Some of you may have notice me covering contemporary wars & conflict on @SkyNews in recent months. Having taught at the @DefAcUK, I believe military historians must keep abreast of current affairs to put their theories into practice and make sense of the uncertainty around us

A wonderful day at @IWMDuxford with fellow authors @authordlewis @churchill_alex , @SpitfireFilly , @fmcca11um , @hoyer_kat , @Joshua_Levine and @HistoryRage. And the chance to sit in an early Spitfire, once based at Duxford.

Skipper hates pennies 😅 Couple of quid will do just nicely ❤️ Marching for Finley - Patrol #3 @TheLondonIC1 Saturday 13th June 2026 @almurray aka Sunray and members of the @WeHaveWaysPod (faaaamily) on a sponsored march across London in support of @FinleysTouch ‼️‼️‼️‼️We’ll be making sure he keeps the map the right way up!‼️‼️‼️‼️ Golders Green to the @FrenchHouseSoho ending at the Imperial War Museum Lambeth @I_W_M and finishing for beers at the @thethreestags We’ll have two amazing speakers in @eatmatt talking about Virginia Vernon who was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War and Adam @UpTheAirborne Fenwick who will talk about 12 Para and the battle of Breville in Normandy 1944! Why do we do it? To raise funds for this amazing charity who supports children with cancer and their families when they need it most. If you’d like to support the cause, every donation, share and word of encouragement is hugely appreciated. justgiving.com/page/al-murra… @James1940 @militaryhistori @GaudernMichael @GoalhangerHQ @tonypastor70 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook @Professor_Hal @robert_lyman @SpitfireFilly @AndyAitcheson @HistoryPegg @fha772 @Franksaunders21 @soave1000 @rentaquill @SilenceInPolish @JohnCMcManus3 @JohnNicholRAF @J_oey_M @james_2904 @Karl_Reid @RedFiveModels @AlasdairGSY @GaryLineker @alanshearer @MicahRichards @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @WHW_NorthernIC @WHW_CambridgeIC @DorsetIc @KentBuffsIC @TheRestHistory @RestIsPolitics @RestIsFootball #MarchingWithSunrayForFinley #WeHaveWays #FinleysTouch #WW2History #LondonHistory

