering (2)
25 February Acquisitions (0)
19 February War is cute (3)
18 February Acquisitions (0)
12 February Bomber Harris, bomber sceptic (4)
7 February Aweſomeneſs (3)
4 February Friday, 19 November 2010 (12)
4 February Acquisitions (6)
2 February You have no chance (18)
28 January Acquisitions (7)
25 January Biggles, Captain Zoom, and Britain’s peril (16)
21 January Acquisitions (2)
21 January The road to Mattoon (7)
14 January The Battle of Britain and The Blitz (7)
14 January Acquisitions (0)
8 January Captain Mathy leaves his mark (6)
7 January 2010 Clios (0)
4 January Saturday, 4 January 1941 (0)
3 January Friday, 3 January 1941 (11)
2 January Thursday, 2 January 1941 (0)
1 January Wednesday, 1 January 1941 (3)

2010 (167)

31 December Tuesday, 31 December 1940 (3)
31 December Acquisitions (0)
30 December Monday, 30 December 1940 (4)
29 December Sunday, 29 December 1940 (4)
23 December Airminded: the ngram (1)
22 December London 1914-17 and London 1917-18 (0)
21 December The rise and fall and rise and fall of the autogyro (14)
17 December Acquisitions (1)
16 December The limits of play (17)
10 December Acquisitions (0)
4 December The H-bomber will always get through (5)
3 December Acquisitions (0)
30 November Against original research (18)
26 November Acquisitions (8)
25 November I blame society (6)
23 November Noms noms noms (0)
21 November Thursday, 21 November 1940 (3)
20 November Wednesday, 20 November 1940 (1)
19 November Tuesday, 19 November 1940 (2)
18 November Monday, 18 November 1940 (0)
17 November Sunday, 17 November 1940 (0)
16 November Saturday, 16 November 1940 (8)
15 November Friday, 15 November 1940 (1)
14 November Thursday, 14 November 1940 (6)
12 November Acquisitions (5)
11 November A Dominion of the air (12)
5 November Ocean views (secret) (6)
3 November Bomber County (5)
29 October Oh, the humanities! (1)
28 October 1938 and 1947 (14)
27 October Scareships over Australia — IV (6)
25 October Scareships over Australia — III (4)
23 October Scareships over Australia — II (7)
20 October Scareships over Australia — I (4)
16 October The R word (5)
15 October Acquisitions (0)
9 October Post-blogging 1940: preliminary thoughts and conclusions (11)
8 October Acquisitions (0)
7 October Monday, 7 October 1940 (3)
6 October Sunday, 6 October 1940 (0)
5 October Saturday, 5 October 1940 (1)
4 October Friday, 4 October 1940 (0)
3 October Thursday, 3 October 1940 (2)
2 October Wednesday, 2 October 1940 (2)
1 October Tuesday, 1 October 1940 (7)
1 October Acquisitions (0)
30 September Monday, 30 September 1940 (4)
29 September Sunday, 29 September 1940 (0)
28 September Saturday, 28 September 1940 (5)
27 September Friday, 27 September 1940 (2)
26 September Thursday, 26 September 1940 (4)
25 September Wednesday, 25 September 1940 (6)
24 September Tuesday, 24 September 1940 (2)
23 September Monday, 23 September 1940 (1)
22 September Sunday, 22 September 1940 (1)
21 September Saturday, 21 September 1940 (17)
20 September Friday, 20 September 1940 (2)
19 September Thursday, 19 September 1940 (0)
18 September Wednesday, 18 September 1940 (5)
17 September Tuesday, 17 September 1940 (4)
16 September Monday, 16 September 1940 (10)
15 September Sunday, 15 September 1940 (1)
14 September Saturday, 14 September 1940 (2)
13 September Friday, 13 September 1940 (0)
12 September Thursday, 12 September 1940 (0)
11 September Wednesday, 11 September 1940 (10)
10 September Tuesday, 10 September 1940 (1)
10 September Acquisitions (0)
9 September Monday, 9 September 1940 (0)
8 September Sunday, 8 September 1940 (1)
7 September Saturday, 7 September 1940 (2)
6 September Friday, 6 September 1940 (7)
5 September Thursday, 5 September 1940 (7)
4 September Wednesday, 4 September 1940 (2)
3 September Tuesday, 3 September 1940 (1)
3 September Acquisitions (2)
2 September Monday, 2 September 1940 (2)
1 September Sunday, 1 September 1940 (12)
31 August Saturday, 31 August 1940 (1)
30 August Friday, 30 August 1940 (1)
29 August Thursday, 29 August 1940 (2)
28 August Wednesday, 28 August 1940 (0)
