The year of reading airmindedly — XIII
There’s very little linking these three books, except perhaps that they all reflect, in very different ways, the long drawdown of British power.
Books, Pictures, Reviews
1910s, Ephemera, Periodicals, Pictures, Rumours
Queer letters and alien hands
The above facsimile letter was published in the Ramsgate Thanet Advertiser on 29 April 1916. It reads: April 7th. The writer of the first ‘German messages’ has been absent from Ramsgate some time now, so the ‘Alien’s post-card’ is by another hand. If I did not fear prosecution for “failing to register an alien,” I
Books, Pictures, Reviews
The year of reading airmindedly — XII
There’s something for everyone here, from low-tech flying replicas to hi-tech death from the skies!
Academia, Australia, Contemporary, Pictures
Why I’m striking #UnimelbStrikes
I currently have a part-time contract at the University of Melbourne in a non-academic, communications role. I feel that my work is valued and that I am supported by my unit and my managers. Nevertheless, I’m on strike. Why?
Australia, Contemporary, Other, Pictures
Why I’m voting for the Voice #yes23
On 14 October, Australians will be voting in a referendum on the following question: A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration? The proposed alteration is: I’ll be voting yes. Here’s why.
Books, Pictures, Reviews
The year of reading airmindedly — XI
Bomber (x2) and fighters (and bombers).
Books, Pictures, Reviews
The year of reading airmindedly — X
Some classics (?) here: airports, biography, bombing.
Books, Pictures, Reviews
The year of reading airmindedly — IX
Today we’re looking at the three Ps: (defence) policy, prisoners (of war), and (MM.) Pilâtre (and d’Arlandes, the first aeronauts, along with early ballooning more generally). Okay, so I need to work on my intros…
Blogging, tweeting and podcasting, Pictures
Where am I?
UPDATED 18 NOVEMBER 2024 With Twitter X circling ever closer to the plughole, it’s time to have a microblogging alternative. In fact, I already set one up at Mastodon back in November, and spent a bit of time making it comfortable. But the social media landscape has fragmented since then and everyone is fleeing in
1910s, Ephemera, Periodicals, Pictures
The only bomb-proof building in town
This is a reproduction made by the Bioscope of a rather cheeky poster which appeared in Newtownards in June 1915, just a week or two after the first air raid on London.