Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Simon Jones
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My header photo is from the Prague Military Museum and shows the perfect stance for a mannequin in Nazi uniform.
I'm getting stuff together for another battlefield trip at the weekend and might talk about how the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich helped me to understand the aesthetic of German twentieth century war cemeteries.
Life Hacks.
Fabulous thread
I imagined explaining to her the benefits of age. How you learn from your mistakes by looking back & thinking, oh that was crass! Of course, I wouldn’t have said that or been unpleasant to her. Perhaps she regretted it, or she may be telling young researchers to do exactly the same thing today. 2/2
For every cute cat picture on your timeline, post something your little psychopath brings in. Thankfully, her bell has almost eliminated the garden bird deaths but yesterday there were two live juvenile rats loose in the house. This morning, hopefully there are none.
In about 2010, I was called by a researcher about appearing in an episode of this series. After we’d spoken for a while, she slightly awkwardly said that her producer wanted to know my age. Some historians, she confided, could be quite old. I told her I was 46. I didn’t hear back. Afterwards... 1/2