27 August Tuesday, 27 August 1940 (0)
27 August Acquisitions (9)
26 August Monday, 26 August 1940 (2)
25 August Sunday, 25 August 1940 (3)
24 August Post-blogging 1940: re-introduction (4)
23 August The Battle from below (7)
19 August Light and sound (28)
18 August Charge? (12)
15 August Father Neptune and the American girl (0)
9 August Churchill and that UFO story (10)
6 August Acquisitions (0)
5 August Heads, tails, arms, wings, feathers and other appurtenances (3)
31 July Finding the target (8)
30 July Acquisitions (5)
28 July A green sludge (7)
23 July Acquisitions (5)
19 July PDFing the Sudeten crisis (3)
16 July Acquisitions (3)
14 July Nobody could have foreseen this (18)
12 July The policeman’s placard (9)
6 July Barchester at war (11)
3 July 5 years, 737 posts, 4500 comments, 395000 words (11)
30 June Mates (12)
27 June The pigeon has landed (3)
24 June Man vs. nature: the road to victory (2)
19 June The far right and the air (28)
18 June Acquisitions (0)
14 June Under cover of darkness (4)
11 June Acquisitions (0)
10 June Post-blogging 1940 (21)
10 June Post-blogging 1940: introduction (1)
9 June The hobgoblin of little minds (1)
6 June Why don’t I care about strategy? (12)
4 June Introducing the Spitfire (25)
31 May A new and barbarous practice (2)
28 May Up above, the blue peril (5)
22 May Aeroretronautics (18)
21 May Acquisitions (0)
19 May Am I fake or not? — II (8)
15 May Oneupairmanship (30)
14 May Bulldog Drummond and aero-chemical warfare (2)
14 May Acquisitions (1)
8 May Measuring apples and oranges (13)
2 May Believing is seeing (7)
30 April Acquisitions (0)
28 April The Londonderry Herr (12)
25 April Australia forgets (25)
20 April Wings over Waziristan (32)
19 April The Boer War in airpower history (22)
18 April Only Nixon could go to Greco-Bactria (3)
16 April Acquisitions (3)
16 April RAAF Museum 2 (0)
9 April Acquisitions (2)
7 April Intertextuality (4)
1 April Visible vortices (10)
27 March RAAF Museum 1 (11)
22 March Ban the airship! (2)
19 March Acquisitions (4)
18 March Houdini over Australia (6)
18 March England and Wales (2)
15 March Self-help in an air raid (12)
13 March Something like a railway carriage (6)
7 March 61-67 Warrington Crescent, 8 March 1918 (10)
3 March Duxford and North Weald (22)
26 February Acquisitions (0)
23 February In the next war (11)
19 February War games: deja vu edition (10)
18 February Shuttleworth Collection (14)
15 February Military History Carnival 21 (5)
13 February The difficult second article (7)
12 February The red balloon scare of 1940 (8)
10 February National Space Centre (10)
5 February 1000 tweets later (8)
2 February The wind vs. the whirlwind (60)
1 February The trumpet calls (6)
30 January Conwy and Caernarfon (6)
24 January A Japanese death ray? (21)
20 January The rise of ‘Luftwaffe’ (24)
18 January It’s alive! (8)
17 January Conwy and Llandudno (2)
11 January Dreams of a colder war (8)
10 January To-day and to-morrow (9)
9 January 2009 Clios (0)
5 January From Cardiff to Conwy (10)
3 January A war artist in the family (9)

2009 (135)

31 December The war with Eurasia/Eastasia (24)
29 December Odd plane out (13)
27 December Swansea (3)
23 December After; and before? (6)
20 December The field marshal and the ghost rockets (13)
16 December Air men of The Times (2)
12 December Caerleon and Caerphilly Castle (0)
6 December The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — IV (100)
29 November The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — III (18)
27 November Acquisitions (3)
27 November Cardiff (3)
24 November Don’t forget … (0)
20 November The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — II (12)
17 November The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — I (10)
12 November Tremayne and Crowan (96)
7 November The mystery car of Maldon (10)
6 November Acquisitions (0)
2 November Runs on the board (11)
1 November Falmouth (2)
28 October Do not procrastinate (4)
26 October A question answered (4)
23 October The great air race (10)
23 October Tintagel Castle (7)
