Archives

December 2018

02: Faster, higher, stronger (2)

November 2018

18: Monday, 18 November 1918

October 2018

September 2018

19: Mock attack! (2)

August 2018

July 2018

26: Armidale (3)

June 2018

30: From Web 1.0 to the Golden Age of Aviation (2)
18: And back again (1)
03: Monday, 3 June 1918

May 2018

April 2018

30: Tuesday, 30 April 1918 (2)
28: Sunday, 28 April 1918 (1)
27: Saturday, 27 April 1918
26: Late night panic
24: Wednesday, 24 April 1918 (1)
23: Tuesday, 23 April 1918 (2)
22: Monday, 22 April 1918 (2)
20: Saturday, 20 April 1918 (7)
19: Friday, 19 April 1918 (2)
17: Wednesday, 17 April 1918
12: The great air-liner of the future
10: Wednesday, 10 April 1918
06: Self-archive: ‘The shadow of the airliner’
03: Wednesday, 3 April 1918 (4)

March 2018

30: Saturday, 30 March 1918 (2)
25: Monday, 25 March 1918 (1)
22: Friday, 22 March 1918 (8)
21: Post-blogging the 1918 mystery aeroplanes: introduction
20: Self-archive: ‘The enemy at the gates’
19: Welcome to Nyang Week! (2)
02: Pulp aviation (7)

February 2018

12: Air panics of the British Raj (3)

January 2018

26: Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition)
23: Introducing @troveairbot
16: That’s war!

December 2017

November 2017

24: Downward, inward persuasion — II (1)
12: Downward, inward persuasion — I (4)

October 2017

September 2017

01: Zeppelins and Gothas and a Fellowship (7)

August 2017

18: Acquisitions

July 2017

June 2017

May 2017

31: Heritage of the air (3)
19: Acquisitions
19: The other Hendon
12: Acquisitions
12: Anticipation vs experience vs memory
05: Acquisitions

April 2017

21: US AF (2)

March 2017

31: Acquisitions (2)
23: The Melbourne balloon riot of 1858 (3)
06: Caligula’s horse’s death ray — II (3)

February 2017

21: Publication: ‘Constructing the enemy within’ (2)
17: Acquisitions (4)

January 2017

25: Aerial Pageant (7)
13: Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition)
11: Why is A. D. Harvey still getting published? (9)

December 2016

31: Caligula’s horse’s death ray — I (1)
09: Acquisitions (2)
09: This might have been a bomb
02: Acquisitions

November 2016

29: Paperback writer (4)
25: Acquisitions
22: The origin of the wooden bombs (6)
20: The portable airship hangar at Farnborough
14: Seminar: ‘First World War Studies @ UNE’
11: Acquisitions (omnibus edition) (6)

October 2016

09: Australia and the airship — IV (2)

September 2016

02: Acquisitions

August 2016

30: Australia and the airship — III (1)
19: Acquisitions (3)

July 2016

16: The story behind the terror behind Keep Calm And Carry On
15: Acquisitions (2)
08: Lords of the air

June 2016

May 2016

18: The airship panic of 1915 — VI
12: On the utility of rumours in wartime (1)

April 2016

15: Acquisitions
15: Preparing for take-off (2)
08: Acquisitions (3)
04: Seminar: ‘Constructing the enemy within’ (1)

March 2016

19: Strength in numbers (6)
18: Acquisitions
05: Airships against the Mad Mullah; or, #fundTrove (1)
04: Acquisitions

February 2016

28: The airship panic of 1915 — V (1)
26: Acquisitions (1)
19: The airship panic of 1915 — IV
07: Publication: ‘The enemy at the gates’ (4)

January 2016

12: 1939 vs. 1940 (6)
06: The airship panic of 1915 — III (2)
05: Publication: ‘The phantom airship panic of 1913’ (3)
01: Acquisitions

December 2015

November 2015

October 2015

31: Le Queux’s war (4)
16: The peril in the air

September 2015

30: The oscillation of R33 (5)
22: Turning points: the Battle of Britain (3)
16: Aviation cultures and aerial theatre

August 2015

28: The joy of six (5)
25: Turning points: the League of Nations
23: Am I fake or not? — IV (2)
04: Turning points: Sputnik (6)
03: Airminded: the PhD thesis (1)
01: Repost: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — I

July 2015

30: Repost: The aerial theatre
29: Repost: The first death of Roland Garros
26: Repost: On ‘the Few’
24: Repost: The medium and the message (2)
22: Repost: Australia forgets
20: Repost: Monday, 29 August 1938
17: Repost: The expected holocaust
11: Repost: The Scareship Age
08: Repost: An unpleasant surprise (5)
03: Airminded at 10 (16)

June 2015

27: Capturing historical reality on film: Battle of Britain (14)
26: Acquisitions (2)
06: The foe in the night

May 2015

April 2015

March 2015

February 2015

January 2015

30: The commercial bombers of Zion — I (4)
30: Acquisitions
20: The road to war — VIII (1)
16: Acquisitions
16: Paris (7)
09: Acquisitions (omnibus holidays edition) (2)

December 2014

23: The road to war — VII (4)
23: After archives report (2)
16: The road to war — VI (5)
12: Acquisitions (omnibus jet lag edition) (4)
06: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — IV (4)

November 2014

17: What the showman saw
05: Burn or blight (3)

October 2014

17: Wolverhampton and Newcastle (3)
14: The road to war — V
11: London, Newcastle and Berlin? (2)
07: Seminar: ‘Staging the aerial theatre’ (6)
05: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — III (12)

September 2014

26: Acquisitions
21: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — II (9)
19: Acquisitions
09: The road to war — IV (2)
06: Secret Zeppelin bases in Britain — I (12)

August 2014

26: The road to war — III (2)
20: More on ‘the Few’ (9)
17: On the self-promotion of W. E. Johns (6)
15: Acquisitions (2)
12: The road to war — II