🎙️A quite simply stunning Speaker line-up for the IWM History Festival at Duxford this weekend! (13th 14th June) 🇬🇧🇵🇱 PHF Team will be about and you may well see Hawker Hurricane G-HURI too! Come and say hello to the team! 🎫Tickets available direct from IWM on line or on the day! The festival features authors, veterans, and experts covering WWII, the Cold War, the Blitz, Nuremberg, aviation, and more. Talks take place in a marquee alongside full museum access, living history, and displays. 🗓️Shared Speakers (Both Days) 🎙️Fraser McCallum (Cultural historian, Cold War focus): Welcomes the festival (Sat 10:15am / Sun 9:30am). Also hosts Dermot O’Leary on Saturday. @fmcca11um 🎙️James Bulgin (IWM Head of Public History, Holocaust expert): Saturday evening Q&A for Ghosts of Alderney screening; Sunday on Nuremberg trials (co-author of related book).  🎙️Paul Bavill (History Rage podcast host): Saturday on the Betrayal of Paddy Mayne; Sunday on History Rage Live: The War Today. @HistoryRage  🎙️Kieran Whitworth (IWM Book Buyer, military history author): In conversation with Flt Lt Colin Bell on Saturday.  🎙️Alex Churchill (Historian, presenter, WWI specialist): In conversation with Joshua Levine on the Blitz (Saturday); Sunday on Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War 1914 and History Rage. @churchill_alex 🗓️Saturday 13 June Highlights (Saturday-only speakers) 🎙️Anthony Tucker-Jones (Former intelligence officer, military historian): Cold War Britain & Churchill Cold War Warrior. @TuckerJones1944 🎙️Flt Lt Colin Bell (105, last surviving Mosquito pilot): His 50 night missions over Germany in Bloody Dangerous. @PeoplesMosquito @deHavMuseum 🎙️Dermot O’Leary (Broadcaster & children’s author): Tales of courage and writing WWII for kids (Wartime Tails).  🎙️Damien Lewis (Bestselling author, former war correspondent): SAS Great Escapes Five and History Rage on Paddy Mayne.  🎙️Joshua Levine (Author, historical advisor for Dunkirk & Blitz): The Blitz.  🎬📽️ Saturday Evening Add-on: Ghosts of Alderney: Hitler’s Island Slaves documentary screening Q&A.  🗓️Sunday 14 June Highlights (Sunday-only speakers) 🎙️Toby Haggith (IWM Film expert): Nuremberg (with James Bulgin).  🎙️Calum Douglas (Engineer & historian): Fighter engine development in WWII (The Secret Horsepower Race). @CalumDouglas1 🎙️Katja Hoyer (German-British historian, author of Beyond the Wall & Blood and Iron): Weimar Germany. @hoyer_kat 🎙️Dr Victoria Taylor (Award-winning aviation historian): Eagle Days – Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. @SpitfireFilly 🎙️Air Marshal ‘Black’ Robertson: The Shy Assassin – Story of Battle of Britain Spitfire ace turned Mosquito pilot Cyril ‘Frank’ Babbage. @blackrauthor  🎙️Peter Caddick-Adams (Military historian, broadcaster, former officer): History Rage Live: The War Today. @militaryhistori  This mix of personal testimonies, deep dives into key campaigns, aviation tech, and myth-busting makes it ideal for serious history and aviation enthusiasts. 🎫Full timetable and tickets available on the IWM site or on the day! @IWMDuxford @I_W_M Epic line up! See you at Duxford! (Sorry if we missed anyone’s X handle!)

Marching for Finley - Patrol #3 @TheLondonIC1 MARCHING FOR FINLEY Saturday 13th June 2026 Planned and devised by a crack London team @AlexGalpin79 @alexkf11990 and Kieran Hawkes aka ‘Chesney’ @Hidden1History ! On Saturday we’ll be escorting @almurray aka Sunray and members of the @WeHaveWaysPod (faaaamily) on a sponsored march across London in support of @FinleysTouch We’ll be making sure he keeps the map the right way up! We’ll cover almost 22 miles of London’s wartime landscape, the start line is Golders Green 0845 with a lunch stop at the world famous @FrenchHouseSoho (All hail the Ale) ending at the Imperial War Museum Lambeth @I_W_M and finishing at the @thethreestags We’ll have two amazing speakers in @eatmatt talking about Virginia Vernon who was responsible for the welfare of ENSA performers around the world during the Second World War and Adam @UpTheAirborne Fenwick who will talk about 12 Para and the battle of Breville in Normandy 1944! Why do we do it? To raise funds for this amazing charity who supports children with cancer and their families when they need it most. If you’d like to support the cause, every donation, share and word of encouragement is hugely appreciated. justgiving.com/page/london-i… @James1940 @militaryhistori @GaudernMichael @GoalhangerHQ @tonypastor70 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook @Professor_Hal @robert_lyman @SpitfireFilly @AndyAitcheson @HistoryPegg @fha772 @Franksaunders21 @soave1000 @rentaquill @SilenceInPolish @JohnCMcManus3 @JohnNicholRAF @J_oey_M @james_2904 @Karl_Reid @RedFiveModels @AlasdairGSY @GaryLineker @alanshearer @MicahRichards @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @WHW_NorthernIC @WHW_CambridgeIC @DorsetIc @KentBuffsIC @TheRestHistory @RestIsPolitics @RestIsFootball #MarchingWithSunrayForFinley #WeHaveWays #FinleysTouch #WW2History #LondonHistory

Huge thanks to @penguinrandom for a great job on the jacket for my new book, Churchill's Pirates, which will be published on August 6th. I will be doing a series of talks around the UK, including at @WeHaveWaysPod festival on Friday 11 September. Hopefully see some of you there!