18 October Imperial Airways: now with extra airmail (36)
16 October Acquisitions (0)
14 October Exeter and a conference (8)
11 October The non-atrocity of Getafe (7)
9 October Acquisitions (4)
6 October Stonehenge and Old Sarum (7)
6 October Biggles gets a website (2)
4 October The invasion of The Invasion of 1910 (10)
2 October Acquisitions (4)
26 September Acquisitions (0)
19 September Acquisitions (7)
8 September For London direct (0)
6 September Not all of me shall die (6)
3 September The balloon goes up (4)
1 September An airminded surprise (4)
31 August Zeroth World Wars (8)
30 August Your target for tonight … (3)
27 August Trust me, I’m a PhD (33)
22 August The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849 (24)
19 August The third atomic bomb: Tokyo, 19 August 1945 (51)
17 August The fire in Llŷn (3)
14 August I, twit (3)
13 August Things to see in London, late September 2009 (16)
11 August Airpower: a bibliography of British aviation history (7)
7 August Acquisitions (0)
7 August Representing horrorism (4)
3 August A dispatch from Harvard by the Yarra (6)
27 July The first bombers (9)
25 July Of a cross-channel passage (10)
21 July The Riddle of the Wooden Bombs (9)
13 July A question (8)
11 July The phantom balloon scare of 1892 (3)
10 July Acquisitions (0)
7 July Planes, trains and police control rooms (1)
6 July Web log beg: travel 2 (19)
1 July The best things in life were free (33)
28 June Slap the Jap and make the Hun pay (3)
27 June Gas! (5)
26 June Acquisitions (0)
22 June Why we fought? (10)
19 June Acquisitions (2)
19 June For it is the doom of men that they forget (4)
18 June Post-blogging the British demobilisation experience (0)
16 June Bluff and bluster (6)
15 June The Wokingham Whale (5)
12 June Who was Neon again? (22)
12 June Acquisitions (0)
11 June Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions (2)
4 June Guess who’s coming to Britain? (15)
2 June Wednesday, 2 June 1909 (3)
1 June History Carnival 77 (12)
1 June Tuesday, 1 June 1909 (2)
31 May Monday, 31 May 1909 (2)
30 May Speaking of phantom airships … (1)
29 May Saturday, 29 May 1909 (4)
29 May Acquisitions (2)
28 May Friday, 28 May 1909 (2)
27 May And so it ends … (22)
26 May Wednesday, 26 May 1909 (9)
25 May Tuesday, 25 May 1909 (7)
24 May Monday, 24 May 1909 (1)
22 May Saturday, 22 May 1909 (6)
22 May Acquisitions (0)
21 May Friday, 21 May 1909 (7)
20 May Thursday, 20 May 1909 (7)
19 May Wednesday, 19 May 1909 (6)
18 May Tuesday, 18 May 1909 (6)
17 May Monday, 17 May 1909 (3)
16 May Your nominations will bring us a History Carnival (3)
15 May Saturday, 15 May 1909 (11)
14 May Friday, 14 May 1909 (4)
13 May Post-blogging the 1909 scareships (10)
9 May Guernica, mon amour (1)
5 May PB and C³I (16)
29 April Official historians behaving badly (25)
21 April Total war and total peace (20)
17 April Acquisitions (4)
9 April Target: Constantinople! (13)
5 April Claude Grahame-White (5)
3 April Acquisitions (2)
31 March There were giants in the earth in those days (14)
30 March Bigger, not better (12)
27 March The death ray men (26)
21 March First strike? (2)
18 March Snails and shelters (2)
16 March The Struggle for Empire (14)
15 March The canals of Mars, 1962 (25)
11 March What’s next? (7)
4 March More Malcolm (8)
27 February A tale of two cityscapes (5)
24 February Historioblogosphere omnibus (3)
21 February Clouds (8)
21 February Reading and Exeter (0)
18 February To-do list, 18 February 2009 (20)
16 February Very like a Zeppelin (1)
10 February The fire (4)
8 February Mirrors and lenses (14)
6 February Cabbage crates coming over the briny? (6)
30 January Parts, chapters, sections (8)
29 January We’ll meet again (9)
26 January Down under up over (5)
20 January Straight to the pool room — II (2)
20 January Post-blogging the Battle of the Mareth Line (0)
20 January Trust but verify (6)
17 January Where the rockets fell (9)
15 January Phallic symbol envy (17)
14 January Post-blogging the Boxer Uprising (6)
12 January Hang ’em high (10)
8 January That was unexpected (0)
8 January The enemy within (9)
