tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3069134168537663815..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: What a Difference A Day Makes by Julie SummersMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68564142583257890752017-03-31T19:00:30.728+01:002017-03-31T19:00:30.728+01:00Wow, I had never heard of him either. How fascinat...Wow, I had never heard of him either. How fascinating - thank you so much for this. I don't think there is much doubt what Gubbins would have thought about invoking article 50. It's a disaster on every possible level.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30991106981983991562017-03-28T20:28:22.022+01:002017-03-28T20:28:22.022+01:00Nor had I until I started working on the book and ...Nor had I until I started working on the book and I am massively impressed by him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-92008804167817487432017-03-28T20:28:17.389+01:002017-03-28T20:28:17.389+01:00Sue I could not agree more. We live in the most bi...Sue I could not agree more. We live in the most bizarre and worrying times. I suspect historians will judge Brexit harshly and wonder why on earth we allowed it to happen Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82687188458419484112017-03-28T20:28:14.454+01:002017-03-28T20:28:14.454+01:00Janie you are a tonic! I have had feedback from th...Janie you are a tonic! I have had feedback from the publisher and they too like Colonel Gubbins Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5827559322214082372017-03-28T20:27:33.766+01:002017-03-28T20:27:33.766+01:00Janie you are a tonic! I have had feedback from th...Janie you are a tonic! I have had feedback from the publisher and they too like Colonel Gubbins Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-244030507916244232017-03-28T20:26:17.838+01:002017-03-28T20:26:17.838+01:00Sue I could not agree more. We live in the most bi...Sue I could not agree more. We live in the most bizarre and worrying times. I suspect historians will judge Brexit harshly and wonder why on earth we allowed it to happen Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23267803079815075442017-03-28T20:24:52.600+01:002017-03-28T20:24:52.600+01:00Nor had I until I started working on the book and ...Nor had I until I started working on the book and I am massively impressed by him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816995620811557465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16115605230782085272017-03-28T17:07:53.737+01:002017-03-28T17:07:53.737+01:00I don't remember hearing of Gubbins - though I...I don't remember hearing of Gubbins - though I have read about the assassination of Heydrich. As you say, the reprisals were terrible. What awful decisions had to be taken during the war.<br /><br />And what STUPID decisions have led to Brexit and tomorrow's step off the cliff. There's a tiny bit of me that still thinks we might all wake up and find it was just a silly dream...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37537806046339691292017-03-28T12:14:56.077+01:002017-03-28T12:14:56.077+01:00Fascinating blog, thank you Julie. The SOE was an ...Fascinating blog, thank you Julie. The SOE was an extra-ordinary outfit. I can't wait to read your next book!Janie Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474227107768216646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73976423430691324292017-03-28T11:19:06.720+01:002017-03-28T11:19:06.720+01:00I have never heard of Sir Colin McVean Gubbins. Th...I have never heard of Sir Colin McVean Gubbins. Thanks for highlighting this extraordinary character. Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499490029910905577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48719951304263500162017-03-28T10:49:05.514+01:002017-03-28T10:49:05.514+01:00Thank you, Rowena. I'm just about to listen to...Thank you, Rowena. I'm just about to listen to Jonathan Friedland on R4 (catch up) for a programme he did on the Long View this morning looking what happened when Elizabeth I was kicked out of Europe. I, like you, feel extremely wobbly about tomorrow and beyond. I feel we are playing with fire...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266380390166911009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18573025249238666972017-03-28T08:42:08.690+01:002017-03-28T08:42:08.690+01:00How very interesting! Thank you. Wonderful to have...How very interesting! Thank you. Wonderful to have the long view ahead of Wednesday's (to my mind disastrous) announcement on Article 50. Sometimes I worry, though, that today's narrow focus on 60 years of Peace in Europe masks the extent of post-colonial & Cold War warfare which followed WW2. The SOE was fundamental to the founding & evolution of modern day Special Forces, whose role & activities have expanded hugely over the intervening & violent decades. Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.com