Non-motoring > Richard Holmes. Miscellaneous
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 Sun 1 May 11 10:43 
 Richard Holmes. - R.P.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13251220

Sad news indeed - met him, drank with him - a real people's historian.
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 Sun 1 May 11 10:53 
 Richard Holmes. - Zero
Yeah, I enjoyed his work on the BBC, and he knew his soldiering.

I quite like Dan Snow when he does his military history, but you know he has never felt the mud or smelled the cordite.
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 Sun 1 May 11 11:11 
 Richard Holmes. - R.P.
Agreed Zero - He has a good enough pedigree though related directly to Lloyd George and to WW1 General D'oly Snow.....as well as his dad who was a fine journo.
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 Sun 1 May 11 15:34 
 Richard Holmes. - rtj70
But the programme on smells of cities in the past was a bit below him in my opinion.
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 Mon 2 May 11 14:01 
 Richard Holmes. - sooty123
A very good presenter, his book about the PWRR in 2005 is a good read. He said his aim was to put the common soldier centre it and I think he did that very well.
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 Mon 2 May 11 18:09 
 Richard Holmes. - rtj70
I'll look up some of what he's written then. Might find something I like - always tell myself to read up more on WWII for example.
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