I love stumbling across history. This is a WWII Starfish decoy control bunker, designed to create localised fires to fool enemy bombers targeting Swindon.  Found it up by Liddington Iron Age hillfort, where King Arthur is said to have defeated the Anglo Saxon Armies!

THEY'RE HERE!! The Lancaster Story paperbacks have arrived ahead of the release on 22 May! I'm not going to lie, but the first thing I did after unpacking them was... sniff them.

Had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are with the wonderful LaytonWilliams! What a treat to get to sit aboard one of the "Little Ships" and chat Dunkirk history! Catch us on BBC iPlayer to find out all the things...

I had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are in Casablanca in Morocco, with the wonderful Ross Kemp! Catch up on BBC iplayer to find out what we chatted about! And when the camera wasn’t rolling, we chatted a lot about our native Norfolk - good times!!

Practical Tips for Flying In Spitfires: Tip 2 New tip every Friday! Check out the channel for more Spitfire flight tips: youtu.be/-TphlaCKaME

VERY chuffed to have received my signed copy of ‘The Invisible Campaign’ from the brilliant @lydiajane13.bsky.social!! It’s an absolutely cracking book based on excellent research, and an extremely important and novel contribution to military history (and it has very sexy colour maps)

I am VERY excited to announce the launch of 'A Touch of History', which I will be presenting! Find out more @ the bottom of this page: sarah-louisemiller.com/media-work More info soon, but for now, here are some practical tips for flying in Spitfires. Tip One:

Getting into model building means that things like buying 300 cotton buds brings you a lot more joy and excitement than it ever has before… What are some of the most useful tools/bits and bobs you use to build models?

On the latest episode of @authorsofhistory.bsky.social #podcast I talk to the brilliant @sarahloumiller.bsky.social about her journey to writing, the history she writes about and the books she has written.Please share, like and feedback @societyofauthors.bsky.social play.acast.com/s/67c5cc6ab4...

Couldn’t decide so got both. Now I can’t decide again… which to build first 🤔

We found some amazing things while filming the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above for National Geographic and it was wonderful to explore and work with the lovely team at the Arctic Convoy Museum in the Highlands of Scotland! Catch me across the series, out now on National Geographic TV

Filmed this BBC series in Liverpool last year, and it’s now out on BBC iplayer if you’re looking for some telly to watch! It was wonderful to film at the brilliant Western Approaches museum, and to demonstrate the work of the Western Approaches Tactical Unit!

And she’s done - build no. 3 is complete! I do love a P-51. I have now built all the models I bought - need to buy a new one to work on. Thinking probably a Hurricane. Working my way up to the Lanc and B-17.

Catch me in the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above by National Geographic! Had a blast filming this series! Especially the eps at RAF museum, aboard HMS Belfast, and in the Highlands! I even managed a whole day of shooting with the drone without falling over or walking into a sheep!

Spent yesterday with the wonderful Royal Navy at Portsmouth, aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth II (aircraft carrier), HMS Duncan (type 45 destroyer) and HMS Ledbury (mine hunter). Also spent some time with the Wildcat maritime force. Brilliant people, amazing kit, best day! Love my job!

Generic ‘a TV show what I am in, is starting soon’ skeet. Great fun filming, a big thank you to Peter Monk and the team at Biggin Hill for their hospitality. Keep your eyes peeled for my compadre @sarahloumiller.bsky.social too www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/nat...

What a tremendous honour to be at IBCC yesterday for the unveiling of these beautiful silhouettes of women in war - deeply moving, and very important. Wonderful to join @lydiajane13.bsky.social, @claremulley.bsky.social & Jeannie Benjamin in conversation afterwards too. Brilliant work, @IntBCC

Panel from the 'Writers of War' from the 'Women at War' book festival at the IBCC in Lincoln yesterday. A wizard session! Jane's book is out now and it is a game changer for Bomber Command types. Get a copy folks! @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @sarahloumiller.bsky.social

The parents (because they are legends) picked this up for me at a Dutch antiques shop. Can’t stop looking at it!!

It’s Friday night, and the tools are out, and Sarah has had a long day. But it’s weekend now, and it’s modelling time… so Frankie has come out to play.

My very clever uncle has written 'Bowieland', a book of walks that "uncover hidden layers, and make fresh connections to key Bowie stories, revealing influences conscious and subconscious". It is being launched 15 April - join us in Oxford at 5.30pm! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-carp...

NEW EPISODE! Now on general release we welcome back @sarahloumiller.bsky.social to chat about operations MANNA and EXODUS on the 80th anniversary. Listen below or via your usual choice of podcast provider: nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

There's a shout out to Dave Gilbert and the IBCC Losses Database in this week's @nmtdambusters.bsky.social podcast with @sarahloumiller.bsky.social. @jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social

Build 1, build 2, and my next build (which I’m itching to start but it’s a school night 😭). Will be my Revell kit. Loving this hobby so far!! Just need to get brave enough to attempt to paint the canopy frame…

And she’s done! Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, flown by First Lieutenant James E. Swett, VMF-221, Marine Air Group 12, USMC, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1943. Apt, because I was teaching on Guadalcanal while building it!

