"To my son, Jordan. You'll never know just how much I could have loved you." Those are the gut-wrenching words that Julian Dykes left with flowers at the funeral of his partner Andrea and their unborn son, who were killed on this day alongside her friends Nik Moore and John Light in 1999. 🧵

An extremely enjoyable day at Kenilworth yesterday. Something coming in the summer edition of English Heritage’s members’ magazine.

New substack is live! @bigandylock.bsky.social takes a look at recent developments at the Imperial War Museum! open.substack.com/pub/howtodoh...

New substack is live! @bigandylock.bsky.social takes a look at recent developments at the Imperial War Museum! open.substack.com/pub/howtodoh...

What IS Nelson’s Column?! Other than being a magnificent erection in one of our best open plazas. #history #london

This is the terrifying way they used to go up it in the 70s. Almost impossible to believe the lack of H&S in those days… youtu.be/tGZ-h70IK9s?...

What IS Nelson’s Column?! Other than being a magnificent erection in one of our best open plazas. #history #london

Happy International Women’s Day. As a pair of relatively well-meaning male historians, while not being ignorant of women’s history, we can’t do tours better than the exceptional team at Women of London. Please give them a look. www.womenoflondon.org.uk

We are well beyond parody here.

For World Book Day, here is a clay tablet from ancient Uruk. It’s over 5,000 years old and preserves some of the earliest examples of writing. The signs represent numbers and various products tallied up for a festival of the evening star, the goddess Inana (associated with Venus) #WorldBookDay

At Roland Garros tennis stadium today. The racquetty stuff is fine and everything, but this Great War nerd was rather more captivated by one of the ace’s prop blades which had once been rigged with a deflector to allow machine gun fire to go through it.

Often regarded as one of the finest depictions of love at first sight…Sheldon describes his favourite painting at The National Gallery #arthistory #titian #renaissance #mythology howtodohistory.substack.com/p/love-at-fi...

How to do History does the Portland Vase! #britishmuseum #history #Roman #museum 🏺

How to do History does the Portland Vase! #britishmuseum #history #Roman #museum 🏺

Often regarded as one of the finest depictions of love at first sight…Sheldon describes his favourite painting at The National Gallery #arthistory #titian #renaissance #mythology howtodohistory.substack.com/p/love-at-fi...

We have a Substack! Join us every Wednesday with historical tidbits and trivia from the H2dH boys! #history #london #blog howtodohistory.substack.com/subscribe

I’ve had a Bluetooth speaker taken off me at security. Foiled my plans for a rave in the Mesopotamia galleries

It is incredible to see what people bring with them when they visit The British Museum. Boxing gloves. Swords. Giant cuddly toys. Our advice? Travel light: get through the queues that much quicker. Give the security staff a break! #britishmuseum #britishmuseumlondon #museums #london #queue

This was as silly as you would expect a Peter Hart book launch to be, but with excellent history behind it too. Looking forward to digging in to the book.

An interesting day doing research at the Churchill War Rooms. Came across this fella on the transatlantic blower to President Roosevelt. #SIGSALY

Prep time for a tour this summer means a trip to the archives. British Fourth Army approaching the Hindenburg Line in September 1918 anyone? #100days #WW1 #History

What to see in the Egyptian collection at The British Museum…not the Rosetta Stone, we say. #britishmuseum #egypt #sphinx #giza

What to see in the Egyptian collection at The British Museum…not the Rosetta Stone, we say. #britishmuseum #egypt #sphinx #giza

A thoroughly brilliant and thought provoking tour around The British Museum today- looking at Ptolemy I, cuneiform language, the ethics of displaying human remains and the Geberlein man! Hit us up for a tour, we’re GOOD! 💪 #history #britishmuseum #london

Last day in Gdansk. Having a look where some of the first shots of the Second World War were fired, as the Polish garrison on the Westerplatte held out for a week against German attacks from land, sea and air.

Hi folks. One wing of HtdH has disappeared off to Gdansk for a few days. It’s not the warmest here tbf, but what you have is a good example of how we roll when we do our tours.

After a few administrative battles, our website is live. We’re up and running with a small selection of tours, and will be expanding the repertoire and running one-offs as time goes by. Happy to answer questions here of course, have a look. howtodohistory.co.uk

Just look at London today. Chilly but bright and gorgeous with the river up and the sun out. Let’s go smash some history in the City.

And we’re live! London’s newest (and best) guiding company with @bigandylock.bsky.social and @cemeteryclub.bsky.social joining forces to make history shared WELL. Great for friendship groups, work outings, schools and more! www.howtodohistory.co.uk

After a few administrative battles, our website is live. We’re up and running with a small selection of tours, and will be expanding the repertoire and running one-offs as time goes by. Happy to answer questions here of course, have a look. howtodohistory.co.uk

Hang on, who’s the military historian in the team here? Sheldon’s had a superb day down at Brooklands, prepping for some work up there. Brilliant collection, loads of fun.

“Anger, they say, anger goes like a wild bull. It constantly leaps forth like a dog, like a lion” From a spell to expel anger, impressed with a reed stylus into clay almost 4,000 years ago in a beautiful Babylonian dialect of the Akkadian language cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/27...

The team has been in the National Gallery. Sheldon doing what he does best, and a very lovely group to keep him company. ❤️

Well we are live. First tours under the HtdH umbrella have taken place and we’re getting a lovely reception. A combination of Total War arriving in London and a few pubs along the way to kick off. Next stop the National Gallery on Sunday. ❤️