July 2014

31: No escape
24: British newspapers online update, July 2014
22: The road to war — I (4)
18: From conference to conference
11: Acquisitions (4)
04: Acquisitions

June 2014

28: The other guys (4)
21: The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — III (3)
15: The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — II (3)
06: Acquisitions (10)
01: The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla — I (3)

May 2014

30: Acquisitions
23: Course correction (9)
16: Acquisitions (2)
13: Throwing numbers at a map (3)
08: Self-archive: ‘The airship panic of 1913’ (5)
05: Teasing
02: Acquisitions (2)
01: Flitting, 1950

April 2014

15: Abstract: AHA 2014 (1)
05: Divers alarums (3)

March 2014

28: Acquisitions
27: Judging a book by its cover — II (6)
21: Acquisitions (3)
12: Judging a book by its cover (8)
08: Half full and half empty (3)
07: Acquisitions (6)
01: The aerial theatre (11)

February 2014

28: Acquisitions
26: The British Empire and the Great War at Singapore (1)
21: Acquisitions (2)
14: Acquisitions (3)
13: The air raid that didn’t (1)
08: Gaming the knock-out blow — III (6)

January 2014

December 2013

November 2013

27: The past is a foreign country (5)
22: Acquisitions (3)
20: An early death ray
15: Acquisitions (3)
08: The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — V (1)
01: Acquisitions

October 2013

26: The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — IV (2)
24: Zeppelins over your town (3)
20: Airminded world tour 2013-14 (14)
14: Air Raid
10: Douhet and the Singularity (3)
04: Acquisitions
03: British newspapers online update, October 2013 (2)
01: The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — III (2)

September 2013

23: The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — II (4)
15: Self-archive: ‘”Bomb back, and bomb hard”‘ (2)
13: Acquisitions
12: In the next history war (13)

August 2013

30: Acquisitions (4)
28: The mystery aeroplane scare in New Zealand — I (4)
23: Acquisitions
17: Cause and effect in British air policy discourse (8)
16: Acquisitions (2)
15: Publication and self-archive: ‘Dreaming war’ (8)
09: Acquisitions
05: Wellington (22)

July 2013

26: Notes towards a history of the commercial bomber in New Zealand
19: Cohesion and division in Wellington (3)
19: Acquisitions (3)
12: Acquisitions (5)
10: Interdependent and inseparable — III (1)
05: Acquisitions

June 2013

30: Interdependent and inseparable — II (1)
28: Acquisitions (2)
24: Interdependent and inseparable — I (6)
21: Acquisitions (4)
19: The first and last commercial bombers (25)
13: CFP: Empire in Peril (3)
12: Rhyme nor reason
08: Secrets of the German aërial fleet — II (2)
01: In which the author gets a job (22)

May 2013

29: Secrets of the German aërial fleet — I (6)
24: Portraits (18)
17: Acquisitions (2)
15: The first death of Roland Garros (8)
13: Everybody’s doing it
09: Enemy inside the gates (18)
06: Scareship Venus (3)
03: Mapping the 1913 phantom airship scare (3)
03: Acquisitions (5)

April 2013

29: Bomben auf Amerika? (3)
25: Lest we forget what? (15)
23: Post-blogging the 1913 scareships: conclusion (4)
22: Tuesday, 22 April 1913
19: Saturday, 19 April 1913
19: Acquisitions (2)
17: Thursday, 17 April 1913
16: The uses and abuses of counterfactual history (9)
12: Saturday, 12 April 1913
12: Acquisitions (9)
11: Friday, 11 April 1913
11: The Israeli rocket scare of 1963
09: Wednesday, 9 April 1913
08: This powder kills fascist aero-engines (5)
05: Saturday, 5 April 1913
04: Friday, 4 April 1913 (1)
04: Volcanic warfare — II
02: British newspapers online update, April 2013 (3)

March 2013

February 2013

28: Friday, 28 February 1913 (2)
27: Thursday, 27 February 1913 (3)
26: Wednesday, 26 February 1913 (4)
25: Tuesday, 25 February 1913 (3)
24: Monday, 24 February 1913 (9)
22: Saturday, 22 February 1913 (3)
21: Friday, 21 February 1913 (1)
20: Thursday, 20 February 1913 (2)
17: Monday, 17 February 1913
15: Saturday, 15 February 1913 (7)
15: Acquisitions
14: Friday, 14 February 1913
13: Thursday, 13 February 1913 (4)
12: Wednesday, 12 February 1913 (4)
11: The many minutes of the Royal Aero Club
11: Tuesday, 11 February 1913 (4)
10: Monday, 10 February 1913
08: Saturday, 8 February 1913 (1)
07: Friday, 7 February 1913
06: Thursday, 6 February 1913 (5)
06: A little air war booty (7)
04: Tuesday, 4 February 1913 (1)
03: Monday, 3 February 1913 (5)
02: Sunday, 2 February 1913
01: Saturday, 1 February 1913
01: Seeing things (3)

January 2013

31: Friday, 31 January 1913 (1)
31: Border patrol — I (12)
30: Thursday, 30 January 1913 (5)
28: Tuesday, 28 January 1913 (2)
27: Monday, 27 January 1913
25: Saturday, 25 January 1913
24: Friday, 24 January 1913 (4)
23: Thursday, 23 January 1913 (3)
22: Wednesday, 22 January 1913 (5)
21: Tuesday, 21 January 1913 (12)
18: Saturday, 18 January 1913
18: Acquisitions
15: Wednesday, 15 January 1913 (3)
14: Tuesday, 14 January 1913 (2)
13: Monday, 13 January 1913 (4)
11: Saturday, 11 January 1913 (2)
10: Friday, 10 January 1913 (6)
09: Thursday, 9 January 1913 (3)
06: Monday, 6 January 1913 (12)
05: Post-blogging the 1913 scareships
05: British newspapers online update, January 2013 (1)
03: Short, sharp shocks (2)
01: The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — III (16)