2 January 2008 Clios (0)
1 January Gort of the interplanetary police force (6)

2008 (160)

29 December Our friends the enemy (0)
25 December Over there (0)
21 December Satisfaction is … (13)
20 December On being a snob (21)
19 December Holiday reading (4)
9 December Two barrages (7)
5 December Acquisitions (0)
4 December Melbourne Historical Journal 36 (0)
2 December Howard Hawks at Melbourne Cinémathèque (3)
29 November This post is 100% link-free (9)
27 November What’s in a thesis title? (14)
18 November Turnabout is fair play (19)
11 November Flight‘s message to the politicians (7)
11 November The King’s message to the Royal Air Force (11)
5 November Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli (10)
4 November The most important decision of the year … (0)
25 October The final countdown (6)
21 October One I forgot to write (2)
16 October LaTeX for Humans (0)
12 October Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis: thoughts and conclusions (12)
8 October Saturday, 8 October 1938 (6)
7 October Friday, 7 October 1938 (3)
6 October Thursday, 6 October 1938 (0)
5 October Wednesday, 5 October 1938 (9)
4 October Tuesday, 4 October 1938 (12)
3 October Monday, 3 October 1938 (5)
3 October Acquisitions (0)
2 October S 330.15 B73 (7)
1 October Saturday, 1 October 1938 (9)
1 October Friday, 30 September 1938 (5)
29 September Thursday, 29 September 1938 (9)
28 September Wednesday, 28 September 1938 (2)
27 September Tuesday, 27 September 1938 (3)
26 September Monday, 26 September 1938 (8)
25 September Not the state of the military historioblogosphere (2)
24 September Saturday, 24 September 1938 (7)
23 September Friday, 23 September 1938 (8)
22 September Thursday, 22 September 1938 (4)
21 September Wednesday, 21 September 1938 (0)
20 September Tuesday, 20 September 1938
19 September Monday, 19 September 1938 (4)
18 September Behind the Line (3)
17 September Saturday, 17 September 1938 (1)
16 September Friday, 16 September 1938 (7)
15 September Thursday, 15 September 1938 (2)
14 September Wednesday, 14 September 1938 (6)
13 September Tuesday, 13 September 1938 (4)
12 September Monday, 12 September 1938 (1)
11 September Return to Millwall (9)
10 September Saturday, 10 September 1938 (5)
9 September Friday, 9 September 1938 (1)
8 September Thursday, 8 September 1938 (5)
7 September Wednesday, 7 September 1938 (10)
6 September Tuesday, 6 September 1938 (2)
5 September Monday, 5 September 1938 (8)
4 September David Philips, 1946-2008 (0)
3 September Saturday, 3 September 1938 (7)
2 September Friday, 2 September 1938 (3)
1 September Thursday, 1 September 1938 (2)
31 August Wednesday, 31 August 1938 (2)
30 August Tuesday, 30 August 1938 (6)
29 August Monday, 29 August 1938 (10)
29 August Acquisitions (0)
28 August Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis (13)
26 August Screening the knock-out blow (6)
22 August Acquisitions (4)
21 August Getting away from it all (1)
19 August Unwritten books (32)
14 August Come friendly bombs and fall on Stonehenge (16)
12 August A phantom airship? (21)
11 August The Blitz on the web (4)
7 August A strange game (20)
7 August Australian Newspapers Beta (10)
31 July Name that crisis! (24)
29 July Architects of preservation (3)
25 July ‘The bomber will always get through’ gets through (1)
25 July Acquisitions (4)
22 July The persistence of fear (6)
21 July Hidden treasure (10)
19 July Some Tante Jus and a conference report (32)
18 July Acquisitions (0)
17 July Egregious ranking analysis? (6)
11 July Herr Martin’s modest proposal (3)
11 July Acquisitions (2)
9 July Paternosters (4)
8 July Is that a lot? (2)
5 July Facing Armageddon (30)
4 July The flying aircraft carrier: why? (7)
1 July Oscar foxtrot foxtrot sierra (5)
27 June The interwar internet (4)
27 June Acquisitions (0)
24 June Thought balloons (6)
20 June The madness ends here (9)
20 June The great stoush (15)
18 June Mowing devils, old hags, and phantom airships (10)
14 June Keep that shadow from them (3)
14 June Showdown (0)
9 June No Strzelecki (10)
8 June The raiders (5)
