Author of Black Yanks (2024) and An American Uprising in Second World War England (2020). PhD by Publication in History. Assoc FRHistS.
Bath, Somerset
Joined March 2020
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Eighty years ago today, these soldiers took up arms to protest against segregation in Launceston, Cornwall. An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy (Pen & Sword Books) explains what happened and why - and why we should never forget them.
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The old world order seems to be breaking down. So what does history teach us about how you keep an alliance together when your partners keep misunderstanding each other? David Reynolds on the private tensions behind the public unity of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin during World War Two.
🎙️ Allied by War, episode 1 out now.
pod.link/1772845516
It is now 83 years since these soldiers were court martialled for protesting against US Army segregation in Launceston, Cornwall. An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy (P&S Books) explains what happened and why we should never forget them.
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101 years since Jack Leslie was told he’d been picked for England…
@JackLeslieCamp #pafc #englandfootball #footballhistory
Thanks @MarkEllis15 your post couldn't be more timely - it's 83 years almost to the day that a brave African American unit made a stand against segregation in the streets of Launceston, Cornwall
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A busy day yesterday as I was in conversation with @DavidOlusoga at @GlosHistFest in a sold out event, talking about lots inc A House Through Time, AI, Celebrity Traitors
Then I was at @SudeleyCastle to interview @PrueLeith about her book ‘Growing Old…And Learning To Love It’
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'De Gaulle: Résistance' is winning acclaim in cinemas, not least for its depiction of a De Gaulle-Churchill 'bromance'.
But how did these two men really get on during and after the war?
David Reynolds and I explore how these allies could drive each other to distraction in our podcast series Creating Churchill.
Listen: link in reply.
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Forty years on, what happened to Suzy Lamplugh?
My book with former detective Mike Barley is now available in paperback. The inside story of the hunt for Suzy, from a man who lived the investigation and still wrestles with what was missed.
Buy here: link in reply.
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Following another packed house at the start of the month when I was talking to Phil Downing at @museuminthepark - today is the final in the 2026 Our Beautiful Universe event, with @anniegarthwaite talking about the women of the Wars of the Roses, at 2pm.
Just 2 tickets left!
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🎤 For the penultimate in my series of in conversation events at @museuminthepark I had the pleasure of talking to about some of the secrets of Harvington Hall
We end the series on Sat 29th August at 2pm with @anniegarthwaite telling us about the women of the Wars of the Roses
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🎤 There are just 2 events left in the Our Beautiful Universe series at @museuminthepark
01/08 Phil Downing shares some of the secrets of @HallHarvington & other priest hides in the country.
29/08 @anniegarthwaite the women of the Wars of the Roses.
museuminthepark.org.uk/our-b…
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“Suzy should be 65 now, probably with a family, maybe with grandchildren.” Mike Barley interview @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
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If you love London, and appreciate this account, kindly share this post to help others find and follow us at @Lost___London.
Help us bring the bygone days of our glorious city into the hearts and minds of modern day people.
Thank you. 🤝
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Tennis trailblazer Althea Gibson made history #OnThisDay in 1957 when she became the first Black player—man or woman—to win a Wimbledon championship title, defeating Darlene Hard in the singles tournament. Learn more about Gibson in our expanded biography: womenshistory.org/education-…
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🎤 I enjoyed another lovely conversation yesterday at @museuminthepark with Charlie Creed about folklore & fairytales relating to cats!
Next 01/08: Phil Downing with secrets of @HallHarvington
29/08 @anniegarthwaite on women of the Wars of the Roses
museuminthepark.org.uk/our-b…
Spent a fantastic day @bodleianlibs yesterday and the icing on the cake was finding this at my favourite bookshop @blackwellbooks @TheHistoryPress #BlackYanks
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After a sold out event with @lukejsherlock in June, the next in my series of in conversation events at @museuminthepark is with Charlie Creed on Sat 4th July at 2pm. We’ll be talking about feline folklore & fairytales. There’s just a few tickets left!
museuminthepark.org.uk/our-b…
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I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter c.org/6BTyL4mcG2
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I and most of my Exeter Humanities colleagues are at risk of redundancy because of financial pressures on HE, weathered well until now. These are high-performing Depts, by all the usual metrics. Up to 1 in 4 jobs marked at risk will go. Please sign change.org/p/stop-redundanci…
Can't wait to read this!!
On 14 July, former detective Mike Barley and I publish SUZY LAMPLUGH: The Inside Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Missing Person Investigation.
Mike spent more than twelve years on the inquiry. Together we've written an account of what the investigation established, where uncertainty remains, and why the case still matters forty years on.
The book examines the evidence, the decisions, the missed opportunities and the enduring gap between suspicion and proof. Above all, it remembers Suzy as a young woman whose disappearance changed policing, personal safety and the national conversation about missing persons.
Kindle edition:
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX81YK1N