December 2012

30: The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — II
22: The canals of Mars, 1861-1970 — I (2)
20: One book (8)
14: Keep calm and disburse contiguum (1)
13: New Zealand — why not? (3)
11: Publication: ‘The shadow of the airliner’ (14)
10: (Nearly) all the bombs (3)
07: Acquisitions
06: OA? Oh no! (6)
04: The role of airpower in the Second Indian Mutiny (2)

November 2012

30: Acquisitions
30: The (rumoured) secret Nazi airfields of Amazonia
23: Not Millwall (5)
23: Acquisitions
22: Social war, now and then (5)
19: Volcanic warfare — I (1)
14: The first blockbuster (13)
12: Staging the knock-out blow (2)
08: The hydroairplane-supersubmarine threat to New York (3)
02: Acquisitions (5)
01: After Millennium — IV

October 2012

29: An awful day in history (5)
25: Trenchardism? (8)
24: Blog and blog again (5)
21: The really very difficult indeed fourth article (9)
17: Meanwhile, back on the Continent (2)
12: Give this man a job (3)
11: British newspapers online update, October 2012 (3)
05: Acquisitions
04: Lost Dragon (8)
01: Sykes’s lost imperial squadrons (7)

September 2012

26: On Googling British terror bombing (2)
21: Acquisitions (2)
21: After Millennium — III (3)
16: The other vector (1)
13: Conspiring through the Blitz? (2)
10: Publication: ‘”Bomb back, and bomb hard”‘ (14)
07: You Are a Ministry of Food (12)
04: The last V-weapon (4)

August 2012

30: Sykes’s lost squadrons (19)
24: Two mystery aeroplanes
23: After Millennium — II (8)
22: Post-blogging Nehemiah Wharton’s letters and post-tweeting other things
17: Acquisitions (2)
16: Adelaide (5)
10: Acquisitions (2)
08: Millwall’s end (9)
07: If war should come, pump up the volume (1)
03: Port Adelaide (13)

July 2012

27: After Millennium — I (3)
21: Gotha vs Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (5)
20: Acquisitions
18: Take on AHA (11)
07: Look at the new look (15)
06: Update: British newspapers online (2)
06: Acquisitions
04: Don’t waste coal and other exhortations! (8)
01: Talking ‘Dreaming war’

June 2012

May 2012

31: Fear, uncertainty, doubt — IV (1)
28: Fear, uncertainty, doubt — III (1)
26: Fear, uncertainty, doubt — II (7)
25: Acquisitions (7)
22: Fear, uncertainty, doubt — I (6)
19: Where again? (1)
18: Acquisitions (2)
17: When, what, where? (5)
12: Planning ‘Dreaming war’ (2)
11: Mystery aircraft and airmindedness (8)
11: Acquisitions
09: Post-blogging the Baedeker Blitz: conclusion (8)
05: Tuesday, 5 May 1942 (2)
04: Monday, 4 May 1942 (1)
04: Acquisitions
03: Sunday, 3 May 1942 (5)
02: Saturday, 2 May 1942 (2)
01: Friday, 1 May 1942 (3)

April 2012

30: Thursday, 30 April 1942 (4)
29: Wednesday, 29 April 1942 (5)
28: Tuesday, 28 April 1942 (7)
27: Monday, 27 April 1942 (4)
26: Sunday, 26 April 1942 (12)
25: Saturday, 25 April 1942 (13)
24: Friday, 24 April 1942 (5)
23: Thursday, 23 April 1942 (4)
20: Acquisitions (32)
19: The last flight of the Patrie (4)
11: Panic Day in Oslo (2)
06: Future schemes of air defence (2)
03: Self-archive: ‘The air panic of 1935’ (2)

March 2012

30: Acquisitions (2)
29: The necessary madness of air defence (5)
24: As it was (19)
21: The Yellow (4)
20: When war does come
16: Acquisitions
14: The way ahead (18)
14: Lasts (3)
08: Smithy and the mystery aeroplane (3)
07: If war should come (1)
03: Commemorating the Adelaide River Stakes (12)
02: A quiet riot (13)

February 2012

24: Acquisitions (2)
24: New horrors of air attack
22: The international air force and the Inner Government of the World
16: Self-archive: ‘World police for world peace’ (5)
15: Am I fake or not? — III (13)
08: The doom of cities (21)
03: Acquisitions
02: Counter-revolution from above (15)

January 2012

December 2011

30: Acquisitions
28: More like a trove (1)
23: Comparing Hendon (7)
23: Acquisitions
19: Positive and negative airmindedness (9)
17: See, we told you so (2)
16: Acquisitions
15: Suspicious minds (5)
12: If, 193-?
09: Remembering the Pacific War at Monash
08: Look out! (4)
02: Ending Hendon — VI: 1935-1937 (11)
02: Acquisitions

November 2011

October 2011

31: Help! (4)
28: Acquisitions
28: London defended (7)
27: The problem of ærial propulsion solved
27: A Guilty Man? (3)
21: Acquisitions
20: The successful start which ended in failure (1)
18: The London Hum (6)
14: Stop the planes (9)
12: How to break morale and how to forget a war (4)
07: E-booking the Sudeten Crisis (1)
07: Acquisitions (2)
06: The dragon will always get through — IV (10)
05: The dragon will always get through — III (8)

September 2011

30: Acquisitions (1)
30: The dragon will always get through — II (4)
27: The dragon will always get through — I (6)
23: Acquisitions (10)
22: The last time Britain nuked Australia (6)
22: Is there such a thing as folk strategy? (7)
19: How London was warned (10)
16: Acquisitions
14: The Belgrade blitz
07: #twitterstorians and the Other
06: Early modern operational research? (11)
02: Acquisitions

August 2011

July 2011

31: A little history of the Scareship Age (6)
28: The last knock-out blow (2)
23: Peace (2)
22: World War II Plans That Never Happened (10)
18: War and peace, barbarism and civilisation in Perth (9)
15: Acquisitions
09: Putting it together (8)
08: Acquisitions (3)
07: Vox pops — IV
06: Vox pops — III (6)
04: Vox pops — II (3)
04: Vox pops — I (3)
03: Reprisals after notice (5)
01: Acquisitions

