Over there
Today I’m thinking about my brother, who is serving in Iraq with the Australian Army. Stay safe and come home soon, bro!
Other
Blogging, tweeting and podcasting, Books
On being a snob
I’ve had a few inbound links from forums in the last few days, including this one. It’s nice to be linked to, but in this case one of the participants, kyt, has a bit of a rant about my snobbishness: The blogger does seem to have a certain, for want of a better word, snobbishness.
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, Air defence, Blogging, tweeting and podcasting, Film
Holiday reading
The 19th Military History Carnival has been posted at Military History and Warfare. For my pick from this edition I can’t go past the first entry, on the interwar RAF at Thoughts on Military History. It’s part of the first chapter of his thesis, and it’s a very good overview of the financial and operational
1910s, Air defence, Books, Maps, Pictures, Words
Two barrages
One of the things I love about the official history of the RFC and RAF in the First World War is all the maps — multi-panel fold-out jobs showing where bombs fell in London during the Gotha raids, or the Allied front in Macedonia. That’s not to mention the accompanying slip-cases stuffed full of more
Acquisitions, Books
Acquisitions
David Faber. Munich: The 1938 Appeasement Crisis. London: Simon & Schuster, 2008. A much-needed narrative history, though I’m sure it won’t quite satisfy me! Mostly political and diplomatic, and mostly from the British point of view. Also some of the street-level stuff — calls ARP Sunday gas mask Sunday. Matthew J. Flynn. First Strike: Preemptive
Australia, Periodicals, Publications
Melbourne Historical Journal 36
Earlier this year, I mentioned that I had joined the editorial collective of Melbourne Historical Journal. Well, against all odds (or so it seemed at times!) we produced what I think is a pretty good issue. Lynette Russell graciously launched it this evening at the Re-orienting Whiteness conference, and it’s now available for purchase. (Or
1930s, Australia, Contemporary, Ephemera, Film, Pictures
Howard Hawks at Melbourne Cinémathèque
This post will only be of interest to Melbourne readers. Melbourne Cinémathèque is holding a season of 1930s Howard Hawks films this month, including three of his aviation classics: Only Angels Have Wings, Ceiling Zero (both on Wednesday, 3 December) and The Dawn Patrol (Wednesday, 17 December). They’re showing at ACMI. I don’t think I’ve
Archives, Other
This post is 100% link-free
I’ve just noticed this odd condition for the use of the Imperial War Museum’s collections website: Links to our website may only be included in other websites with our prior written permission. Source: http, followed by a colon, then two forward slashes, then www, a dot, iwmcollections, another dot, org, a third dot, uk, another
Thesis
What’s in a thesis title?
I received a letter from the university today, containing a form which is ominously entitled ‘Completion Report for PhD Candidates’. I guess they are expecting to receive a thesis from me in the not too distant future! One of the things I have to finalise is the title of the thesis. According to the form,