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Gavin Mortimer

Bourgogne, London

Writer at Freelance

Writer and historian with a specialty in wartime special forces. Media enquiries: [email protected]

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  • 'The French don’t understand Pollock is purposely playing the pantomime villain'

    1 week ago | rugbypass.com | Gavin Mortimer

    The French don’t get Henry Pollock. As someone who has lived in France for years, and is married to a Frenchwoman, I acknowledge that a sense of humour is very much part of the French character. But what they don’t have is the British tongue-in-cheek variety. Self-deprecation is not their forte. You would never have a French player dressing up as Ruprecht! – as Neil Jenkins gloriously did during the 1997 Lions tour – or mocking himself in a pizza advert à la Tony Underwood.

  • Europe’s far-left terror threat

    1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Gavin Mortimer

    France will increase its surveillance of all critical infrastructure after saboteurs wrecked two electricity sub-stations in Nice and Cannes last weekend. The arsonists deprived nearly 200,000 homes on the Cote d’Azur of electricity, disrupted traffic lights, interrupted the Cannes film festival, shut down cash distributors and brought Nice airport to a temporary standstill.

  • Europe’s far-left terror threat

    1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Gavin Mortimer

    France will increase its surveillance of all critical infrastructure after saboteurs wrecked two electricity sub-stations in Nice and Cannes last weekend. The arsonists deprived nearly 200,000 homes on the Cote d’Azur of electricity, disrupted traffic lights, interrupted the Cannes film festival, shut down cash distributors and brought Nice airport to a temporary standstill.

  • Even the French think Macron is becoming a laughing stock

    1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Gavin Mortimer

  • Could France’s next president come from the Yellow Hats?

    1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Gavin Mortimer

    When Donald Trump first burst onto the political scene in 2016, comparisons were drawn with a 1950s Frenchman called Pierre Poujade. The BBC called him the ‘grandfather of populism’, the first post-war politician to lead a revolt against ‘being told what it is acceptable to think about issues like globalisation, migration and Europe’.

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Gavin Mortimer
Gavin Mortimer @PhoneyMajor
10 May 25

Looking forward to speaking at this conference later today. And as someone who once played rugby for London Scottish, I'm delighted the venue is the London Scottish museum. I might slip in the anecdote about the time we thrashed London Irish...

Joseph Quinn
Joseph Quinn @ww2research

Delighted to be chairing the Peace in Europe ✌️ Conference at the London Scottish Museum in central London today! @EGPOSullivan Look forward to meeting and introducing a range of amazing speakers, including @WW2TV @SilenceInPolish and @PhoneyMajor, among many others. https://t.co/2qahpuoi0G

Gavin Mortimer
Gavin Mortimer @PhoneyMajor
8 May 25

Possibly my cheapest & most shameless plug yet... Following the US-UK trade deal why not mark the occasion with one of my books. For Americans, there is my history of the LRDG. For Brits, my history of Merrill's Marauders. Special books for a special relationship, etc https://t.co/bXJPrqDyiM

Gavin Mortimer
Gavin Mortimer @PhoneyMajor
3 May 25

I ask in today's @spectator : Why does Britain remember Dame Vera Lynn but ignore the brave men of Bomber Command? https://t.co/gaRKFRFTMK