June 2011

28: Bomb Berlin and… (1)
25: Precisely (7)
21: Looking backward, 1944-1941 (4)
17: Acquisitions (2)
16: History never repeats (6)
16: Frightfulness for schrecklichkeit? (9)
13: Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — III (8)
11: Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — II (6)
10: Double trouble (1)
09: Dreaming war, seeing aeroplanes — I (13)
07: Smugglers! (9)
06: Who said that? (8)
03: Acquisitions
03: The Emperor’s Viceroy (4)

May 2011

31: A myth of the Blitz? (35)
30: Death on the Euphrates (4)
29: Debating bombing and foreign intervention — IV
28: Post-blogging 1940: final thoughts and conclusions
27: Acquisitions (5)
21: Wednesday, 21 May 1941 (1)
20: Tuesday, 20 May 1941
19: Monday, 19 May 1941 (1)
18: Sunday, 18 May 1941 (2)
17: Saturday, 17 May 1941 (3)
16: Friday, 16 May 1941 (4)
15: Thursday, 15 May 1941
14: Wednesday, 14 May 1941 (2)
13: Tuesday, 13 May 1941 (4)
13: Acquisitions
12: Monday, 12 May 1941 (2)
11: Sunday, 11 May 1941
10: Saturday, 10 May 1941 (3)
07: The dream of unmanned flight (15)
06: Acquisitions
04: Every evening
04: Debating bombing and foreign intervention — III (3)

April 2011

27: Defending and making Willunga (2)
21: Mystery aircraft of the Scareship Age (1)
20: New light on the Battle of Los Angeles (13)
16: Debating bombing and foreign intervention — II (3)
12: War crimes from the air (22)
08: Acquisitions
08: Debating bombing and foreign intervention — I (2)
02: Travelling of the future (13)
01: Acquisitions

March 2011

31: Happy birthday, RAAF (6)
29: Are you thinking what we’re thinking? (3)
26: More THATCamp thoughts (1)
25: Acquisitions
23: THATCamp thoughts (8)
19: Wednesday, 19 March 1941 (2)
19: Libya’s century as a target (8)
18: Tuesday, 18 March 1941 (3)
18: Acquisitions
17: Monday, 17 March 1941 (6)
15: Saturday, 15 March 1941 (2)
14: Friday, 14 March 1941 (4)
13: Thursday, 13 March 1941
12: Wednesday, 12 March 1941 (6)
09: Post-blogging the Chinese Revolution of 1911
07: Don’t sink the Caroline! (54)
05: The National Government and the air (2)
03: The medium and the engineer (5)

February 2011

January 2011

28: Acquisitions (7)
25: Biggles, Captain Zoom, and Britain’s peril (16)
21: Acquisitions (2)
21: The road to Mattoon (7)
14: The Battle of Britain and The Blitz (7)
14: Acquisitions
08: Captain Mathy leaves his mark (6)
07: 2010 Clios
04: Saturday, 4 January 1941
03: Friday, 3 January 1941 (11)
02: Thursday, 2 January 1941
01: Wednesday, 1 January 1941 (3)

December 2010

31: Tuesday, 31 December 1940 (3)
31: Acquisitions
30: Monday, 30 December 1940 (4)
29: Sunday, 29 December 1940 (4)
23: Airminded: the ngram (1)
22: London 1914-17 and London 1917-18
21: The rise and fall and rise and fall of the autogyro (14)
17: Acquisitions (1)
16: The limits of play (17)
10: Acquisitions
04: The H-bomber will always get through (5)
03: Acquisitions

November 2010

October 2010

29: Oh, the humanities! (1)
28: 1938 and 1947 (14)
27: Scareships over Australia — IV (6)
25: Scareships over Australia — III (4)
23: Scareships over Australia — II (7)
20: Scareships over Australia — I (4)
16: The R word (5)
15: Acquisitions
09: Post-blogging 1940: preliminary thoughts and conclusions (11)
08: Acquisitions
07: Monday, 7 October 1940 (3)
06: Sunday, 6 October 1940
05: Saturday, 5 October 1940 (1)
04: Friday, 4 October 1940
03: Thursday, 3 October 1940 (2)
02: Wednesday, 2 October 1940 (2)
01: Tuesday, 1 October 1940 (7)
01: Acquisitions

September 2010

August 2010

31: Saturday, 31 August 1940 (1)
30: Friday, 30 August 1940 (1)
29: Thursday, 29 August 1940 (2)
28: Wednesday, 28 August 1940
27: Tuesday, 27 August 1940
27: Acquisitions (9)
26: Monday, 26 August 1940 (2)
25: Sunday, 25 August 1940 (3)
24: Post-blogging 1940: re-introduction (4)
23: The Battle from below (7)
19: Light and sound (28)
18: Charge? (12)
15: Father Neptune and the American girl
09: Churchill and that UFO story (10)
06: Acquisitions
05: Heads, tails, arms, wings, feathers and other appurtenances (3)

July 2010

31: Finding the target (8)
30: Acquisitions (5)
28: A green sludge (7)
23: Acquisitions (5)
19: PDFing the Sudeten crisis (3)
16: Acquisitions (3)
14: Nobody could have foreseen this (18)
12: The policeman’s placard (9)
06: Barchester at war (11)
03: 5 years, 737 posts, 4500 comments, 395000 words (11)

June 2010

30: Mates (12)
27: The pigeon has landed (3)
24: Man vs. nature: the road to victory (2)
19: The far right and the air (26)
18: Acquisitions
14: Under cover of darkness (4)
11: Acquisitions
10: Post-blogging 1940 (21)
10: Post-blogging 1940: introduction (1)
09: The hobgoblin of little minds (1)
06: Why don’t I care about strategy? (12)
04: Introducing the Spitfire (25)

