Antoine Vanner
@AntoineVanner
Author of the Dawlish Chronicles naval fiction series, high adventure linked to real events and people in the late 19th Century. 12 books in the series to date.
Did you know Hedy Lamarr, beyond her acting fame, co-invented frequency-hopping technology during WWII: a precursor to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS? Her ingenuity also shone in aerospace, designing aircraft components for Howard Hughes. She was remarkable.
Commissioned in the 1880s, HMS Hero and Conqueror were failures by design. Yet Hero achieved a strange kind of immortality… Find out why this misfit warship was remembered long after she was scrapped. Click: bit.ly/4f6BbgT #History #Warships #VictorianNavy…
He’ll never be allowed to forget his terrorist loving credentials.
Never forget when he said.. "our friends from Hezbollah", "our friends from Hamas"
Are the percentages likely to be any different in Britain?
In 2024, 1.3% of abortions were for "the hard cases", while 98.7% were for convenience. The Government have published their 2024 Abortion Report, and it clearly shows that abortion is now used as a means of contraception - like many people argued it would be in 2018 Risk to…
The cutting out of the Curieux by marine artist Mark Myers She was a French corvette launched in 1800. On a night in 1804, the British 74 HMS Centaur sent in her boats to successfully cut her out from Fort Royal harbour, Martinique. #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #FrenchNavy
In Brighton, to show solidarity with Israel. When they try to drive Zionists from public life, we must get louder and prouder.
Why aren’t there viral campaigns to feed the 25 million starving in Sudan? No protests. No outrage. No headlines.
It’s still hard to comprehend that on October 7th, Hamas - the elected government in Gaza - kidnapped a 3-year-old girl after murdering her parents, and held her in a tunnel for over 50 days.
Fair question.
If this is happening in the United States with the current demographic realities, what do you think will happen if these trends continue? Do you think that the US will flourish in its liberties and freedoms or are we sowing the seeds for centuries of endless strife, division,…
Any strings attached to the aid the British government is sending to that of Syria, which seems to be standing aside while this horror unfolds?
The Syrian regime has imposed a brutal siege on Suwayda—cutting off water, food, electricity, and medical aid from hundreds of thousands of Druze civilians. A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. Speak up for the Druze people.
Never forget
Today marks 660 days since my husband, Elkana, was kidnapped from the Supernova Music Festival. He is still not free. 💔 His life is in danger — he suffers from asthma and needs urgent care. Please save his life and bring him home now. Bring Elkana Home. Now 🎗️
Innocent victim of Isis.
A Yezidi girl carrying pictures of her family, who were kidnapped and killed by lSlS. All she has from her family is just their pictures! 0 protests for Yezidis!
Great story, great man.
Thread 🧵 They left him like he was nothing—just a few days old, abandoned and crying inside a dumpster. But fate had a different plan for Freddie Figgers. A passerby heard the cries and called the authorities. Police rushed the baby to the hospital. Just 13 days later, Nathan…
“This is not the face of famine. It is the face of a medically vulnerable child whose tragic situation was hijacked and weaponised.” MUST READ this thread to understand how vulnerable children in Gaza are being weaponised with media complicity.
Exclusive: This is not the face of famine. It is the face of a medically vulnerable child whose tragic situation was hijacked and weaponised. Exposing the truth behind the viral Gaza 'famine' image of Mohammed Al-Matouq. 1/13 🧵⬇️⬇️⬇️
28th July, 2008 Sergeant Jonathan "Jon" Mathews, aged 35 from Edinburgh, and of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was shot and killed by Taliban insurgents near Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan Lest we Forget this Scottish Warrior 🏴 🇬🇧
Glorious! Thanks @CarlBovisNature
Scruffy little Wren belting out its loud song! 😍 Taken recently on Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire.😊🐦
Gaza reality
View from the top of Mt. Aid in Gaza. Food as far as the eye could see. Know what I couldn't see? The UN trying to distribute it.
One year ago today, on July 27, Hezbollah deliberately fired a missile at the Druze town of Majdal Shams. It hit a soccer field full of children playing on a peaceful Saturday afternoon. 12 children were murdered in cold blood, and 42 were injured. We will never forget them 💔
Did you know that a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland rescued thousands of Jews in German-occupied Poland by providing them with forged passports? Aleksander Ładoś, Poland’s wartime ambassador to Switzerland, led the “Ładoś Group,” which saved countless Jews from the…
Vienna 2025 or Vienna 1938? A holiday destination to avoid.
"When I spoke Hebrew, he looked me in the eyes and said, 'Stand up and leave. I'm not serving you food or drinks.'" World-renowned cellist & conductor @PeledAmit recounts how he was kicked out of a Vienna restaurant for speaking Hebrew.