6 June Acquisitions (2)
4 June MONIAC and the warfare state (12)
4 June The Germans are coming! — II (5)
30 May The Russians are coming! (4)
28 May Overheard in London (in 1938) (1)
27 May The widening margin (16)
22 May Signs of the times (4)
20 May What is Human Smoke? (10)
17 May The expected holocaust (15)
13 May The Germans are coming! (6)
9 May CFP: MHJ (1)
9 May Doing my part to bridge the Two Cultures (6)
7 May A giant of the air (16)
5 May The end of the world as we know it (0)
2 May Acquisitions (2)
30 April ‘Hansard online’ (5)
28 April Who was Neon? (21)
25 April Allied casualties, Dardanelles campaign, 1915-6 (26)
24 April From Darfur to London in Melbourne (9)
24 April Rome 2b (5)
22 April The intellectual life of the British air-raid shelter (5)
18 April Is nothing sacred? (3)
17 April Look — blogs! (6)
15 April Rome 2a (12)
9 April Mark my words (2)
7 April E. H. Carr on the failure of British airmindedness (7)
4 April Rewinding the Breaker (8)
3 April Rome 1b (4)
1 April Happy birthday, RAF (5)
31 March State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2008 (16)
17 March Out of the depths (20)
15 March A stern warning of things to come (0)
13 March Rome 1a (7)
11 March The Heligoland Mandate (8)
6 March What’s wrong with a little destruction? (6)
1 March Anti-Semitism in British airpower literature (9)
28 February Edinburgh 2 (7)
25 February The spirit of grief (0)
22 February Acquisitions (0)
20 February Not the coming world war (2)
19 February Stirling (9)
13 February Sorry (0)
12 February The Afghan air menace (9)
10 February History is a pack of lies, as any fool can tell (7)
5 February Priorities (3)
1 February Edinburgh 1 (19)
28 January Lord Trenchard: choice? (11)
28 January Things (6)
26 January The day of the parashot (16)
22 January Vindolanda and Housesteads (12)
16 January Straight to the pool room (2)
15 January The colour out of aerospace (15)
14 January When two tribes go to war (14)
14 January Chesters (1)
10 January The Turtle and other weapons of desperation (9)
9 January 2007 Clios (0)
7 January Black-Out (2)
5 January York 2 (10)
2 January Corporate authors with jurabib and jox.bst (2)
1 January The future of historical research (6)
1 January Counting corpses (3)

2007 (167)

29 December York 1 (10)
21 December Acquisitions (0)
21 December Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — II (7)
19 December Peace is our profession (11)
19 December London (9)
16 December Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — I (6)
14 December Sealion 1918 (16)
12 December The Malayan defence of Singapore (10)
12 December Bloomsbury (0)
11 December Over Flanders fields (7)
10 December Whiskey tango foxtrot (3)
6 December The Zeppelins of Halifax (9)
6 December To Greenwich and back again (1)
5 December Email problems (0)
4 December The nanobot will always get through (11)
30 November Before Chastise, and after now (4)
28 November From Whitehall to Green Park (14)
26 November It’s time (0)
25 November Apropos of nothing in particular (4)
23 November Acquisitions (0)
20 November Hampton Court Palace (2)
17 November Allenby of Armageddon (9)
16 November Acquisitions (0)
14 November Life among the ruins (4)
14 November RAF Cranwell and a conference (7)
11 November Somewhere in France (4)
10 November The bomber will always get through (11)
9 November So close and yet (thankfully) so far (so far) (0)
8 November Newark-on-Trent (3)
6 November A long way from Greenham Common (3)
6 November Jeremy Bentham and Web 2.0 (0)
31 October The shave of the future NOW! (4)
29 October Cabinet War Rooms (0)
26 October Acquisitions (0)
24 October Making an airminded youth (and a gliding model aeroplane) (19)
23 October A not very possible fact (22)
19 October RAF Museum London 2 (15)
14 October Military History Carnival 7 (3)
14 October The Sheerness Incident (26)
12 October Seventy-two gas masks (24)
11 October St Paul’s Cathedral (1)
9 October Destroying London (0)
7 October Your blogosphere needs you … (0)
6 October Does not compute (0)
4 October Companions (5)
