Happy Birthday to @alexchurchill.bsky.social, whose book RING OF FIRE is a must-read for anyone interested in the First World War! 👇

Just going to leave this here and hope you’ll forgive the fact that @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I are are very excited (thanks to @wsj.com) at our new best seller tag…

When @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I sat down with @bigthink.com to talk all things 1914… bigthink.com/books/ring-o...

Trench Talk - Uniforms of the Great War with Taff Gillingham. Our latest podcast is out next Sunday #WW1 #FWW

We’ve teased a lot - now it’s official. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I are going to be guests of the National World War I museum in Kansas City on 23rd August. For all Americans who want to come out to play, more info: www.theworldwar.org/events/ring-... @pegasusbooks.bsky.social

Highly recommend Chris’ Substack. His posts are always enjoyable and this one especially so. Do please give him a follow.

Just a couple of places left for tomorrow night's talk on the first few weeks of WW1 from a new global perspective. It's going to be a goodun, message if you would like a seat. Only £5 on the door.

Just a reminder about our 5th birthday event in August - details of how to sign up for one of these trips on the photo below!

Went to Chatham dockyard yesterday and can highly recommend it. The 30 minute tour of HMS Ocelot was fantastic but the highlight was the collection of old RNLI boats.

4.5" quick firing gun, the main armament of some Royal Navy destroyers in #WW2 such as the C-class HMS Cavalier currently serving as the Destroyer memorial in Chatham Dockyard

A fantastic photo of an Austro-Hungarian cavalry patrol in the move in Galicia, 1914. If you want to know more about this fascinating period of the war, @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I have a book suggestion for you 😉

Another favorite of mine: An Austro-Hungarian soldier descent into the "city of ice" underneath the Marmolata/Marmolada glacier, 1916.

The latest edition of Salient Points has arrived from @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social full of great articles as always. Why not come and join this great group of people? I promise, You won't be disappointed

This week’s feature article is something slightly different in that it is loosely connected to U-boats… In the summer of 1916 a death off New Jersey is blamed on German submarines but is there something more deadly in the waters? jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-new-je... #history #ww1 #sharks

There's definitely some kind of lesson here: 'FORMER EMPEROR'S COUNSELLOR SAYS PIGS CAUSED GREAT WAR Lowly Animals Must Bear the Blame of Having Been Primarily to Blame for Bringing on the World the Greatest Blood-letting in Entire Long History of the Human Race—Will Everybody Agree?'

Launch and Conference from @Goslingpress for the book Leading the Immortals: So if you’re at a loose end on Saturday this is an opportunity to hear the Turkish story of Gallipoli. In Leeds on 7th June. 3 lectures from and a copy of the book for only £28 trybooking.com/uk/EMXI

Finished this the other day, and can't recommend it highly enough. A brilliant job by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social - global in scope but with an incredible eye for detail, and bringing in so many different voices that aren't normally heard when it comes to WWI coverage

Thoughts after reading the stupendous Ring of Fire from @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @pikegrey1418.bsky.social - one of the few popular histories of WW1 that cuts the sentiment & shows just how appalling and brutal 1914 is. I never wholly swallowed the Larkinesque innocence bollox anyway… 1/

I'm reading the excellent 'Ring of Fire' by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social One aspect is the racism of the imperial powers in 1914. It is shocking - for example, that in 1914 the Italian military had to refute the idea that black men did not feel pain 1/n

Not-staged combat photo from the First World War. The photo shows Austro-Hungarian soldiers of Inf. Regt. Nr. 14, during its attack from Oserdów on 28 August 1914. While successful, the regiment suffered nearly 400 casualties while charging across open ground. @alexchurchill.bsky.social

In the Austro-Hungarian naval base at Kotor/Cattaro, the armoured cruiser SMS Kaiser Karl VI is under fire from Montenegrin artillery batteries on Mount Lovćen, August 1914. The Montenegrin army was small, but in places like this, they could still be a major threat. @alexchurchill.bsky.social

It's the moment you've all been waiting for.... THE LAUNCH CONFERENCE FOR OUTLINE PUBLISHING 18.30-21.30 on Friday, 4 July 2025 At the East Finchley Constitutional Club, 9 The Walks, London, N2 8DE 1/4

Can highly recommend’Ring of Fire’ by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social They did a heck of a lot of research and it shows. A great account of the early days of WW1 by those it impacted upon.

