Dr John Beales

War and the Mind – our new, free exhibition at IWM London will be opening this Friday, 27 September. The exhibition explores war's many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day. Read more: bit.ly/45VHYpj

Thrilled to share that elements of my research on army training across the British Empire are featured in this exhibit! Great to see academic research having public impact. @ahrcpress @UKRI_News @I_W_M @CDPConnect

My PhD research @KeeleUniversity was funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, and in one of the films embedded in the exhibition I discuss the experiences of British veterans of the Falklands War. iwm.org.uk/events/war-and…

Presenting a unique psychological perspective on the conflicts that have shaped and shattered our world, the exhibition features over 150 objects from IWM’s collections and asks visitors to consider - Why do we go to war? How do we cope? And how do we make sense of of war?

Elements of my research feature in the War and the Mind exhibition (27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025), a free exhibition @I_W_M London in partnership with UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress @UKRI_News

@SimoninSuffolk @hordeofduck Have you contacted the National Football Museum @FootballMuseum or the Museum of Youth Culture @the_moyc ?

@hordeofduck I'm trying to decide what to do with nearly 450 copies of the football magazine 'When Saturday Comes', dating back to 1989. I'm sure someone must have a use for them, but it just seems easier to leave them where they are...

What do I do with thousands of old model railway magazines? They are crammed into every available cupboard and chest. It would take days to even catalogue them. I don’t want to dump them but seems they have little value. Dear old dad. #railways #trains

@MichaelRosenYes Are you sure it’s an allergy ( if no swelling) and not something like Geographic Tongue?

Do you know of anyone who suddenly, late in life, experienced for the first time an allergic reaction to roasted peanuts: really painful tongue, that's lasted 48 hours?

@chlocake Congratulations!

So so happy, I will treasure it always 🥹

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@danmadmorgan @IntBCC Fair enough! Some for circa £20 spotted on a very quick look…

@JohnMBeales @IntBCC Trying to save pennies, Baby wants new servers...

Can anyone lend the @IntBCC Digital Archive a DAT player? We have some interviews with Ulric Cross preserved on some...

@CrowleyOnAir Siouxsie and the Banshees, Spizzoil, The Human League , 1978

Have to say, those Pop bills of the 1960s take some beating. How’s this for a line up?! An ex of mine luckily saw this tour in Coventry. The best bill that I probably ever saw was the 1979 2 Tone tour featuring The Specials, Madness & The Selecter. But what about you?

Such a powerful film.

Today is the first anniversary of Sinéad’s passing. For those unable to join us in Dublin tonight, I am delighted to share that @NCDocumentary will be available to watch for free for the next seven days. Huge thanks to @lecinemaclub making this possible. lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/no…

I just signed @PCR_News' petition calling for the new Government to commit to a national prostate cancer screening programme. No one should be dying from this disease. Join me and add your name! #prostatecancer act.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk/a/manifestos?u…

#ThereForME is a new campaign led by patients and carers calling for an NHS that's there for people with ME and LC. It's been endorsed by 15 organisations including Long Covid Support. Go to linktr.ee/ThereForME to read the report and see how you can lend your support.

#60degNORTH Scandinavian design from the Stradling Collection 💙Extended by popular demand until 10 August 2024 Wednesdays by appointment: 1-4pm Fridays: 1-4pm Saturdays: 11.30am-4.30pm More details here... stradlingcollection.org/60%cb%9anorth/

@curatorian @Normandy661944 It’s a great example of how the ubiquitous social habit of tea drinking was used as a psychological foil to normalise experiences

@Normandy661944 It's deeply shocking - cold death contrasting with a hot cup of tea.

On the Road to Tripoli: A Cup of Tea for the Burial Party, by Edward Ardizzone (1900-79), 1943. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3035) iwm.org.uk/collections/it…

@Nigella_Lawson To dream is to be human…

And this is why I’m a pessimist #EURO2024

@MichaelRosenYes Will Self wrote about said ‘other uses’

Do you remember when you could go into a chemist and buy over the counter 'K-morf' (as we called it)? It was a mix of china clay and morphine so if you had diarrhoea, it both clogged you up and killed the pain. Did people use it for...er...other purposes?