3 October Embankment and Strand (16)
1 October After the battle (0)
30 September G’tag von Zeppelinburg! (8)
29 September British Museum 2 (8)
26 September So what was the point of all that? (0)
22 September State of the military historioblogosphere, September 2007 (8)
21 September Acquisitions (0)
20 September Military history, death of, greatly exaggerated (0)
20 September Great southern land (0)
19 September Returning on a jet plane (5)
11 September A buzz (4)
7 September Way out (1)
6 September The Raider (0)
4 September Early autumn of discontent (5)
2 September Vworp, vworp (10)
1 September Acquisitions (0)
30 August The Dam Busters at the Peckham Multiplex (19)
29 August Alert the amphibious squadron! (1)
28 August Westminster Abbey (0)
25 August I seem to have started something … (3)
21 August War games: tabloid edition (9)
18 August Dazzled (0)
18 August The IWM and memory (0)
15 August How popular was Things to Come? (8)
15 August The destruction of Everytown, 1940 (5)
14 August Imperial War Museum London (17)
12 August The time is a quarter to DOOMSDAY (5)
10 August I wish to register a complaint (5)
6 August From Southwark to St Mary le Bow (0)
5 August War games (25)
4 August Acquisitions (0)
30 July Science Museum (8)
27 July Natural History Museum (0)
26 July Die Hard 0.0 (4)
24 July Caryatid (1)
23 July RAF Museum London (11)
22 July The doom of the great city (15)
20 July Ello, ello, ello, what’s all this then? (6)
18 July So yes, I am actually in London (5)
18 July The lodgings of the damned (1)
15 July British Museum (0)
12 July Flight back issues online (10)
10 July 1688 and all that (2)
9 July Mind the gap (12)
7 July Leaving on a jet plane (11)
6 July Acquisitions (0)
5 July Getting here from there (8)
3 July From knock-out blow to blitzkrieg (0)
29 June Acquisitions (9)
28 June Airship over North Melbourne (5)
26 June War of words (0)
22 June Australian War Memorial blogs! (11)
21 June Also, are LOLs NPOV? (0)
21 June Web log beg: travel (14)
20 June From blitzkrieg to blitz (54)
17 June Hex appeal (0)
14 June An alternative Blitz (13)
11 June Historic battlefields (0)
10 June What happened to Nevil Shute (13)
8 June Incompletely sceptical (10)
5 June England awake! (14)
1 June Panic! (18)
28 May Guernica — IV (24)
26 May A tiny revelation (14)
25 May The movie that time forgot (29)
22 May Canton and Munich (13)
20 May Bally typical … (0)
19 May Finest hours (7)
16 May Guernica — III (2)
14 May Your name here (0)
14 May Godwin’s Law; XKCD rules (0)
6 May Airship vs. A-bomb (16)
4 May Acquisitions (5)
4 May Guernica — II (1)
2 May Talking and listening (7)
27 April Web log beg: London accommodation (21)
27 April Acquisitions (0)
26 April Guernica — I (7)
25 April An Anzac on England (13)
20 April Acquisitions (0)
18 April A sister to assist ‘er (5)
16 April Air Force Historical Studies Office titles online (1)
13 April The inaugural Military History Carnival … (0)
11 April Our man in the cinema (spoiler warning) (2)
7 April The Douhet dilemma (10)
7 April Stepping back from the brink (0)
5 April Unthinking the thinkable (2)
3 April Dueling YouTubes (3)
31 March Acquisitions (0)
29 March The changing meaning of air shows (6)
22 March The Fire (18)
22 March The Airship Destroyer (11)
18 March State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2007 (12)
16 March Acquisitions (2)
16 March Air-port ’13 (2)
14 March A Military History Carnival! (0)
12 March New and less new blogs (4)
11 March Review policy (2)
7 March Flying fortresses (47)
2 March Acquisitions (0)
28 February The bombing teacher (35)
27 February The next next war (29)
22 February GBS on the KOB (7)
20 February Bad memes (0)
20 February Good memes (14)
17 February The Wickham Steed affair in popular culture (6)
13 February A military history carnival? (3)
11 February Concrete memory (30)
6 February Gazza speaks! (0)
2 February Acquisitions (1)
2 February The greatest air service in the world (10)
29 January Library of the absurd (16)
26 January Sons of empire (6)
26 January Acquisitions (2)
