The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

Filmed a bunch of #cuppahistory shorts at Valley Forge today (coming out over the next couple of weeks - stay tuned). Rare shots of my producer who says I'm impossible to work with!

Hal McRae postseason assassinations were just part of the game back then.

During this incredible, unifying moment of inspiring international cooperation and spectacular technological achievement, I would really appreciate it if the US president would stop threatening to murder an entire country with bombs.

Brilliant!

Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

You have your church, I have mine.

The Boston Red Sox have 48 hours to win a game!!!! Praise be to Ted Williams. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!! FDC

Christ preached forgiveness, mercy, and peace. A guy who beats his girlfriends and has four gin-and-tonics before breakfast says we should kill for Jesus in Iran. For busy church-goers, it’s hard to know who to believe.

What if the American Revolution wasn’t just an American story? 🇬🇧➡️🇺🇸 In the new special series of Lucy Worsley Investigates, I’ve been looking at the Revolution from the “other side” — the British one. And it turns out messy! 📺 The new series is starting on Tuesday on PBS.

Over the first few days of Passover, I had a number of conversations with friends who see the Iran War differently than I do and seem to think people and critical civilian infrastructure are appropriate, if unfortunate, collateral. Here the brief comment I’ve offered them: 1/4

Contrasting presidential messages.

The president's first post since an F-16 was shot down over Iran with one American still missing.

Wonderful, albeit brief, visit to Vancouver. Such a privilege to speak to smart people about their futures. Brief break over Easter and the roadshow goes on!

Publication day! Really thrilled with this. Edited volumes can be a challenge to complete but @uvapress.bsky.social and all of the contributors were amazing!

Publishing tip #6: Try to find an editor who actually edits, someone who will help you think hard, conceptually and structurally, about your project. Editing is increasingly a lost art as universities cut subsidies to their presses, but there are still great editors out there.

Met a woman today who said she was a "neutralized American citizen." Her daughter said, "Mom! You're a 'naturalized' American citizen!" I said, "We're all neutralized American citizens at the moment."

So the battle for the soul of the nation has come down to two elderly bridge-and-tunnel boys turned billionaires. I know who I'm backing.

Remembering the time (in January '25) when I was assured by a prominent businessperson that Trump wouldn't do anything to harm the UK, Scotland especially, because, "His mum was Scottish and he likes us."

Publication Day! Very excited!

If I wanted more help from my allies, I simply would not have threatened to annex the territory of an ally at the start of the year. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Family WhatsApp thread blowing up as both Sweden and Italy try to qualify for next summer's World Cup. Lots of NSFW work language at the moment.

US viewers: PBS will show this two-part doc on the American Revolution on April 7 & 14. (It will air on BBC later, too.) I acted as a consultant on it (and make a brief on-screen appearance). I met Lucy Worsley and the Stamp Act on the same day last summer. www.pbs.org/about/about-...

Enjoyed recording this with some v smart people. Thursday at 9:00 for UK listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

There's a real Baghdad Bob quality to these briefings.

US passport control. CBP Guy: "In what country do you reside?" Me: "Scotland." Pause. "Britain." CBP Guy: "I know you're telling the truth because people from Scotland always make that distinction. Hahaha. Welcome home."

Didn't expect the great Scottish student of the US, Denis Brogan, to get a shout-out but it's well deserved. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

1799 - "Edinburgh would reek if it wasn't so damn WINDY!"

The clocks go forward tomorrow but it doesn't feel like spring. #BellaDogliano is going to stay right here for the evening, thank you very much.

My new book on the Declaration of Independence, out in November, is now available for pre-order, which is especially exciting because I still have talks for my previous book over the next few months in MA, TX, NC, TN, NY, CT, NJ, PA, MO, and CA.

Words to live by.

Undergrad dissertations are due tomorrow, lots of last-minute questions. A student said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask you since you're a knower of things." I told them that is the nicest thing a student has said to me & they said I could use the title, Frank, Knower of Things.

I'll be discussing the president, Iran etc tomorrow morning on BBC Radio Scotland at 6:05! (That's 2:05 EDT for any North American night owls. I'm looking at you @jbf1755.bsky.social!)

The postie delivered two goodies today. The 250 vol will be published on April 3. The paperback of Rev Friendship will appear on May 5.

Thrilled to receive this beauty. Many thanks to @frankcogliano.bsky.social & @uvapress.bsky.social This was a fun project.

March 17: One of my favorite holidays, Evacuation Day, marking the end of the eight-year British occupation of Boston. This year marks the 250th anniversary of their departure. #heyheygoodbye #nokings

Real, "I didn't want anyone to come to my birthday party anyway!"-vibe.

There is a reason that the federal style is not ornate, that reason was the original No Kings protest, the American Revolution

Looking forward to launching this collection by @uvapress.bsky.social at Mount Vernon on April 16. www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

Hi all, Paul Krugman and I did a podcast on the Trump Administration and what might be happening in the bombing of Iran. Not the most uplifting of talks, but you might find it interesting. substack.com/@phillipspob...

Hahahaha 🤣

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Here is a marginal note in the first edition made by a student regarding the manufacturer of iron pots: "Very good indeed we should na want Pots to make our porridge in." It's in the (UoE Library.)

The latest Trump-Starmer contretemps has given me an idea for a book, so that's something ...

“Iran is a nation of people, not a video game others play to entertain us” Archbishop of Chicago pens a letter criticizing the White House for its hype videos. www.archchicago.org/en/statement...

Wrote a referee's report for a tier-one journal. No acknowledgement, let alone a thank you. Unpaid labor keeps peer-review afloat. Don't ask me again.

I was a few minutes late for a meeting in 1992, soon after arriving in the UK. An English colleague said, "Typical American. 1917, 1941. Always the last to arrive."

That was a great game between Korea and Japan in the #WorldBaseballClassic.

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.