Pleasure was all mine Pankhuri! Loved our chat!!

We were delighted to support @kate-werran.bsky.social's First Wives Club research, exploring World War Two through the eyes of Allied leaders’ wives, thanks to the Jennie Churchill Fund. You can find out more about Kate's research here ⬇️ buff.ly/EUEH5vQ

It's always such a pleasure to talk to the amazing @joannadurrant.bsky.social - literally the best interviewer I've ever worked with. And such an appropriate day on which to remember lesser known aspects of WW2 history #AfricanAmericanHistory #ww2 #VEday #BlackHistory #WW2 #WorldWar2

🎧 Ep 235 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @kate-werran.bsky.social talks about her books telling hidden WWII histories 📝 Story of a letter at Museum in the Park telling poingant VE Day story 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com

On Monday 28 April at 7pm I’ll be chatting to Paul Woodadge about Josephine Baker’s wartime exploits. Join us live or available to watch online afterwards. @ww2tv.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/sguNund...

Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it. Read books. Form your own opinions. LEARN THINGS. READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Celebrating the talented & knowledgeable female experts at Past Preservers, from historians to scientists, archaeologists to explorers, these incredible women share their expertise with global audiences. We're proud to represent these trailblazers!

As we celebrate international women’s day, I am thinking of the contributions of the many women who like Josephine Baker risked their lives working for the Liberation of France. Their participation will be celebrated at this important conference in Paris later this month.

Couldn't say it better myself @joannadurrant.bsky.social!! Such a pleasure to kick off @PompeyBookFest today - the audience was amazing, @TheDDayStory setting incredible, the organisation immaculate - we even saw sunshine! Huge thanks all round 🙏🙏and, of course, you Jo! @TheHistoryPress

It’s publication day for The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made! Read the 400-year history of Black Americans’ striving against economic inequality that kept changing form. #publicationday #racialwealthgap #blackhistorymonth yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Really looking forward to heading to the Portsmouth Book Festival for the first time to interview @kate-werran.bsky.social about her brilliant book! On Monday 24 Feb at 1pm

Looking forward to seeing you again Jo!!

I was last in Pompey to film a C4 doc on the Falklands conflict. 20+ years on I'm returning to talk about what happened when an African American G.I. was sentenced to death for a rape he didn’t commit. #JoDurrant and I would love you to see you on there on 24 Feb! wegottickets.com/event/641455...

Appreciated the chance to review Netflix's The Six Triple Eight for this month's (Feb) issue of Britain at War magazine. It's not perfect, but it tells an important story. #history #WWII #6888th

After a wonderful first event of 2025 with Dr Chris Laoutaris on Friday, here’s more: 📕 Sat 15 Feb: @adamhartscience.bsky.social at John Moore Museum 📗 Mon 24 Feb: @kate-werran.bsky.social at Portsmouth Book Fest Much more to come including new series at Museum In The Park jodurrant.co.uk

So am I! ☺️

Very excited for this Jo!!

📢 Big news! Past Preservers is expanding with TWO new expert databases: 🎤 Speakers Database: Find the perfect speaker for your event! 🔬 Researchers Database: Connect with experts for your research projects! 👉 Stay tuned for launch dates! #Experts #Speakers #Researchers

Didn’t think I’d ever get to say this, but I’ll be starting 2025 as an extremely mature PhD student at the University of Exeter – and could not be more excited! Happy Christmas all!!

Comet, Aldebaran and Mars over Stonehenge ✨💫☄️

Vandaag online gezet, een eerste (Engelstalige) bijdrage van een nieuwe Amerikaanse vrijwilliger van TracesOfWar die momenteel de Pacific bezoekt. Het gaat over de strijd van Amerikaanse mariniers op Tarawa in 1943: www.tracesofwar.com/articles/774...

What is the true legacy of #Churchill? Latest series of our chart topping podcast - all eps available now where you like to listen #Legacy @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @wonderymedia.bsky.social

Thank you so much @grahamcross.bsky.social - delighted you enjoyed it 🙏🙏 and so pleased I was able to talk to those in and around Bath who still remember it.

The ideal Bristolian Christmas gift! A book of walks that'll take you around some council estates, Bristol's rock history, its urban legends and some things that never happened. Perfect for filling the void between Christmas and New Year. Get your copy now! www.bristolbooks.org/shop/the-bri...

The last porters of Billingsgate Market: a photographic celebration via @thegentleauthor.bsky.social #london 🗃️ spitalfieldslife.com/2024/12/03/t...

📰 25% off all subscriptions to the British Newspaper Archive for #BlackFriday! Use code SAVE25. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/subs... Simply the best stay-at-home research resource. I've found many sexological gems over the years . . . #skystorians 🗃️

A brightly painted shell hood over a door in Tailors' Court is all that remains of what was once a powerful Bristol "brotherhood". The story of its last days reads like something Charles Dickens would have devised, but it's all true and it's all in Bristol Times, in today's Bristol Post.

New season #podcast alert @peterfrankopan.bsky.social and I discuss the legacy of #Churchill If you’re one of these people whose really freaked out by deeply researched analysis and an abundance of facts, this one’s not for you xoxo #Legacy @wonderymedia.bsky.social

A few days at the archives at Chatsworth House with the help of Fran Baker, archivist, dialed me into the short but tumultuous term of the 4th Duke of Devonshire 1756-7. I learned so much from this trip and much of it ended up in my book. Let's give thanks to the archives and archivists! 🗃️

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First load of new books has arrived to start my research on new project for The History Press. V exciting!!