21 January Advice to young (well, mid-PhD) writers (13)
20 January Five to (1)
15 January H. G. Wells (4)
15 January A thesis update (14)
10 January Oh, come on! (36)
9 January Airmindedness: a reading list (17)
6 January 2006 Clios (0)
5 January Ein kleinstaat bedroht Deutschland (9)

2006 (141)

30 December Tomorrow the world (26)
29 December Acquisitions (4)
28 December Historical maps online (1)
22 December The Scareship Age (39)
20 December Still at the edge of forever: for Carl (4)
16 December Acquisitions (6)
14 December The air strategist as business guru (14)
10 December Great minds (9)
5 December Orac on me on Orac etc (7)
5 December Winged gospels (4)
1 December Acquisitions (3)
28 November The Clios and the Carnival (0)
28 November We? Wha? (7)
24 November Acquisitions (0)
23 November The ashes of the air (3)
21 November Spain and the aeroplane (18)
17 November Acquisitions (2)
16 November Now pay attention (11)
14 November Pop quiz, rotter! (0)
12 November Me on Orac on Dawkins on Harris (21)
3 November Acquisitions (2)
2 November The many mysteries of Sir Malcolm Campbell (22)
31 October Thanks for playing (20)
27 October Battle of Brisbane (12)
26 October A world war in a day (2)
22 October Investigations of a Dog (1)
20 October Acquisitions (2)
17 October Pick a date, any date (18)
14 October Air control in pictures (57)
13 October Interwar use of chemical weapons (27)
9 October Populate an Australian history blogroll (3)
8 October Populate an Australian history department (0)
26 September Just what are you trying to say? (0)
18 September Judgement Day, 1936 (6)
15 September Battle of Britain and the Battle of Britain (55)
15 September Acquisitions (0)
15 September Airships ahoy! (4)
12 September The shadow of the airliner (11)
8 September Trouble at Millwall (43)
7 September More information please, Herr Liepmann (12)
2 September Sad news for small boys of all ages (4)
1 September Acquisitions (0)
30 August Threads (3)
26 August Nice to be noticed (3)
25 August Acquisitions (2)
25 August An alternative Battle of Britain — III (11)
20 August War Starts at Midnight! (4)
19 August Acquisitions (0)
18 August At Mouquet Farm (29)
18 August Pardon? (0)
16 August Confirmed (4)
14 August Amy Johnson changes her mind (9)
11 August Acquisitions (5)
11 August An alternative Battle of Britain — II (11)
31 July An alternative Battle of Britain — I (25)
28 July My first flame (0)
27 July Sounds like a plan (1)
25 July J. M. Spaight (0)
23 July It’s official … (3)
22 July Speed 2, the need for more (3)
21 July Acquisitions (0)
19 July Speed, the need for (7)
15 July The Nine Years’ War (1)
10 July Beautiful games and others (5)
7 July The Avia-Corner (0)
6 July What Happened to the Corbetts (2)
3 July The obligatory self-indulgent one year blog anniversary post (8)
30 June Am I fake or not? (23)
25 June Sounds like … victory? (1)
22 June Academic blogging down under (0)
21 June The old and the new (3)
17 June Camel and Spitfire (0)
16 June Acquisitions (2)
14 June Prelude in Prague et seq. (0)
9 June A Piasa by any other name … (5)
4 June The Deepest Shelter in Town (7)
2 June Stop me if I’m boring you (3)
29 May The next History Carnival (0)
29 May Revise and Dissent and other blogs (0)
24 May Propellors and propaganda (2)
21 May The flower of an entire generation (10)
19 May Acquisitions (2)
15 May History Carnival 31 (19)
12 May The 1926 General Strike (0)
11 May The post not posted (7)
8 May The Carnival is coming (2)
6 May Air University Press titles online (3)
5 May Acquisitions (0)
4 May The Great Wall of My Coffee Table (0)
4 May Great War Fiction (0)
3 May But that happened in France (2)
3 May Stylesheets over substance (10)
28 April Acquisitions (1)
27 April Me to BBC: you guys rock! (5)
25 April See the Bombers fly up, up … (2)
24 April Score Zero (5)
21 April Acquisitions (0)
21 April Why you should blog (0)
20 April Badge of something (0)
17 April The SLV (2)
14 April Acquisitions (0)
9 April ‘Quick, Hans — what’s German for “Tally Ho”?’ (18)
