The D Day Story and the Overlord Embroidery
Portsmouth’s D Day Story is a small museum on the seafront a literal stone’s throw from the Tudor castle at Southsea (where Henry VIII watched […]
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“Carve their names with pride”: the SOE Memorial
Many of the stories of those who served in WW2 are capable of inducing in those of us who have never had to face such […]
Most secret: the story of the Bletchley Park codebreakers (video of online talk)
Discover the secrets of Bletchley Park’s codebreakers & the cracking of Enigma in this online talk. All ticket money goes to The Brain Tumour Charity […]
The Billy Fiske Memorial, St Paul’s Cathedral
Among the 28,000 names listed in the ‘Roll of Honor’ in the American Memorial Chapel in St Paul’s will be that of William Meade Lindsley […]
The Citadel – Central London’s real wartime bunker
Squatting next to the elegant Queen Anne revival of the Old Admiralty Building (and more on that at some point) on the north side of […]
The Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge
In a bomb-proof concrete bunker 60 feet below the ground of what was once RAF Uxbridge is one of the most important sites in 20th […]
Recent Reading – books about Winston Churchill
I’m about to start several tours for (mainly) Americans who are following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill. We’ll be doing Chartwell, Blenheim, Bletchley Park, […]
The New WW2 Gallery at the Imperial War Museum
To the new Second World War gallery at the Imperial War Museum. And it’s really rather good. The previous WW2 ‘experience’ in the museum focussed […]
The Cabinet Room at the Churchill War Rooms
My Instagram Live talk from today about the Cabinet Room in the Central War Rooms and how it was used in WW2. “This is the […]
Churchill War Rooms
With us all locked down it’s impossible to do tours at present, so I’ll be experimenting with some online tours. This is the first effort (at […]