Jack Blackburn 🇺🇦
@HackBlackburn
History Correspondent & Deputy Diary Editor of @TheTimes. There’s an awful lot happening in the past. Also tweet film, food, sport [email protected]
80 years ago today, it was the morning after the night before and the people of Britain and Europe were waking up to Victory in Europe day. Here is our coverage of that day in real time thetimes.com/article/ac4b04… #veday80
Surprised Keir Starmer hasn’t issued a tribute saying “Ozzy Osbourne was the son of a toolmaker”
Public service announcement Master and Commander is coming out on 4K amzn.eu/d/h78QAHw
I have seen some bad England shoot outs in my time, and that was the worst of them, and yet they somehow won
Joe Root HATES odd-numbered deliveries. 🤨 We had a stats question come in on Ask Me Anything and @ZaltzCricket was away...
How Richie Benaud and Channel 4 captured the magic of 2005 Ashes. A trip down memory lane with the producer of that series Gary Franses as this summer bubbles up to be one of the most interesting since then, twenty years on thetimes.com/article/9c8b23…
If you’re looking for fun in the sand but can’t get to the beach, look no further I’ve been chatting to @RobDotHutton and @DuncanWeldon about Lawrence of Arabia on @WarMovieTheatre
Nothing is written! We're heading into the desert with Lawrence of Arabia. Has sand ever looked better? Has casting ever been more problematic? And has my telly broken, or is the screen supposed to be black for the overture? @RobDotHutton, @DuncanWeldon and @HackBlackburn
Nothing is written! We're heading into the desert with Lawrence of Arabia. Has sand ever looked better? Has casting ever been more problematic? And has my telly broken, or is the screen supposed to be black for the overture? @RobDotHutton, @DuncanWeldon and @HackBlackburn
Understandable. She has short-term memory loss.
I am shocked by the secrecy and cover-up over the admission of thousands of Afghans to Britain at the cost of £7bn to the taxpayer. A decision that was in itself wrong. It is an huge betrayal of public trust. Those responsible in both Governments and the bureaucracy need to be…
Today is the 80th anniversary of Trinity, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, as part of the Manhattan Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(…
Oh come the fuck on, you were foreign secretary at the time and then PM, don’t play the naif
I am shocked by the secrecy and cover-up over the admission of thousands of Afghans to Britain at the cost of £7bn to the taxpayer. A decision that was in itself wrong. It is an huge betrayal of public trust. Those responsible in both Governments and the bureaucracy need to be…
A bit late to finish work. Must mean a big story is on its way…
Was privileged to go to the biggest dig for 40 years at the Tower of London where they have found… a lot of bodies Contrary to stereotype, none of these died a violent death but were ordinary people from the Tower’s community. They could teach us much. thetimes.com/article/3fa776…
Gregg Wallace. The internet never forgets. What a beauty, Nick
Very important this, one to watch 👇
EXC: Veterans minister on resignation watch over Troubles legacy plans Alistair Carns has told Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, that he cannot support proposals to repeal the law that gives servicemen immunity from prosecution thetimes.com/article/bad7ac…
We’re saddened to share that Donald Rose, the UK’s oldest WWII veteran, has passed away at 110. A sniper with the Queen’s Royal Regiment, he served in North Africa, survived D-Day, and helped liberate Bergen-Belsen. His legacy and sacrifice will not be forgotten ❤️
You never had any of this malarkey with Loyd Grossman.