8 April A tale they won’t believe (6)
7 April Acquisitions (0)
2 April Flies and cockroaches (3)
31 March Acquisitions (0)
29 March Orwell and the gramophone needle conspiracy (0)
28 March Orwell and the knock-out blow (7)
24 March Acquisitions (0)
23 March Save the trees (0)
19 March Q. When is an island not an island? (1)
17 March Acquisitions (0)
16 March Hurrah for the British Empire Games! (3)
10 March Acquisitions (0)
10 March Undeniable (2)
9 March From Munich to the planet Mars (8)
4 March The Bethnal Green Tube disaster (18)
2 March The Cuzaux effect. Cazaux. Whatever (5)
26 February The Blogger will always get through… (4)
25 February Multiple bibliographies in LaTeX (33)
23 February The bolt from the blue and the knock-out blow (6)
22 February The first knock-out blow? (4)
17 February The pity of war (0)
16 February England and the Aeroplane online! (0)
15 February (Nearly) a century of circles (14)
11 February Japanese ARP posters (15)
10 February Acquisitions (2)
4 February Russians (9)
3 February Acquisitions (0)
31 January Sopwith@Fathom (0)
29 January An extremely brief guide to early aeronautical terms, ca. 1909 (10)
27 January Acquisitions (6)
20 January Keep the faith, brother (5)
20 January Acquisitions (0)
15 January Britishness, Englishness too (0)
14 January William Benn, and the Black Ship (1)
12 January The Liberal landslide of 1906 (11)
10 January Google Warbird (0)
10 January You gotta love the Internet (10)
9 January Aces (2)
4 January The airminded Mr. Kipling (15)

2005 (70)

30 December Acquisitions (0)
30 December The Fall of London (2)
29 December Backup or die! (2)
23 December Right: write! (2)
23 December Acquisitions (0)
22 December An unpleasant surprise (11)
18 December Climbing (5)
13 December Doing the LibraryThing (4)
9 December Acquisitions (0)
9 December Oh, and by the way … is anyone here a pilot? (0)
8 December Biggles Takes It Rough (12)
5 December 21st century air control? (9)
2 December 21st century Charlton? (8)
2 December Acquisitions (0)
25 November Coventrate (6)
25 November Acquisitions (0)
23 November An early casualty of war (0)
22 November Is that war? (7)
20 November But I only just started! (0)
18 November LaTeX: the pain, the pleasure (53)
14 November Sorry, ocker, the Fokker’s chocker; or, airmindedness in Australia (1)
13 November Stone the crows! (0)
11 November 4572 Pte. Mulqueeney (3)
11 November Acquisitions (2)
6 November Early signs of MADness (3)
2 November The Zeppelin in combat (in advertising) (4)
1 November Levity through airpower (21)
28 October Acquisitions (0)
28 October Ban the Air Bomb! (0)
23 October The unknown scaremonger (2)
21 October Airborne spies of the Kaiser? (1)
19 October Massed media (0)
15 October Out of (West) Africa (6)
14 October It speaks for itself, digitised (0)
14 October Be aware of archives! (0)
12 October The smurf of things to come? (6)
10 October Fallout – boy! (0)
9 October R101, 75 years on (6)
7 October Acquisitions (2)
7 October Jet aircraft of the Belle Époque (51)
4 October Strategy Without Slide-Rule (13)
30 September Acquisitions (0)
24 September Style and steam-power (0)
23 September Acquisitions (0)
21 September Noel Pemberton Billing (6)
14 September Acquisitions (0)
14 September Won’t somebody please think of the children? (18)
11 September Linkage (0)
9 September Acquisitions (0)
7 September Pictures! (0)
3 September Katrina’s knock-out blow (3)
23 August The Shadow of the Bomber (7)
20 August Airships and airliners (2)
19 August Trench Fever (0)
16 August Acquisitions (0)
14 August Closer to our hearts (0)
10 August Oxfordshire to Iraq (0)
9 August England and the Aeroplane (2)
7 August Book notes … soon (0)
1 August And so it begins … (1)
31 July Disturbing (0)
29 July P. R. C. Groves (0)
23 July L. E. O. Charlton (0)
17 July scareships update (0)
10 July Across the Atlantic by Vimy (9)
9 July London can take it (0)
6 July It’s That Man Again (1)
5 July Eeek! (2)
3 July Books. Lots of books. (0)
3 July First post! (3)

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