The government has a range of different tasks on social media 1. UK government has a core responsibility to ensure X is under effective pressure to operate within the law. Go broader than child abuse + non-consensual stripping. Link to racist abuse, incitement to violence, hate crimes of all kind

Having been stranded since Friday, I hereby volunteer to help de-ice airplanes with my toothbrush, if necessary.

Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February: www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...

It's not that NATO will collapse if the US invades Greenland; NATO is already dead. The Trump admin could not have been clearer about that over the last year. They refer to NATO as if they're not part of it. They've been threatening at least 1 NATO ally since they took office.

The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb > RHS Workshop Grants > Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social > Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR #Skystorians

There are worse places to be stranded for four days than Amsterdam. Thanks KLM (kind of).

A superb analysis of the foreign policy situation now facing European countries. I especially agree that the U.K. government has failed to accept the danger from the U.S.A.:

If I wanted to know what a load of nutters were saying over on X, I would be on X. Please stop reposting their gibberish.

For over 50 years, the British comedy sketch 'Dinner for One' has been an integral part of New Year's Eve in Germany. The sketch (that is largely unknown in the UK) remains so popular that it will be shown at least twenty times on TV today in the run-up to midnight. Happy New Year & Guten Rutsch!

Hi, have I pushed my new book enough now? You can pre-order it right away, and it'll be out in the world on 10 Feb! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/

Looking forward to speaking at the "Emergency Exits: Discussion Day" at the Imperial War Museum on 28 February. Please join us! www.iwm.org.uk/events/emerg...

If you’d like to hear me talk about my new book in Oxford on 3 February, please come along to All Souls at 1330: www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

The School of Advanced Study 'has developed Reshaped, an online training platform offering free resources for humanities researchers in the UK and further afield, covering topics such as digital skills for research and open access in humanities subjects.' 1/2

Come and work for a PhD with us with our full Hans Rausing scholarships for students from anywhere in the world...

New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

France intercepted drones flying over nuclear submarine base, defence minister says on.ft.com/48QFefT

The new US National Security Strategy only reinforces what has been obvious since the Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office debacle: the US can no longer be relied upon. British defence policy needs to catch up with this reality much faster.

Highly recommend Professor Henke’s lecture on German grand strategy:

Delighted to see my chapter on the British Army published in this book today. Thanks to editors Jan Hoffenaar and Brian McAllister Linn for having me along!

Reading about Treasury policy-making seems an appropriate way to spend budget day.

Spend time with some of the nicest people in Cambridge (and their archives)👇

Unacceptable censorship of free speech by the BBC. The Corporation seems intent on hastening its own demise.

My talk at @ihr.bsky.social / @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social on British perceptions of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Movement is this Thursday! Come along in person, or join online! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

My new article is out with Irish Political Studies ‘The Rocky Road to Decommissioning: Revisiting the Decommissioning of Irish Republican Army Weapons Part 1 – August 1994 to October 2001’. Thanks all interviewees, reviewers and archive staff. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27! The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025. For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships

Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...

An excellent essay on the Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition about the end of empire, by the always excellent Erik Linstrum.

Published - the latest issue of the Journal of Political & Military Sociology is now out - it is a special issue: Ukrainian society responds to a decade of Russia's war - which I was fortunate to co-edit with Anna Kvit ⬇️ journals.upress.ufl.edu/jpms/issue/v...

Braint cael cyhoeddi yn Fortnight. Llyfr Philip Stephens yn werth chweil hefyd. Real pleasure/privilege to get the opportunity to contribute to Fortnight, one of the other island’s best publications. And ‘These Divided Isles’ is well worth your time.

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

Cardiff looking splendid this evening.

An enjoyable and productive visit to the Swedish Defence University this week; managed to fit in a quick look around the Army Museum in Stockholm. Thanks to @warmatters.bsky.social for hosting!

Here is an Aber sunset to get your weekend off to a great start, photo courtesy of our head of department @alshepherd.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum:

Are you an established or senior researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships allow successful award-holders to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research to completion. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research. Reposts welcomed.

European Journal of International Security updates! 🎉 Matthew Ford and Simone Tholens are joining EJIS as associate editors 🌟 And just published - new #openaccess FirstView articles 📚 Read more about the update here! 👉 https://ow.ly/708K50XajW7 Ruth Deyermond Amira Jadoon Olivier Schmitt

“We want our international students to continue to feel welcomed for the positive social and cultural and economic contributions they make in Wales, and we're very keen to ensure that that continues so there will not be a levy in Wales.” (Welsh education secretary Lynne Neagle)

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Opinion: It would be a hugely welcome development to discover that we have not merely reached social media saturation point, but that the experience has been degraded to such an extent that it has shocked people out of their stupor. on.ft.com/476Dcr8

In the current issue of Ab Imperio: a defence of scholarly integrity against right wing historical propaganda: Full text here: alanlester.co.uk/blog/accusat...

“This morning, Germany is one nation again.” This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification, 35 years ago today.

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

Lecturing today for the first time in a business school building and oh, what a different world. By the end I was almost offended butlers had failed to enter with trays of canapés for us all.

A valuable reflection on migration, British politics and, above all, the need to remember the humanity and contribution of migrants in all our lives.

Newly released secret files show how the government tried to thwart publication of my book Big Boys' Rules (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...

@leverhulme.ac.uk is supporting this fantastic BA podcast for early career researchers. It's an exciting but stressful transition period for many and sharing experiences is definitely helpful. Enjoy!!

Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission. Well here it is. It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.

All taxpayer-funded organisations in the U.K. should shut their X accounts immediately. This outlet is inciting violence and endangering the public.