May 2010

31: A new and barbarous practice (2)
28: Up above, the blue peril (5)
22: Aeroretronautics (18)
21: Acquisitions
19: Am I fake or not? — II (8)
15: Oneupairmanship (30)
14: Bulldog Drummond and aero-chemical warfare (2)
14: Acquisitions (1)
08: Measuring apples and oranges (13)
02: Believing is seeing (7)

April 2010

30: Acquisitions
28: The Londonderry Herr (9)
25: Australia forgets (23)
20: Wings over Waziristan (32)
19: The Boer War in airpower history (21)
18: Only Nixon could go to Greco-Bactria (3)
16: Acquisitions (3)
16: RAAF Museum 2
09: Acquisitions (2)
07: Intertextuality (4)
01: Visible vortices (10)

March 2010

27: RAAF Museum 1 (11)
22: Ban the airship! (2)
19: Acquisitions (4)
18: Houdini over Australia (6)
18: England and Wales (2)
15: Self-help in an air raid (12)
13: Something like a railway carriage (6)
07: 61-67 Warrington Crescent, 8 March 1918 (10)
03: Duxford and North Weald (22)

February 2010

January 2010

December 2009

31: The war with Eurasia/Eastasia (24)
29: Odd plane out (8)
27: Swansea (3)
23: After; and before? (6)
20: The field marshal and the ghost rockets (13)
16: Air men of The Times (2)
12: Caerleon and Caerphilly Castle
06: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — IV (100)

November 2009

29: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — III (18)
27: Acquisitions (3)
27: Cardiff (3)
24: Don’t forget …
20: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — II (12)
17: The superweapon and the Anglo-American imagination — I (10)
12: Tremayne and Crowan (95)
07: The mystery car of Maldon (10)
06: Acquisitions
02: Runs on the board (11)
01: Falmouth (2)

October 2009

28: Do not procrastinate (4)
26: A question answered (4)
23: The great air race (10)
23: Tintagel Castle (7)
18: Imperial Airways: now with extra airmail (36)
16: Acquisitions
14: Exeter and a conference (8)
11: The non-atrocity of Getafe (7)
09: Acquisitions (4)
06: Stonehenge and Old Sarum (7)
06: Biggles gets a website (2)
04: The invasion of The Invasion of 1910 (10)
02: Acquisitions (4)

September 2009

August 2009

31: Zeroth World Wars (8)
30: Your target for tonight … (3)
27: Trust me, I’m a PhD (33)
22: The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849 (20)
19: The third atomic bomb: Tokyo, 19 August 1945 (36)
17: The fire in Llŷn (3)
14: I, twit (3)
13: Things to see in London, late September 2009 (16)
11: Airpower: a bibliography of British aviation history (7)
07: Acquisitions
07: Representing horrorism (4)
03: A dispatch from Harvard by the Yarra (6)

July 2009

27: The first bombers (9)
25: Of a cross-channel passage (10)
21: The Riddle of the Wooden Bombs (9)
13: A question (8)
11: The phantom balloon scare of 1892 (3)
10: Acquisitions
07: Planes, trains and police control rooms (1)
06: Web log beg: travel 2 (19)
01: The best things in life were free (33)

June 2009

28: Slap the Jap and make the Hun pay (3)
27: Gas! (5)
26: Acquisitions
22: Why we fought? (10)
19: Acquisitions (2)
19: For it is the doom of men that they forget (4)
18: Post-blogging the British demobilisation experience
16: Bluff and bluster (6)
15: The Wokingham Whale (4)
12: Who was Neon again? (22)
12: Acquisitions
11: Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions (2)
04: Guess who’s coming to Britain? (15)
02: Wednesday, 2 June 1909 (3)
01: History Carnival 77 (12)
01: Tuesday, 1 June 1909 (2)

May 2009

31: Monday, 31 May 1909 (2)
30: Speaking of phantom airships … (1)
29: Saturday, 29 May 1909 (4)
29: Acquisitions (2)
28: Friday, 28 May 1909 (2)
27: And so it ends … (22)
26: Wednesday, 26 May 1909 (9)
25: Tuesday, 25 May 1909 (7)
24: Monday, 24 May 1909 (1)
22: Saturday, 22 May 1909 (6)
22: Acquisitions
21: Friday, 21 May 1909 (7)
20: Thursday, 20 May 1909 (7)
19: Wednesday, 19 May 1909 (6)
18: Tuesday, 18 May 1909 (6)
17: Monday, 17 May 1909 (3)
16: Your nominations will bring us a History Carnival (3)
15: Saturday, 15 May 1909 (11)
14: Friday, 14 May 1909 (4)
13: Post-blogging the 1909 scareships (10)
09: Guernica, mon amour (1)
05: PB and C³I (16)

April 2009

29: Official historians behaving badly (25)
21: Total war and total peace (20)
17: Acquisitions (4)
09: Target: Constantinople! (13)
05: Claude Grahame-White (5)
03: Acquisitions (2)

March 2009

31: There were giants in the earth in those days (14)
30: Bigger, not better (12)
27: The death ray men (24)
21: First strike? (2)
18: Snails and shelters (2)
16: The Struggle for Empire (12)
15: The canals of Mars, 1962 (25)
11: What’s next? (7)
04: More Malcolm (8)

February 2009

27: A tale of two cityscapes (5)
24: Historioblogosphere omnibus (3)
21: Clouds (8)
21: Reading and Exeter
18: To-do list, 18 February 2009 (20)
16: Very like a Zeppelin (1)
10: The fire (4)
08: Mirrors and lenses (14)
06: Cabbage crates coming over the briny? (6)

January 2009

30: Parts, chapters, sections (8)
29: We’ll meet again (9)
26: Down under up over (5)
20: Straight to the pool room — II (2)
20: Post-blogging the Battle of the Mareth Line
20: Trust but verify (6)
17: Where the rockets fell (9)
15: Phallic symbol envy (17)
14: Post-blogging the Boxer Uprising (6)
12: Hang ’em high (10)
08: That was unexpected
08: The enemy within (9)
02: 2008 Clios
01: Gort of the interplanetary police force (6)

