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Perfect for the summer holiday season, another page turner from @JohnNicholRAF. No doubt it will a thrilling read as well as factual and historically correct.
Bank Holiday weekend RT comp! 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 BLITZ: When World War Two Came Home is out on 21 May - rt for chance to win a signed copy. @Ralph_Retriever & Mr Badger encourage you to have a go!
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Japanese engineers developed a “Sword Tip Visualization System” for the Fencing World Championships, and it makes fencing look absolutely incredible to watch.

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Looking forward to this one. John’s books are real page turners. I’ll see what my grandparents went through in Croydon. I did hear some stories, it sounded horrific.
RT for chance to win a signed copy of BLITZ - out in May. For too long ‘The Blitz’ has been framed as a few desperate months in 1940/41 mainly affecting London. But attacks were far more widespread, far more devastating, & for most of the war. The BLITZ story is now told afresh:
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Love a good arch. So visually appealing and ruthlessly functional at the same time. The compound curve on the face of this tunnel is also very nice!
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Guaranteed to be a great read, like all the other books by @JohnNicholRAF Could you add Shrewsbury @theatresevern to the list again please?
Easter rt comp! My new book; BLITZ: When WW2 Came Home is out May 21st & I will be doing a few talks/signing: Tring 18th Nottingham 20th North Shields 20th Lytham 21st Warwick 21st Deets in pic & post below. RT 4 chance to win signed copy!
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Another departure from MAN, not the best of passenger experiences when compared to other airports but hey ho. Is @foxyknoxy99 seeing us off? Lanzarote here we come…
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NEW BOOK alert 🚨 rt4 chance 2 win signed copy! My 20th (!!) book is published 21 May: BLITZ: When World War Two Came Home avail to pre-order now Huge thanks to the wonderful writers & historians who helped/read/commented @RowlandWhite @1940Andy Dr @robert_lyman Prof @LucyGoBag
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Meet “Roadrunner,” a new 15kg (33 lb) bipedal wheeled robot prototype featuring multi-modal locomotion: side-by-side and inline wheel modes and and stepping. Its symmetric legs articulate at the knee for obstacle avoidance.
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Dear @Tesco why, for the love of god, is the 250g Marmite no longer available? It’s in other supermarkets. I won’t be dm’ing you, let’s have it out right here in public please!
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Wondering if this @Tesco offer is actually worth anything?
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Some decent aurora from #Ellesmere in Shropshire tonight. I saw more than I photographed and didn't catch the real peak.
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Hi @elonmusk @X #Grok agrees with me that the recent X Video UI tweaks have ruined the user experience. I often admire your management style of getting stuff done quickly and efficiently but how are the huge backward steps acceptable to you?
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This is how absurd train travel is in the UK.
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decisions decisions...
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I've photographed an ISS transit of the moon before, mainly for the love of the challenge, but this is next level...
I’m proud of this one. I brought a solar telescope to Florida to capture a Falcon 9 rocket launch transiting the sun. While these have been captured before, never with the details of the sun’s chromosphere, which makes this one the first! See the video or get the print below 👇
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Hi @leohotelsukire your online check in isn't working. Not the greatest 'first impression'...
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The sun setting tonight over the #LongMynd, #ChurchStretton, #Shropshire. Crepuscular rays making it all the more beautiful. @ThePhotoHour @StormHour
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My two fave pics from @airtattoo 25. Getting up close and personal with live and current fighter jets is quite an experience. Seeing some rare and frankly weird looking aircraft is also very cool. To do it with my son on a day we stayed mainly dry was the cherry on top. #RIAT25
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Newly hatched, the baby Airbus bonds with its mother...
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Is there anything more frustrating than a broken unsubscribe link? It immediately makes me think 'conspiracy' followed by rubbish company management and dreadful customer focus. I've had 2 in the last 2 days and whilst I can make a rule to delete any emails it's not right.
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