GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time. Check it using the link. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…

💫What’s this, a scoop, for #NewsoftheWar? Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk 🧵🖇️ to audios below😍

What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk? I’d contest its this point, January 1942. A blow to morale, how did we recover from it? @newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

📰 READ ALL ABOUT IT 🗞️ We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning? Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Marvel as Merryn slips seamlessly from Antipodean to RP. Once again a pleasure to catch up with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.

Bonjour. The words 'love triangle' and 'prisoner of war' don't often appear in the same sentence. But they do in this week's episode of the #Newsofthewar ! It's the tale of the two Johns (honestly, we don't make these up). @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF. open.spotify.com/episode/4ew8...

New episode, for #NewsoftheWar! As you all rattle towards Silverstone today, the race is on in 1941 – it’s 30th August! Let’s start with one heck of an assault on the senses ... it’s all goin’ on, by the Dnieper.

We’re stumped at NOTW HQ…. @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk can’t make out what type of tank this on the transporter, it’s in our new episode, out tomorrow….. Can you help? Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.

Another top notch pod from @merrynwalters.uk, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social, with added medical expert. That dangerous fool RFK Jnr should listen. I have to say penicillin is a big thing in my home; saved my life. As ever a book recommendation.

Jolly excited doesn't begin to cover it! From Moran to Morell, with infections, gangrene (😷), immunology and all things medical in between - our guest editor this week on #NewsoftheWar is @prof-tregoning.bsky.social ... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Jolly excited about this weeks episode, in a mid season break of 1941 we have our first guest editor for News Of The War! @prof-tregoning.bsky.social joins @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk to talk about infections, immunology, horse serum and much more. 🚨 Friday 5th September 🚨

Got a bit emotional in NOTW towers today.. This daft wee podcast is just a bit of fun between two mates @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk But coming across a review like this just makes it worthwhile. Thank you to whoever you are. It means such a lot.

Another top drawer pod from @newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/7aK1...

Dumbing down the history of the Second World War, episode by episode. Brought to you by Dumb ( @merrynwalters.uk ) and Dumber ( @andyaitch.bsky.social ) @newsofthewar.bsky.social

🚨It’s the #NewsoftheWar! And let's start - why not?! - with our Photo of the Week. Men of the moment are making the headlines, but can you name them all? No spoilers, you’ll just have to listen to this week’s episode! (Answers on a postcard to HGP Towers) @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social

What’s all this about then? Find out on this weeks episode of News of The War, this Friday. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Some pods make a big thing of their impressions. Not us* (*Because they’re a bit crap) News Of The War: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Another excellent episode of @newsofthewar.bsky.social which put me in mind of our downstairs loo, for some reason. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Genuinely quite pleased with my Trump impression.

🚨 Who's pulling the strings, who's making the headlines?! In Britain, the #newsofthewar is rolling into March 1941 with even more stories that'll have you peering into your chip paper... linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

No context @newsofthewar.bsky.social Coming tomorrow episode 2 season 3 Monday 24th March 1941 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

Normal service resumes after the Rationing diversion. We’re in 1941 now and finally I’ve been able to link the SWW with my favourite Rangers player, Mark Walters. Join us for Walters chat, and much more on @newsofthewar.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

🚨 Podlet-time! It’s early 1941, and if a man drives into Tobruk by accident... it can only be the RAF. And what about the Doggie Spitfire Fund?! It can only be true (according to @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk ) if it's in this week's the #NewsoftheWar ...

Really enjoyed these two specials. My mum, born in 1946, grew up in South London near St Thomas’s. She spent a lot of her childhood playing on bombsites and vividly remembers sweets coming off the ration in the early 50’s!

This was so much fun. Check it out if you’re bored.

RATIONING COOK-OFF RESULTS ARE IN… Two 1940 era rationing recipes, two cooks and a lot of swearing…. Which one are you eating? Merryn’s macaroni and potato pie… Or Andy’s curries beef… Let us know what you think! @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

🚨 PODLETALERT 🚨Tuck in to the second part of our special on rationing, and lick your lips as @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk dig into the margarine (🤮) and the suet (🤒) and the authentic wartime shopping experience (😊) before getting into some *LIVE* ration-book cooking.

🚨 Early warning.🚨 Mixing bowls and margarine at the ready, they're going into the kitchen - @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social continue their random descent into the darkest niches of the #NewsoftheWar, in Part II of our special on rationing, this FRIDAY.

Challenge is on

Another entertaining @newsofthewar.bsky.social pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. An amusing deep dive about rationing. I think I had also heard that fish & chips became the nation’s favourite. open.spotify.com/episode/4xbt...

⚡️Whoop! In today’s episode of News of The War, we’re tackling RATIONING in the newspapers – it’s Part 1 of our first two-part special, checking out the stories on frugal food from ‘39 to ‘45. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

We’ve come to the end of 1940 and before we dive into 1941, join us on a two part diversion into wartime Rationing! Part 1 is out this Friday, @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social will be looking at what the newspapers were saying about rationing Powdered eggs, the lot.

It was a star studied event - The Auk, Monty, Paget, Brooke, Prince Olaf, the whole shebang. I have a suspicion than Monty was lecturing Brooke in this photo IWM 5930 IWM 5927 IWM 5928 IWM 5940

Bryan De Grineau sketched the newly reformed British Army on exercise in December 1940, for the Illustrated London News. 40000 troops on a Corps level scheme, testing the lessons learned from May/June 1940. @merrynwalters.uk and I chatted about this on this weeks @newsofthewar.bsky.social

Another top notch pod from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. An entertaining blend of the serious and humorous. Plus a scurrilous slur upon the farm girls of Norfolk. open.spotify.com/episode/53tK...

EXTRA EXTRA! Read all about it. It’s the final episode of 1940 today - Saturday 14th of December. The end of a tough year for Britain… we have breaking monkey news, air raid casualties, medal winning dogs and much more… @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

🤪 It’s MOVE TO FRIDAY THURSDAY folks - we’re dropping this week’s episode tomorrow. And trust us, it’s not just the Rest Is History that does Randy Reverends. Twiddle in tomorrow for more great #NewsoftheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

Very good morning to all, hope you have a fabulous day…. All except Philippe Pétain, he can get tae fuck. On this weeks episode we talk about his meeting with Hitler in Vichy. Bad show, very bad show indeed @newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

New episode out this Thursday. Tune in to find out. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

News of the War Trivia: Who did this locomotive belong to and what’s its connection to October 1940? @newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

Another top pod from @newsofthewar.bsky.social @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk. Merryn is so making up those jobs. I have this from ‘98 about US Marines on Iceland. open.spotify.com/episode/5zGg...

Pleased to see this reported. Imperial War Museums, working with Google Cloud and Capgemini, are using AI to produce transcriptions of 20,000 hours of oral #history held in its archive, and making the transcripts available to the public.

🚨 Reeeead allabouddit!! Get your News of The War here, with all the scandal you can handle, fresh from the Entertainment pages (and other parts, too). It's October 25th 1940, and the headlines tell all in this week's episode of (drum roll please)... @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk

Monday morning cut away of what I believe is a “Spitfire” I’m learning on @newsofthewar.bsky.social about such things 📷 Illustrated London News

@merrynwalters.uk and I talked a little bit about the war in Somaliland on the @newsofthewar.bsky.social pod this week. The Illustrated London News ran this amazing sketch a week later: A pony section of the Somali Camel Corps on a rocky lookout post near the HARGEISA BERBERA. ✏️ By “Snaffles”

Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Perfect morning tonic.