MARCHING WITH SUNRAY FOR FINLEY Tomorrow, @almurray and a brilliant band from the @WeHaveWaysPod community will set off across London on the 3rd march for #FinleysTouch in 2026 to support children with cancer and their families, AGAIN! TO DONATE: shorturl.at/OOSI4

Marching for Finley - Patrol #3 MARCHING WITH SUNRAY FOR FINLEY This Saturday 13th June 2026 A word from the other CO Jumping @James1940 Holland 📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣 📣📣 Planned and devised by a crack London team @AlexGalpin79 @alexkf11990 and Kieran Hawkes aka ‘Chesney’ @Hidden1History ! On Saturday we’ll be joining @almurray aka Sunray and the incredible @TheLondonIC1, and members of the @WeHaveWaysPod (faaaamily) on a sponsored march across London in support of @FinleysTouch We’ll cover almost 22 miles of London’s wartime landscape, the start line is Golders Green 0845 with a lunch stop at the world famous @FrenchHouseSoho (All hail the Ale) ending at the Imperial War Museum Lambeth @I_W_M and finishing at the @thethreestags, Our March will be stopping at locations connected to Charles de Gaulle, George Orwell, Ian Fleming, SOE agents, wartime broadcasters, military leaders and the countless men and women whose stories shaped the Second World War. From the Free French in Soho to the hidden headquarters, memorials and landmarks scattered across the capital, it promises to be a fascinating journey through history with some brilliant company along the way. Most importantly, we’re marching to raise funds for this amazing charity who supports children with cancer and their families when they need it most. If you’d like to support the cause, every donation, share and word of encouragement is hugely appreciated. To the whole @Patreon of @WeHaveWaysPod if you can donate even £1 per person, with 10,000 members Al will hit his target …. Just a little, across a lot goes a long way!! ❤️👇 Skipper Al Murray needs YOU!!! justgiving.com/page/al-murra…… March to Glory!!!! @James1940 @militaryhistori @GaudernMichael @GoalhangerHQ @tonypastor70 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook @Professor_Hal @robert_lyman @SpitfireFilly @AndyAitcheson @HistoryPegg @fha772 @Franksaunders21 @soave1000 @rentaquill @SilenceInPolish @JohnCMcManus3 @JohnNicholRAF @J_oey_M @james_2904 @Karl_Reid @RedFiveModels @AlasdairGSY @GaryLineker @alanshearer @MicahRichards @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @WHW_NorthernIC @WHW_CambridgeIC @DorsetIc @KentBuffsIC @TheRestHistory @RestIsPolitics @RestIsFootball #MarchingWithSunrayForFinley #WeHaveWays #FinleysTouch #WW2History #LondonHistory

