Mick Hayes

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@susie_dent I wish there was word for when something is added to a list of available wi-fis or Bluetooth devices from the top so they all move down, just as you are going to click, so that you accidentally try to connect your phone to your neighbours wi-fi or laptop.

A question: what are the things you wish there was a word for? And have you come up with your own word to fill that gap?

@DrHelenFry Along with a number of other industries, soft drinks were 'pooled' (all brands replaced with an industry brand) to save resources. However, when US servicemen and women began arriving, a deal was made so that Coca-Cola could open a factory producing Coke, to uphold US morale

What's an interesting World War Two fact you know, that nobody else in the comments below would've written?

Going through my research for a presentation and came across this. Not sure how they got the figures, but I wonder if this was the first time the figure of 10k steps was used as a measure of walking in a day, though it isn't given as a target? #SWWad

@WeHaveWaysPod Hudson's soaps produced a couple of ads in October and November showing the empire at our backs. #swwads

How important was the idea of 'Britain Alone' to national morale in 1940? Did the largest empire in world history truly feel, alone?

@DrHelenFry And randomly their wedding got a write up in the Daily Mirror, using that same photo

SOE agent Violette Szabo wed Étienne Szabo just five weeks after their first meeting. Étienne’s death at El Alamein spurred Violette to join the SOE’s ‘F’ Section.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 I 'write'. I compose either academic work or fiction, there's very little chance that I will ever put the latter on paper, but focusing on one thing cuts out the racing thoughts and relaxes me.

Our own Professor Brad Beaven has published a new book on Ratcliffe Highway, a London sailortown with a notorious reputation in the 19th century. Find out more via our blog here: wp.me/p91PlX-Sb

@RobJames68 Okay now I feel bad!

Received these wonderful gifts from one of my PhD students (now Dr) today. How very kind of them, and very much appreciated 😁

@lucindahawksley @Soc_of_Authors It really is.

@MickHayes1 @Soc_of_Authors It is infuriating that they are able to get away with this!

According to this link, 7 of my books have been stolen by Meta for their AI database. In 1842 my greatx3 grandfather called for an International Copyright Law to prevent his works being pirated. Now we have that law, yet once again authors are experiencing theft. @Soc_of_Authors

PhD funding: @AngliaRuskin & @timetidemuseum are offering an exciting 4-year scholarship focusing on oral histories & coastal livelihoods in Great Yarmouth. Online info session,26.03.25,7-8pm, or in-person session @timetidemuseum,05.04.25,2-4pm yarmouthmuseums.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/new… @ahrcpress

Wartime representations of the Royal Navy submarine service in the British press Our own Dr Rob James has recently published an article, with MA alumni Martin Backhouse, in the journal War in History. wp.me/p91PlX-RK @UoP_SASHPL @UoPHumSS

Apply now for an exciting PhD scholarship about the port city of Macau. Study @portsmouthuni, & be part of the pioneering @LR_Foundation-funded Sail to Steam, Carbon to Green project. Deadline: 31.03.2025 port.ac.uk/study/postgrad… @UoP_History @UoP_SASHPL @UoPHumSS @DocCollegeUoP

I have a, marketing, student looking at doing a dissertation on the impact of nationalism on consumption. Any #Twitterstorians know of any good sources on this?

The myths & realities of life in London's 19th century sailortown are explored in a fascinating podcast with @UoP_Maritime's @BradJBeaven - author of The Devil's Highway shows.acast.com/port-cities-an… @UoP_History @UoP_SASHPL @UoPHumSS @portsmouthuni Book published by @ManchesterUP

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Call for papers for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures International Conference @portsmouthuni, 10-11 June 2025. Submit your 300-word abstract by 19 January 2025 to pcmc@port.ac.uk for @UoP_Maritime's inaugural conference port.ac.uk/news-events-...

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