Andrew WM Smith
@smidbob
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Historian of Modern France, Director of Liberal Arts @QMUL. Views own @[email protected] - also on blue place with same name
New Malden, London
Joined March 2009
5 years ago, I received the first copies of my book! It is now eminently more affordable in paperback. Read on to find out more about wine, protest & identity in France
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I spoke earlier on @France24_en about the news that French far right leader Jean Marie Le Pen had died, his dark political legacy, and the ongoing dangers of his politics in contemporary France
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Today's the anniversary of Operation Anthropoid taking off from RAF Tangmere in 1941, here's a blog I wrote up on it #twitterstorians
Check out our new blog by our director @smidbob about Operation Anthropoid and RAF Tangmere:
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RT @France24_en: 🔴 🇫🇷 Former #French president Nicolas #Sarkozy losing his final appeal at the French Cour de Cassation, the country's high…
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I spoke to an Australian morning radio show on ABC about the collapse of the French government:
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Wrote a blog about the collapse of the Barnier government and the political crisis. How to find a Goldlilocks government in a parliament of bears?
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RT @StuartNorval: Great to see you as well @smidbob ! And thanks as ever for your wisdom and analysis of us here in France. ❤️
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RT @Jderbyshire: A young Michel Barnier and Georges Pompidou, the two prime ministers to have lost a confidence vote in the history of the…
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Great to visit the @France24_en set in Paris & say hello to people in person! Wonderful to see @StuartNorval, Caroline & @sv_lcd
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RT @France24_en: 🇫🇷 French PM #MichelBarnier faces a hostile parliament but from the left and the right. Historian of modern France @smidb…
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RT @QMHistory: Dr Andrew Smith @smidbob, Historian of Modern France & Director of Liberal Arts, spoke on France24 this morning about the hi…
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Was on @France24_en this morning discussing the high tension politics around the French budget. Will Barnier's government stand or fall?
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Spoke on @France24_en earlier about the "shock of hope" that Macron hoped Notre Dame's restoration could create, with some reference to Jean Gimpel's Cathedral Builders, Pierre Nora, and of course Victor Hugo
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Wrote up a short blog post for a heritage campaign I'm involved with #twitterstorians
A latest blog by @smidbob on @RoyalFamily visit to RAF Tangmere :
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RT @chrislinguist: Language learning is a journey without limits. Start with one language, and you open doors to new cultures, communities…
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RT @RoyalHistSoc: We want to start the week with a special thank you to our new President Professor @LucyNoakes1 for giving this year's Pre…
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@onslies @ReubenLoffman It was already screened at QM! I missed it because I was at a seminar, but was very keen to see it
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RT @France24_en: 🧑🌾🇫🇷 French #farmers launched new protests Tuesday against a proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal. #France's government is s…
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RT @QMHistory: Catch up with one of our brilliant academics Dr Andrew Smith as he joins France 24 to discuss the trial against far-right le…
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RT @jec_free: Celebrating the publication of this #OpenAccess sourcebook on histories of women’s rights and feminism in socialist Eastern E…
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