December 2008

29: Our friends the enemy
25: Over there
21: Satisfaction is … (13)
20: On being a snob (21)
19: Holiday reading (4)
09: Two barrages (7)
05: Acquisitions
04: Melbourne Historical Journal 36
02: Howard Hawks at Melbourne Cinémathèque (3)

November 2008

29: This post is 100% link-free (9)
27: What’s in a thesis title? (14)
18: Turnabout is fair play (19)
11: Flight‘s message to the politicians (7)
11: The King’s message to the Royal Air Force (10)
05: Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli (6)
04: The most important decision of the year …

October 2008

25: The final countdown (6)
21: One I forgot to write (2)
16: LaTeX for Humans
12: Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis: thoughts and conclusions (12)
08: Saturday, 8 October 1938 (6)
07: Friday, 7 October 1938 (3)
06: Thursday, 6 October 1938
05: Wednesday, 5 October 1938 (9)
04: Tuesday, 4 October 1938 (12)
03: Monday, 3 October 1938 (5)
03: Acquisitions
02: S 330.15 B73 (7)
01: Saturday, 1 October 1938 (9)
01: Friday, 30 September 1938 (5)

September 2008

29: Thursday, 29 September 1938 (9)
28: Wednesday, 28 September 1938 (2)
27: Tuesday, 27 September 1938 (3)
26: Monday, 26 September 1938 (8)
25: Not the state of the military historioblogosphere (2)
24: Saturday, 24 September 1938 (7)
23: Friday, 23 September 1938 (8)
22: Thursday, 22 September 1938 (4)
21: Wednesday, 21 September 1938
20: Tuesday, 20 September 1938 (4)
19: Monday, 19 September 1938 (4)
18: Behind the Line (3)
17: Saturday, 17 September 1938 (1)
16: Friday, 16 September 1938 (7)
15: Thursday, 15 September 1938 (2)
14: Wednesday, 14 September 1938 (6)
13: Tuesday, 13 September 1938 (4)
12: Monday, 12 September 1938 (1)
11: Return to Millwall (9)
10: Saturday, 10 September 1938 (5)
09: Friday, 9 September 1938 (1)
08: Thursday, 8 September 1938 (5)
07: Wednesday, 7 September 1938 (10)
06: Tuesday, 6 September 1938 (2)
05: Monday, 5 September 1938 (8)
04: David Philips, 1946-2008
03: Saturday, 3 September 1938 (7)
02: Friday, 2 September 1938 (3)
01: Thursday, 1 September 1938 (2)

August 2008

31: Wednesday, 31 August 1938 (2)
30: Tuesday, 30 August 1938 (6)
29: Monday, 29 August 1938 (10)
29: Acquisitions
28: Post-blogging the Sudeten crisis (13)
26: Screening the knock-out blow (6)
22: Acquisitions (4)
21: Getting away from it all (1)
19: Unwritten books (32)
14: Come friendly bombs and fall on Stonehenge (9)
12: A phantom airship? (19)
11: The Blitz on the web (4)
07: A strange game (20)
07: Australian Newspapers Beta (10)

July 2008

31: Name that crisis! (24)
29: Architects of preservation (3)
25: ‘The bomber will always get through’ gets through (1)
25: Acquisitions (4)
22: The persistence of fear (6)
21: Hidden treasure (10)
19: Some Tante Jus and a conference report (32)
18: Acquisitions
17: Egregious ranking analysis? (6)
11: Herr Martin’s modest proposal (3)
11: Acquisitions (2)
09: Paternosters (4)
08: Is that a lot? (2)
05: Facing Armageddon (30)
04: The flying aircraft carrier: why? (7)
01: Oscar foxtrot foxtrot sierra (5)

June 2008

27: The interwar internet (4)
27: Acquisitions
24: Thought balloons (6)
20: The madness ends here (9)
20: The great stoush (15)
18: Mowing devils, old hags, and phantom airships (10)
14: Keep that shadow from them (3)
14: Showdown
09: No Strzelecki (10)
08: The raiders (5)
06: Acquisitions (2)
04: MONIAC and the warfare state (12)
04: The Germans are coming! — II (5)

May 2008

30: The Russians are coming! (4)
28: Overheard in London (in 1938) (1)
27: The widening margin (16)
22: Signs of the times (4)
20: What is Human Smoke? (10)
17: The expected holocaust (15)
13: The Germans are coming! (6)
09: CFP: MHJ (1)
09: Doing my part to bridge the Two Cultures (6)
07: A giant of the air (11)
05: The end of the world as we know it
02: Acquisitions (2)

April 2008

30: ‘Hansard online’ (5)
28: Who was Neon? (21)
25: Allied casualties, Dardanelles campaign, 1915-6 (26)
24: From Darfur to London in Melbourne (9)
24: Rome 2b (5)
22: The intellectual life of the British air-raid shelter (5)
18: Is nothing sacred? (3)
17: Look — blogs! (6)
15: Rome 2a (12)
09: Mark my words (2)
07: E. H. Carr on the failure of British airmindedness (7)
04: Rewinding the Breaker (8)
03: Rome 1b (4)
01: Happy birthday, RAF (5)

March 2008

31: State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2008 (16)
17: Out of the depths (20)
15: A stern warning of things to come
13: Rome 1a (7)
11: The Heligoland Mandate (8)
06: What’s wrong with a little destruction? (6)
01: Anti-Semitism in British airpower literature (9)

February 2008

28: Edinburgh 2 (7)
25: The spirit of grief
22: Acquisitions
20: Not the coming world war (2)
19: Stirling (9)
13: Sorry
12: The Afghan air menace (9)
10: History is a pack of lies, as any fool can tell (7)
05: Priorities (3)
01: Edinburgh 1 (19)

