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@johnwilliswriter

@johnwilliswriter

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Author Churchill's Few ( May 2020), Secret Letters(Sept). Former Chair, Bafta.Chair, Royal Central School for Speech and Drama.Award- winning documentary maker.

Katılım Nisan 2020
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@robert_lyman @HelloFreemens it was an equal pleasure to join with Robert Lyman @HelloFreemens.His talk was a revealing insight into the war in Burma. I have a couple of Robert's books-more will be acquired. Good to talk to many bright young pupils, so keen on the lessons of history.
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Robert Lyman 🇺🇦
Robert Lyman 🇺🇦@robert_lyman·
Very pleased to share a platform last night at the VE celebrations at @HelloFreemens with John Willis, who's People's War is published this week. John has used the 47,000 artefacts in the BBC's People's War archive (which I also use) to produce an excellent portrayal of the contribution made by people of This Sceptred Isle to the defeat of tyranny in the Second World War. Do pick up a copy! amzn.eu/d/a79nVUU
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An eagle-eyed friend spotted my new book The People's War in the front window of Hatchards, Cheltenham.Anxious authors can spend a longtime rearranging bookshop shelves to show their books off better.Not this time.#secondworldwar #secondworldwarhistory
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Out this week in time for the 80th VE Day anniversary. Not the history of politicians and generals but of ordinary men and women who survived 6 years of war. Drawn from an astonishing, underexplored BBC archive. #ww2 #spitfire #VEDay80 #VJDay80
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@patrick_kidd Patrick-The Times won't be the same without your elegant wit.If you send me your home address I will get a copy of my new book sent to you. Email best john_willis@hotmail.com And ,of course, if someone would pay you for it ,happy for you to review it.-John
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Patrick Kidd
Patrick Kidd@patrick_kidd·
4/ Finally, it's been fun. I've been lucky to have had some good years in journalism and made some excellent friends including here, some of whom I have never met. My aim was always to cheer people up a bit and isn't that needed? Illegitimi non carborundum, as Cicero never said
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Patrick Kidd@patrick_kidd·
🚨So, some personal news... because mid-afternoon on a Friday is a great time for breaking news... and please excuse a mini-thread. After 23 years on The Times, 20 of them as staff, and a record 12 years as Diary editor, I'm leaving at the end of next week.
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79 years ago yesterday,Geoffrey Page was shot down in flames. It was later said 'even in the context of the Battle of Britain he was the bravest of the brave.'Read Fighter Boy to understand what made Geoffrey such a complex, courageous figure.#Hurricane #Spitfire #WW2 #guineapig
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Andy Saunders 🇺🇦 🇬🇧
It was indeed a splendid evening, John. Thank you for the invite and I look forward to getting stuck into the book this weekend. Although I can’t quite get my head around the fact that our initial collaboration dates back to 1979 and ‘Churchill’s Few’ !
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Brilliant Fighter Boy event at the RAF Club last night. Beautiful readings by Christine Kavanagh. Page and McIndoe families present.Memorable. #spitfire #Hurricane #RAF #Worldwar2 #GuineaPigClub

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Helen Doe
Helen Doe@DrHelenDoe·
@1940Andy @robert_lyman @Ancestry They were there. I spoke to them as McIndoe assisted on my father’s surgery. Harold Ghillies was his key surgeon on as Dad’s was maxillofacial due to a gunsight injury.
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VE Day anniversary today .New book published worldwide. It was said of Geoffrey that 'even in the context of the Battle of Britain he was the bravest of the brave.' 2 years as a 'Guinea Pig. Flew on D-Day, Arnhem, Battle of Normandy. Remarkable. #Hurricane #Spitfire #WW2 #BofB
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Exciting box of books arrived. The paperback of Nagasaki published tomorrow( 1 Dec) worldwide. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.
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@DrHelenDoe Lovely evening to celebrate a terrific book.Highly recommended.Good to meet Andy again after more than 40 years!
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Happy birthday to Odette my mother in law.100 years young today.Lovely family celebration with great grandchildren.Only 99 years difference between her and the youngest.Here’s to the next 100.
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@textiletart Sally-thanks for the interest.Very good response from early Australian readers-J
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Book published in Australia next week.The Nagasaki survivors were a remarkable breed supported by mateship and an Aussie sens of humour.Alan Chick was blown off a building in the blast, married a Japanese woman and died aged 93.#HistoryWritersDay2022 #VJDay #COFEPOW #POWs #mensch
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