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When Sicily 43 came out last autumn, we were still in the grip…

WORLD WAR II TV DOCUMENTARIES
A few years ago, I was having lunch with Richard Lake, a…

The Bengal Famine - Was Churchill to Blame?
This is an extract from my book Burma 44:
Before heading…



DUNKIRK: DOES HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTER?
I've just been to a screening of this very exciting new movie…

Battle of Britain Day 76 Years On
Even today, we still tend to paint a picture of plucky little…

Wine & War: Sicily
Sicily: an island of myths and legends, and of ancient ruins;…

Dunkirk 1940: Hitler's Halt Order
Just why Hitler gave his infamous order to halt the advancing…

General Mark Clark & the Fall of Rome
On the whole, historians have not been kind to General Mark…

Naples '44 & the Warnings of History
One of the things that always astonishes me is just how little…

Ken Adam: Oscar-Winning Set Designer & German RAF Typhoon Pilot
Normandy, August 1944. In the six weeks since the pilots of 609…

Going Big for World War II at the Chalke Valley History Festival
I'm getting very excited about the living history we are laying…

The Battle That Turned the War in the Far East
Just before Christmas, I finished writing a new book…

Could the Allies Have Won the War Without the Soviet Union?
Ever since the end of the Cold War and the brief opening of the…

Germany & the Battle of Britain
I originally wrote this for BBC History Magazine, but…


Battle of Britain Day
Seventy-five years ago today, fierce aerial battles were taking…

Channel 4 Battle of Britain 75
Here is the trailer for the two programmes out this week:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/battle-of-britain/videos/all/trailer

RAF Museum Battle of Britain Weekend
The brilliant RAF Museum is holding a special Battle of Britain…

CHANNEL 4’S FILMS TO MARK THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 75TH
Arrow Media are making two films to mark the 75th anniversary…



An Englishman at War - The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson
I've been editing Stanley Christopherson's amazing diaries, and…

Chalke Valley History Festival 2014
June 2013. A baking hot Saturday - the last of the month - and…

Cold War, Hot Jets
My new series on BBC2 starts this coming Friday, 8th November,…

Stanley Christopherson Diaries
I'm currently having great fun editing the wartime diaries of…

Chalke Valley History Festival 2103
I've been very involved in getting this year's Festival up and…


New Look for Jack Tanner
One of the really enjoyable moments in the book-writing process…


With Carlo's Beech 18 Over the Dams
Don't get me wrong, filming is great fun, but it's also extremely…