Marching for Finley - Patrol #3 MARCHING WITH SUNRAY FOR FINLEY Planned and devised by a crack London team @AlexGalpin79 @alexkf11990 and Kieran Hawkes! On Saturday we’ll be joining @almurray aka Sunray and the incredible @TheLondonIC1, and members of the @WeHaveWaysPod faaaamily on a sponsored march across London in support of @FinleysTouch We’ll cover almost 22 miles of London’s wartime landscape, the start line is Golders Green 0845 with a lunch stop at the world famous @FrenchHouseSoho (All hail the Ale) ending at the Imperial War Museum Lambeth @I_W_M , stopping at locations connected to Charles de Gaulle, George Orwell, Ian Fleming, SOE agents, wartime broadcasters, military leaders and the countless men and women whose stories shaped the Second World War. From the Free French in Soho to the hidden headquarters, memorials and landmarks scattered across the capital, it promises to be a fascinating journey through history with some brilliant company along the way. Most importantly, we’re marching to raise funds for this amazing charity who supports children with cancer and their families when they need it most. If you’d like to support the cause, every donation, share and word of encouragement is hugely appreciated. To the whole @Patreon of @WeHaveWaysPod if you can donate even £1 per person, with 10,000 members Al will hit his target …. Just a little, across a lot goes a long way!! ❤️👇 justgiving.com/page/al-murra… March to Glory!!!! @James1940 @militaryhistori @GaudernMichael @GoalhangerHQ @tonypastor70 @holland_tom @dcsandbrook @Professor_Hal @robert_lyman @SpitfireFilly @AndyAitcheson @HistoryPegg @fha772 @Franksaunders21 @soave1000 @rentaquill @SilenceInPolish @JohnCMcManus3 @JohnNicholRAF @J_oey_M @james_2904 @Karl_Reid @RedFiveModels @AlasdairGSY @GaryLineker @alanshearer @MicahRichards @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK @WHW_NorthernIC @WHW_CambridgeIC @DorsetIc @KentBuffsIC @TheRestHistory @RestIsPolitics @RestIsFootball #MarchingWithSunrayForFinley #WeHaveWays #FinleysTouch #WW2History #LondonHistory

It's a great read... good to get a 360 view of any battle.

I had the good fortune to attend this event in the photo. @SpitfireFilly was on tip form. Her book Eagle Days is fantastic. You should get it.

Looking forward to the @IWMDuxford history event Sunday 14 June when @SpitfireFilly and I will be looking at the Battle of Britain from different sides - for my part covering the part played by one of the RAF's unsung heroes, Battle of Britain Spitfire ace Cyril Babbage.

🗓️ #OnThisDay 2nd June 1941: The Massacre of Kondomari by the Luftwaffe. In Series 2, @SpitfireFilly rages against the myth of a "clean Luftwaffe," exposing their war crimes. ☠️ 💀 🎧 Listen now at: pod.fo/e/13020b #otd #onthisdate #history #podcast #WWII

MARCHING FOR FINLEY - Patrol No#2 Berkshire Battalion of the IC continues the new season of marching campaigning for @FinleysTouch helping them support children with cancel and their families!! A message from Skipper @almurray Carry on Minty! 2’nd of 9 marches! "The Berkshire Battalion of the IC (a right bunch of Berks!!) led by Brigadier @date_gemma and Corporal @Ralph_E_S are marching a loop around the wonderful Berkshire countryside for Finley’s Touch, starting off at White Waltham Airfield at 0845 for a peek at the Swordfish aka Stringbag under restoration there, before tabbing cross country at a fierce pace set by the one and only @robert_lyman and @AndyAitcheson We will be stopping for refreshment at the Bell Inn, a rural community owned pub whose plight Rob has recently highlighted. All hail the ale, sorry for the Kipper, god save the king 🇬🇧 justgiving.com/page/c-date-1… Please donate even a £1 and share with friends - this small patrol needs your help to reach its target’ Calling the #IC to help! Carry on …. @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @tonypastor70 @holland_tom @Chats1 @Karl_Reid @dcsandbrook @alexkf11990 @SpitfireFilly @FleetAirArmMus @WWCC_1879 @fha772 @Professor_Hal

A really excellent book, as we have naturally come to expect from @guywalters! Please do add #StealingHitlersRocket to your preorder lists if you haven't already 😊 bloomsbury.com/uk/stealing-h…

My Wife bought me this last week. An absorbing read without overblown rivet-counter detail. Enjoying the end of Part I…

@spitfirefilly I have finished your book, Dr. Taylor, and enjoyed it very much. I have also learned some new verbs. "Jittering" was my favourite. I'm stealing that.

Hello Luke! Very kind of you 😊 I do have a couple of events coming up in June and July - can't announce them yet, but both will be at museums!

We need late-night air museums, with bars, where an aviation geek can wander around with a pint and admire a few medium WWII bombers.... (Yes, this is a niche tweet for me and many of my mutuals)