Our Walking Gold Beach tour for 2026, featuring the supreme nerdiness of @seaspitfires.com is now on general sale. Be quick though; it’s 75% sold out already! www.istoriatravel.org/gold

One thing that never occurred to me before writing Ring of Fire - when men were mobilised in 1914, there was no one left to collect the rubbish in Paris. The city began to stink. Here’s one journalist’s account:

It’s feature time, where I take a deeper dive into a story. Today, read all about why the notion that George V and Queen Mary were terrible parents is absolute junk, and how their youngest son was not an outcast, but adored… achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu... @lucyworsley.bsky.social

Ring of Fire is out now! It’s like the Guns of August for a new generation: the opening weeks of WW1 through the eyes of ordinary men, women and children. And not just in Western Europe, but across the globe. It was bloody, terrifying and neutrality was a sham… geni.us/RingOfFire

8 May 2025! Less than two weeks to go. 😁 Excited does not even begin to explain how @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I feel. We can hardly wait for everyone to read it! Read some early reviews here: netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book/5… And order from multiple retailers here: geni.us/RingOfFire

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

😳 @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I are so proud of the first of our cover quotes. Thank you so much @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @iaindale.bsky.social and James @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social Preorder from a number of outlets here: geni.us/RingOfFire

Today’s FREE article is up and it’s a tribute to men and women who have won their nation’s highest gallantry awards. From the US Civil War, to WW1 and WW2 find out all about ordinary people doing extraordinary things achurchill.substack.com/p/free-featu...

Today’s FREE article is up and it’s a tribute to men and women who have won their nation’s highest gallantry awards. From the US Civil War, to WW1 and WW2 find out all about ordinary people doing extraordinary things achurchill.substack.com/p/free-featu...

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website because of abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be on minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious achurchill.substack.com

Check out, the Launch and Conference for Leading the Immortals: The Story of Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Avni, Commander of the 57th Regiment at Gallipoli In Leeds on 7th June trybooking.com/uk/EMXI

Will definitely be listening to this.

Very sad news. He was a fantastic drummer. Thoughts go out to his family and friends.

A couple of extra spaces for this years GWG Getaway to Nieuwpoort in Belgium have become available! It really is a fascinating area to explore. All the info you need is on the website and if you have any questions just email us on [email protected]

It’s been called the Gulf of Mexico for 425 years. Thanks Britannica!

Our latest podcast is out, talking Jutland with @jerijerod14.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1300675/epis...

I’m not sure if this will reach people who liked my post about Dorothy but I’ll give it a try! Loads more about her here.

Now on video! 🎥 The Shindig #Podcast episode I did with Tom and Luke is now available with incredible photos that bring our discussion to life. See the preserved trenches, remarkable finds, and powerful stories. Watch here: youtu.be/EYUniJ_NZuo?... #WW1 #Archaeology #History

The book lists all 89 men and includes information about their lives, their families, and the communities they came from. Many of the men were experienced seamen but some had only recently been conscripted into service. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #Orkney

Getting nervous over ticket sales - so get your ticket today for this fabulous book launch conference from 18.30, 7 February at the Constitutional Club in East Finchley. Featues talks by me, Gary Bain, Alex Churchill & Taff Gillingham! [https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/1119751640299...]

Very proud to have have played a tiny part in the Lock Down generated series of podcasts ‘History Hack’ a huge body of superb work - disappearing down every historical rabbit hole there is 🐇! Something for everyone! Please check it out ….wherever you consume your podders from! 🎙️🎙️🎙️

🚨🚨🚨 Our new website is now LIVE!!! Take a look for details of our online talks, courses, conference and spring getaway. There is also information on how to join this vibrant community of history nerds! greatwargroup.com

Exciting News! The Great War Group will have a brand new website next week! 🥳🎉🍾 The old website will be out of action and removed on Monday and the new one should be up and running at some point on Tuesday - watch this space….

Just a couple of days left for you to sign up to @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social’s winter course. This is short, sweet and aimed at giving you a primer on the Italian Front. Your four weekly lectures will come from self, @vandawilcox.bsky.social @kaiserjonny.bsky.social and @jimsmithson.bsky.social

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