Alex Mayhew

Today is publication day for the paperback edition of my monograph Making Sense of the Great War at £29.99. I am yet to receive my author copies, but I don't need all of them, so will happily send one to someone who likes and RTs this. Find it here: bit.ly/4l1M5Gu

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Last week, Dr Alex Mayhew took a group of our HY120 students joined on another of this term’s archive trips, visiting the archive of the National Army Museum where they were joined curator Justin Saddington. @NAM_London #nationalarmymuseum #archives #fieldtrip #history #lse

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We drew on the collection of @AHAhistorians essays by Santanu Das, Susan Grayzel, Jessica Meyer, and Catherine Robson that analysed the film. Students were drawn to the soundscape and narrative but queried silences and omissions. All agreed it was an impressive piece of cinema!

@DulwichHamletFC Woeful.

Defeat.

“Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History” Tues 25 Nov, Professor Anja Laukötter delivers the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture. Event details and registration: lse.ac.uk/International-… #events #lse

@DulwichHamletFC Laughable.

Full-time.

@DulwichHamletFC Obviously an incredibly disappointing result, and you would hope we could hold on to a lead even with ten men, but the referee played a huge part in that. We were cruising before we went down to 10.

No words

Not a bad finish that 😅

Thank you @LSEReviewBooks for publishing this detailed review of my book. Have a read and remember that you can purchase globally from Cambridge University Press (bit.ly/4l1M5Gu), Amazon (amzn.to/4mZKaEm), and other vendors. I recently saw it in the wild!

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@sommecourt @HistoryPegg It has to be ordered through this part of the CUP website: bit.ly/4eQ2kop. As I say, though, after shipping it is around the same price on Amazon (and other outlets) and might arrive faster!

@sommecourt @HistoryPegg @sommecourt I have just tried the code and it does appear to be accepted, so long as you have chosen the the paperback. Saying that, CUP shipping costs means there is little difference to the current price for both paperback and e-book on Amazon etc.

After several weeks in Canada, I have got my hands on my author copies of Making Sense of the Great War. @HistoryPegg was chosen at random to receive one for free! You can purchase it for £23.99 using the code HIST2425 here: bit.ly/4mYM08h. #History #MilitaryHistory

Afterwards, I walked up to Mont Royal cemetery to see Currie's memorial and to look at the @CWGC graves that are so carefully cared for. Interestingly, there is also a space for veterans of the Crimean and South African Wars.

Did anyone else know that British helmets during the Great War contained asbestos? I didn't! They hold a wealth of material culture - and personal documents - for historians to consult. The research space is wonderful and the building is beautiful - well worth a visit!

I had a wonderful time in the archive room @GreatWarCentre in Montreal yesterday. Most of my time was spent looking through their postcard collection. I also saw their (no longer) radioactive wrist watch collection and a painting of Arthur Currie by John Singer Sargent.

@jonathanboff Agreed!

If you are interested, @CambridgeUP have released a 20% discount code for Making Sense of the Great War. You can get it for £23.99 through their website using the code HIST2425. You can find more information here: bit.ly/4mYM08h #History #Military #NewBook