January 2008

28: Lord Trenchard: choice? (11)
28: Things (6)
26: The day of the parashot (16)
22: Vindolanda and Housesteads (12)
16: Straight to the pool room (2)
15: The colour out of aerospace (15)
14: When two tribes go to war (14)
14: Chesters (1)
10: The Turtle and other weapons of desperation (9)
09: 2007 Clios
07: Black-Out (2)
05: York 2 (10)
02: Corporate authors with jurabib and jox.bst (2)
01: The future of historical research (6)
01: Counting corpses (3)

December 2007

29: York 1 (10)
21: Acquisitions
21: Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — II (7)
19: Peace is our profession (11)
19: London (9)
16: Arthur C. Clarke and the future of warfare — I (6)
14: Sealion 1918 (16)
12: The Malayan defence of Singapore (10)
12: Bloomsbury
11: Over Flanders fields (7)
10: Whiskey tango foxtrot (3)
06: The Zeppelins of Halifax (9)
06: To Greenwich and back again (1)
05: Email problems
04: The nanobot will always get through (11)

November 2007

30: Before Chastise, and after now (4)
28: From Whitehall to Green Park (14)
26: It’s time
25: Apropos of nothing in particular (4)
23: Acquisitions
20: Hampton Court Palace (2)
17: Allenby of Armageddon (9)
16: Acquisitions
14: Life among the ruins (4)
14: RAF Cranwell and a conference (7)
11: Somewhere in France (4)
10: The bomber will always get through (10)
09: So close and yet (thankfully) so far (so far)
08: Newark-on-Trent (3)
06: A long way from Greenham Common (3)
06: Jeremy Bentham and Web 2.0

October 2007

31: The shave of the future NOW! (4)
29: Cabinet War Rooms
26: Acquisitions
24: Making an airminded youth (and a gliding model aeroplane) (19)
23: A not very possible fact (22)
19: RAF Museum London 2 (15)
14: Military History Carnival 7 (3)
14: The Sheerness Incident (26)
12: Seventy-two gas masks (24)
11: St Paul’s Cathedral (1)
09: Destroying London
07: Your blogosphere needs you …
06: Does not compute
04: Companions (5)
03: Embankment and Strand (16)
01: After the battle

September 2007

30: G’tag von Zeppelinburg! (8)
29: British Museum 2 (8)
26: So what was the point of all that?
22: State of the military historioblogosphere, September 2007 (8)
21: Acquisitions
20: Military history, death of, greatly exaggerated
20: Great southern land
19: Returning on a jet plane (5)
11: A buzz (4)
07: Way out (1)
06: The Raider
04: Early autumn of discontent (5)
02: Vworp, vworp (10)
01: Acquisitions

August 2007

30: The Dam Busters at the Peckham Multiplex (19)
29: Alert the amphibious squadron! (1)
28: Westminster Abbey
25: I seem to have started something … (3)
21: War games: tabloid edition (9)
18: Dazzled
18: The IWM and memory
15: How popular was Things to Come? (8)
15: The destruction of Everytown, 1940 (5)
14: Imperial War Museum London (17)
12: The time is a quarter to DOOMSDAY (5)
10: I wish to register a complaint (5)
06: From Southwark to St Mary le Bow
05: War games (25)
04: Acquisitions

July 2007

30: Science Museum (8)
27: Natural History Museum
26: Die Hard 0.0 (4)
24: Caryatid (1)
23: RAF Museum London (11)
22: The doom of the great city (15)
20: Ello, ello, ello, what’s all this then? (6)
18: So yes, I am actually in London (5)
18: The lodgings of the damned (1)
15: British Museum
12: Flight back issues online (10)
10: 1688 and all that (2)
09: Mind the gap (12)
07: Leaving on a jet plane (11)
06: Acquisitions
05: Getting here from there (8)
03: From knock-out blow to blitzkrieg

June 2007

May 2007

April 2007

27: Web log beg: London accommodation (21)
27: Acquisitions
26: Guernica — I (7)
25: An Anzac on England (13)
20: Acquisitions
18: A sister to assist ‘er (5)
16: Air Force Historical Studies Office titles online (1)
13: The inaugural Military History Carnival …
11: Our man in the cinema (spoiler warning) (2)
07: The Douhet dilemma (10)
07: Stepping back from the brink
05: Unthinking the thinkable (2)
03: Dueling YouTubes (3)

March 2007

31: Acquisitions
29: The changing meaning of air shows (6)
22: The Fire (18)
22: The Airship Destroyer (11)
18: State of the military historioblogosphere, March 2007 (12)
16: Acquisitions (2)
16: Air-port ’13 (2)
14: A Military History Carnival!
12: New and less new blogs (4)
11: Review policy (2)
07: Flying fortresses (47)
02: Acquisitions

February 2007

28: The bombing teacher (35)
27: The next next war (29)
22: GBS on the KOB (7)
20: Bad memes
20: Good memes (14)
17: The Wickham Steed affair in popular culture (6)
13: A military history carnival? (3)
11: Concrete memory (30)
06: Gazza speaks!
02: Acquisitions (1)
02: The greatest air service in the world (10)

January 2007

29: Library of the absurd (16)
26: Sons of empire (6)
26: Acquisitions (2)
21: Advice to young (well, mid-PhD) writers (13)
20: Five to (1)
15: H. G. Wells (4)
15: A thesis update (14)
10: Oh, come on! (36)
09: Airmindedness: a reading list (17)
06: 2006 Clios
05: Ein kleinstaat bedroht Deutschland (9)

December 2006

30: Tomorrow the world (26)
29: Acquisitions (4)
28: Historical maps online (1)
22: The Scareship Age (36)
20: Still at the edge of forever: for Carl (4)
16: Acquisitions (6)
14: The air strategist as business guru (14)
10: Great minds (7)
05: Orac on me on Orac etc (7)
05: Winged gospels (4)
01: Acquisitions (3)

November 2006

28: The Clios and the Carnival
28: We? Wha? (7)
24: Acquisitions
23: The ashes of the air (3)
21: Spain and the aeroplane (18)
17: Acquisitions (2)
16: Now pay attention (11)
14: Pop quiz, rotter!
12: Me on Orac on Dawkins on Harris (21)
03: Acquisitions (2)
02: The many mysteries of Sir Malcolm Campbell (21)