Wildcat progress. Definitely not perfect, but considering I had to take a scalpel to the wings to remove them (because like a doofus I put them on upside down) then reattach, it could be worse. Second build almost complete. Decals tomorrow. Loving learning!!

The paperback of my second book, The Lancaster Story, is due out soon - available for pre-order at Waterstones! I do love paperbacks - easier to lug around in your backpack.

Right, be honest. Raise your hand if you’ve ever stuck a part on, let the glue dry, and then realised it’s incorrectly placed and had to take a precision cutting tool to it to correct it. My hand is raised - a wing, of all things… placed upside down while trying to multitask…

It’s been a few weeks since I could get the tools out. Pleased to be back in my happy place. Would be happier still if the cat hadn’t stolen part of the undercarriage and hidden it.

My dad just called, and when he asked how I was doing, I said, “I’m having massive problems with my undercarriage”. Short, awkward silence. The undercarriage:

It doesn’t matter how many times I am treated inappropriately by chaps in my field - each time feels as jarring and distressing as the first, and is awful. It doesn’t do any good at all to stay quiet about it, so here I am to say - be appropriate, and be kind. It costs nothing.

It’s weekend now, and that can only mean one thing in the Miller house. It’s MODEL MAKING TIME!! Treated myself to some new tweezers for decal placement and I feel more excited than anyone should really ever be about tweezers.

Got to be worth going to for the panel discussion with @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social , Jeannie Benjamin and @sarahloumiller.bsky.social... internationalbcc.digitickets.co.uk/category/610...

A busy January so far working with the fantastic folks from the Royal Navy on the Maritime Intermediate Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. I truly have the most wonderful job and get to teach the most wonderful people! DSD Kings College London, Defence Academy

And she’s done!! It turns out that hell hath no fury like Sarah trying to apply decals when she’s very tired on a Friday night. But it’s weekend. Rude not to.

I absolutely love this piece, made for me by the very talented artist, Susan Lorna Brown. I love it because it's a shiny little reminder that even when the lines aren't straight and the road I'm walking is littered with unexpected loops and obstacles, it can still be beautiful.

11.48 last night Husband: It’s snowing! Want to go outside and lob snow at each other? Me: Oh yes, let’s. May we never grow up.

Got my office calendar for next year. Trying very hard not to peek at January already…

Interested in naval history? Join us online for a talk by my fantastic friend and KCL colleague, Dr Rachel Blackman-Rogers, about "how the Navy saved Britain, 1893-1798" - 10 December, 1300-1400! Talk will be followed by a Q&A. Don't miss it folks! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/dsd-r...

Interested in naval history? Join us online for a talk by my fantastic friend and KCL colleague, Dr Rachel Blackman-Rogers, about "how the Navy saved Britain, 1893-1798" - 10 December, 1300-1400! Talk will be followed by a Q&A. Don't miss it folks! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/dsd-r...

My “wall of things that make me smile” in the office. Everyone should have one of those.

It's always great to see a book you wrote in shops, but there is something really special about seeing it in your hometown! I visited Words & Wonder in Downham Market and spotted the Lancaster Story! Beautiful independent bookshop, fully recommend! wordsandwonderbooks.com

When you tell yourself you're buying them as Christmas presents for other people but you know full well they aren't ever leaving your house...

Three books published in two years. Writing history books is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I don't plan to ever stop. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way - too many to name here. What a privilege to be able to do what I love!

How it started, and where it is now - released today! From PhD thesis to book with Bloomsbury Academic. I'm not going to say "where it finished", because I believe there is still a lot more work to be done to build on this project - and I can't wait to do it! bloomsbury.com/uk/women-in-al…

I've discovered that tank slippers are a thing and now I can't think about anything else... Thinking about getting different tanks for different family members and battling it out on Christmas Day... Thanks for this glorious creation at the Tank Museum! tankmuseumshop.org/collections/sl…

Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the island of Oʻahu. It played a pivotal role in the Island's defence during WWII, and the summit was used as a military lookout post. It was fitted with “gas-proof” tunnels to protect occupants from chemical warfare. It's a great hike!

Fellow Airfix people - what are your favourite modelling tools and where do you get them from? Looking for recommendations to add to the toolbox ahead of starting a new project!

Interviewing and writing about WWII military personnel and teaching the wonderful folks in our armed forces at the Defence Academy of the UK are huge privileges I am honoured to have been afforded. Huge thanks to all those who have served on our behalf.

In WWII, my grandfather's uncle George was executed as an escaped POW in Singapore - he was 24. It was very moving to accompany my grandfather on his visit to lay a wreath at the war memorial in Methwold, the village he and George were born and grew up in. Rest in peace, George.