PhD Candidate @uniofstandrews - Oral Historian, researcher of travel and everyday life in 20th-century dictatorships - he/him
Joined February 2021
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There's still time to participate in an online oral history interview. If you lived, worked, or travelled to Spain or Portugal prior to 1975 then I'd love to hear about your experiences. Email [email protected] for more info #Twitterstorians #OralHistory
Thrilled to contribute to @HistoryEpoch again! Read my article on film and ongoing battle in Spain over the memory of the Franco dictatorship.
Many thanks to @will_garbett and @Karianne_R_ for all of their help.
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Hi #twitterstorians did you or someone you know travel from the UK to Spain prior to 1975 for any reason? If so why not participate in a #oralhistory interview about your #travel experiences. Email [email protected] for more info
I’m recruiting one more round of participants for my Oral History PhD on British people who lived, worked and travelled to Spain or Portugal prior to 1975 then I’d love to hear about your experiences. Email [email protected] for more info #Twitterstorians #OralHistory
Jacques Tati's genius visual comedy Playtime was voted as the 23rd greatest film of all time in the decennial #SightAndSoundPoll Here I briefly explore how mass tourism fits into Tati's particular vision of modernity
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There's been a lot of debate on sports washing in the media recently. Take a look at my latest piece on the 1936 Berlin Olympics which delves into the fascist origins of the Olympic torch relay and the 1938 film Olympia
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Hi #twitterstorians did you or someone you know travel from the UK to Spain prior to 1975 for any reason? If so why not participate in a #oralhistory interview about your #travel experiences. Email [email protected] for more info
Recorded another fantastic #oralhistory interview today. #twitterstorians If you or someone you know travelled from Britain to Spain or Portugal before 1975 why not participate in an online interview? Email [email protected] for more info
Well he would say that wouldn't he
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Spain's new Democratic Memory Law put into practice as General Queipo de Llano is exhumed. A key figure in overthrowing Spain's democratically elected government in 1936, the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent 'White Terror'
The remains of a Francoist general who is believed to have ordered the shooting of Spain's most famous poet were relocated on Thursday from a Seville church following a new law which bans the glorification of key figures of Spain's dictatorship. thelocal.es/20221103/spain-r…
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Really happy to start #OralHistory interviews again today. If you want to participate or know someone who would then there's still plenty of time to do so
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Phones and technology now intrude on every aspect of our lives and relationships. Park Chan-wook's visually stunning #DecisionToLeave is the first film I've seen which has effectively conveyed this. Well worth a watch
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Between 1956 and 1992, the Soviet Ice Hockey team won eight Olympic gold medals, the team came to be known as The Red Machine. Their rivalry with Canada became a part of the wider fight for Cold War supremacy.
Read about the team in my latest blog:
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This is part three of an occasional series on the use of sport and its spaces by dictatorships:
Cycling in Nazi-Occupied France:
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Call for participants!
I'm Looking for interviewees for my PhD project on British travellers to Spain and Portugal prior to 1975. I'd love to talk about your experiences. Email [email protected] for more info
Interesting take on the #Spanish Civil War from a 1964 holiday guidebook issued by the government
I must say I never really expected the #lettuce to win, I for one welcome our new leafy overlords
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I'm looking for British people who travelled to Spain or Portugal before 1975 to participate in an online oral history interview as part of my PhD @StAndrewsHist @univofstandrews email [email protected] for more info
I'm still recruiting new British interviewees for my oral history PhD project. If you or anyone you know travelled to Spain/Portugal before 1975, I'd love to talk about your experiences. Email [email protected] for more information. #oralhistory #twitterstorians