October 2006

31: Thanks for playing (20)
27: Battle of Brisbane (12)
26: A world war in a day (2)
22: Investigations of a Dog (1)
20: Acquisitions (2)
17: Pick a date, any date (16)
14: Air control in pictures (53)
13: Interwar use of chemical weapons (27)
09: Populate an Australian history blogroll (3)
08: Populate an Australian history department

September 2006

26: Just what are you trying to say?
18: Judgement Day, 1936 (6)
15: Battle of Britain and the Battle of Britain (55)
15: Acquisitions
15: Airships ahoy! (4)
12: The shadow of the airliner (11)
08: Trouble at Millwall (43)
07: More information please, Herr Liepmann (12)
02: Sad news for small boys of all ages (4)
01: Acquisitions

August 2006

30: Threads (3)
26: Nice to be noticed (3)
25: Acquisitions (2)
25: An alternative Battle of Britain — III (11)
20: War Starts at Midnight! (4)
19: Acquisitions
18: At Mouquet Farm (29)
18: Pardon?
16: Confirmed (4)
14: Amy Johnson changes her mind (8)
11: Acquisitions (5)
11: An alternative Battle of Britain — II (11)

July 2006

31: An alternative Battle of Britain — I (25)
28: My first flame
27: Sounds like a plan (1)
25: J. M. Spaight
23: It’s official … (3)
22: Speed 2, the need for more (3)
21: Acquisitions
19: Speed, the need for (7)
15: The Nine Years’ War
10: Beautiful games and others (5)
07: The Avia-Corner
06: What Happened to the Corbetts (2)
03: The obligatory self-indulgent one year blog anniversary post (8)

June 2006

May 2006

29: The next History Carnival
29: Revise and Dissent and other blogs
24: Propellors and propaganda (2)
21: The flower of an entire generation (10)
19: Acquisitions (2)
15: History Carnival 31 (19)
12: The 1926 General Strike
11: The post not posted (7)
08: The Carnival is coming (2)
06: Air University Press titles online (3)
05: Acquisitions
04: The Great Wall of My Coffee Table
04: Great War Fiction
03: But that happened in France (2)
03: Stylesheets over substance (10)

April 2006

28: Acquisitions (1)
27: Me to BBC: you guys rock! (5)
25: See the Bombers fly up, up … (2)
24: Score Zero (5)
21: Acquisitions
21: Why you should blog
20: Badge of something
17: The SLV (2)
14: Acquisitions
09: ‘Quick, Hans — what’s German for “Tally Ho”?’ (18)
08: A tale they won’t believe (6)
07: Acquisitions
02: Flies and cockroaches (3)

March 2006

31: Acquisitions
29: Orwell and the gramophone needle conspiracy
28: Orwell and the knock-out blow (7)
24: Acquisitions
23: Save the trees
19: Q. When is an island not an island? (1)
17: Acquisitions
16: Hurrah for the British Empire Games! (3)
10: Acquisitions
10: Undeniable (2)
09: From Munich to the planet Mars (8)
04: The Bethnal Green Tube disaster (18)
02: The Cuzaux effect. Cazaux. Whatever (5)

February 2006

26: The Blogger will always get through… (4)
25: Multiple bibliographies in LaTeX (31)
23: The bolt from the blue and the knock-out blow (6)
22: The first knock-out blow? (4)
17: The pity of war
16: England and the Aeroplane online!
15: (Nearly) a century of circles (14)
11: Japanese ARP posters (15)
10: Acquisitions (2)
04: Russians (9)
03: Acquisitions

January 2006

31: Sopwith@Fathom
29: An extremely brief guide to early aeronautical terms, ca. 1909 (10)
27: Acquisitions (6)
20: Keep the faith, brother (5)
20: Acquisitions
15: Britishness, Englishness too
14: William Benn, and the Black Ship (1)
12: The Liberal landslide of 1906 (11)
10: Google Warbird
10: You gotta love the Internet (10)
09: Aces (2)
04: The airminded Mr. Kipling (15)

December 2005

30: Acquisitions
30: The Fall of London (2)
29: Backup or die! (2)
23: Right: write! (2)
23: Acquisitions
22: An unpleasant surprise (11)
18: Climbing (5)
13: Doing the LibraryThing (4)
09: Acquisitions
09: Oh, and by the way … is anyone here a pilot?
08: Biggles Takes It Rough (12)
05: 21st century air control? (9)
02: 21st century Charlton? (8)
02: Acquisitions

November 2005

25: Coventrate (6)
25: Acquisitions
23: An early casualty of war
22: Is that war? (7)
20: But I only just started!
18: LaTeX: the pain, the pleasure (53)
14: Sorry, ocker, the Fokker’s chocker; or, airmindedness in Australia (1)
13: Stone the crows!
11: 4572 Pte. Mulqueeney (3)
11: Acquisitions (2)
06: Early signs of MADness (3)
02: The Zeppelin in combat (in advertising) (4)
01: Levity through airpower (21)

October 2005

28: Acquisitions
28: Ban the Air Bomb!
23: The unknown scaremonger (2)
21: Airborne spies of the Kaiser? (1)
19: Massed media
15: Out of (West) Africa (6)
14: It speaks for itself, digitised
14: Be aware of archives!
12: The smurf of things to come? (6)
10: Fallout – boy!
09: R101, 75 years on (6)
07: Acquisitions (2)
07: Jet aircraft of the Belle Époque (50)
04: Strategy Without Slide-Rule (13)

September 2005

30: Acquisitions
24: Style and steam-power
23: Acquisitions
21: Noel Pemberton Billing (6)
14: Acquisitions
14: Won’t somebody please think of the children? (18)
11: Linkage
09: Acquisitions
07: Pictures!
03: Katrina’s knock-out blow (3)

August 2005

July 2005