Award-winning historian and author of the Daily Mail Book of the Week, Members Behaving Badly. History, places, ponderments.
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
The final day of York Festival of Ideas is here! Let’s wrap up an incredible week with a Friday lineup packed with inspiring debates, brilliant storytellers, and final big ideas.
We hope you've enjoyed this year's Festival?
See our final events:
👉 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026…
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Jun 8
Just a fortnight to go until the start of @ChalkeFestival, and it promises to be another brilliant week. With so many fantastic speakers - @Roger_Moorhouse, @monstroso, @FXMC1957 (and me, @DebbieKilroy!) to name just a few - here are our top picks gethistory.co.uk/news/our-to…
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Revealed: cover-up of attempted rape that let Lord Palmerston into No 10 thetimes.com/uk/history/arti…
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Just realised that the hashtag might seem somewhat flippant in this context - apologies!
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Lace cravat carved in limewood by Grinling Gibbons, c1690.
The only known cravat by him.
It's imitating gros point de Venise, the most intricate and expensive lace.
Horace Walpole, who owned it, once wore it to deceive/amuse some French visitors
(V&A) #StuartSaturday
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A fantastic time speaking about Members Behaving Badly to a lovely and engaged audience. Thanks to @YorkFestofIdeas and @matt_matravers for a great day!
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What awful news. My thoughts are with his family and friends.
Anthony Head, best known for TV roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso and Little Britain, dies aged 72 bbc.in/4g2M45Z
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Jun 5
In @Roger_Moorhouse's Wolfpack, he not only offers compelling arguments about the threat of Hitler's U-boats, but a gripping narrative that makes the book extremely difficult to put down. gethistory.co.uk/reviews/boo…
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Possibly the best endorsement I’ve ever seen: from Dan Snow for @WhoresofYore’s new book Flick. Absolutely love it!
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
On this day in 1963, shockwaves emanated from Westminster as John Profumo resigned from government.
Profumo admitted he had misled the House of Commons about his relationship with Christine Keeler.
A mini-thread. 🧵
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
Have you enjoyed this week’s special? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Wille, Wille, Harry, Stee” by @monstroso through the History Rage Bookshop!
📖 Order the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9780…
🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4209df
🎧 Listen to Charlie’s Podcast: feeds.acast.com/public/shows…
🎟️ See Charlie at @ChalkeFestival , Sunday 28 June:
chalkefestival.com/
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Makes me think of this, by @Jimllpaintit
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In honour of the Bayeux Tapestry coming to London later this year, Greggs has commissioned an eight-metre-long 'Ta-Pastry'.
You can see it in the Design Museum for free - but only this Friday and Saturday (5 and 6 June).
ALT A Greggs themed tapestry
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
Ready to explore ‘Place and Space’? 🌍✨
Here is your daily guide to what’s on today (3 June) at the York Festival of Ideas! From inspiring talks to interactive experiences, don't miss out on today's amazing lineup of mostly FREE events: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026…
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
May 30
Last night's 97% Waxing Gibbous Blue Moon over Stonehenge during golden hour🤩🌕 Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏
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May 30
Just one week to go! Very excited to be speaking about Members Behaving Badly at the wonderful @YorkFestofIdeas on 6 June. Do come along if you can! yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026…
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May 29
On 29 May 1660 - the date of his thirtieth birthday - Charles II entered London in triumph.
For much of the previous decade and a half, he had been in exile on the Continent after the Royalist defeat in the civil wars. 1/2
ALT Medal celebrating Charles II's return, by John Roettier © NPG 6076
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Seeing the near-universal celebrations marking his return on that day, Charles is said to have quipped: 'It must have been my own fault that I had not come back sooner, for I find nobody who does not tell me he has always wished for my return.' 2/2
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May 28
'The point of being a king is not only the rights you have: those rights exist because you have very profound duties to the kingdom you rule.' @hrcastor talks to us about kingship and tyranny during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. gethistory.co.uk/interviews/…
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Debbie Kilroy retweeted
Sunday 28th June 2026, 2:15pm
Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644
Join Anthony Rich to explore this battle between the Oxford royalist army and Sir William Waller's army
A service commemorating the battle is planned in the church after the walk
Further details at Events in our bio
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Following the success of D-Day, the immediate threat of a German invasion had passed. In late July 1944, #Bournemouth beach reopened.
People passed the public notice warning them 'not to touch any suspicious objects' on the beach. They carefully navigated the anti-invasion defences to claim their spot on the sand.
A woman in a swimsuit and sunglasses stretches out with her legs lying in front of her. Despite the presence of tangled barbed wire, she basks in the sun, evoking a classic portrait of pre-war summer relaxation.
Her name and wartime story are waiting to be told.
#bankholiday #womenshistory #herstory #WW2
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