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Richard Baxell
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British historian writing about the International Brigades. Author of Unlikely Warriors, the British in the Spanish Civil War. New collection of biographies, Forged in Spain, published in 2023 by Clapton Press.
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They'll be right at home wth vibing cat and Bernie in his gloves

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By all accounts, the books are even better. And Jackson Lamb is even worse.

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Let's hope he's right!

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I would happily put my family in a compound for multi-generational family needs and would even visit them occasionally.

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What could possibly go wrong? ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Gentrified rough area is exactly right. No doubt somebody has already described Dalston or Hsckney Wick as the new Stoke Newington.

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Welcome, Greg!

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๐Ÿ‘‹

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smh

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For anyone interested in the debate over Laurie Lee's time in Spain during the civil war, see my chapter 'Laurie Lee in the International Brigades: writer or fighter?' lwbooks.co.uk/product/look...

Looking Back at the Spanish Civil War - Lawrence Wishart
Looking Back at the Spanish Civil War - Lawrence Wishart

Looking Back at the Spanish Civil War brings together leading British and Spanish historians in an examination of the Spanish Civil War

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Richard Baxell
@baxell.bsky.social
British historian writing about the International Brigades. Author of Unlikely Warriors, the British in the Spanish Civil War. New collection of biographies, Forged in Spain, published in 2023 by Clapton Press.
57 followers56 following74 posts