I will be talking about shipwrecks on On Point Radio today from 4-5pm, broadcast from Boston. http://onpoint.wbur.org/ We will be talking about captains, and their responsibilities…those who chose to stay and those who chose to run. And how can we interpret the wreck of the Costa Concordia in light of similar wrecks with complex backgrounds, [...]
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NBC America’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’
January 8, 2012 – 4:20 pm
Exciting stuff! I have just agreed to do some work for Season Three of NBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’, an adaptation of the award-winning hit British television documentary series that leads celebrities on a journey of self-discovery as they unearth their family trees that reveal surprising, inspiring and even tragic stories that often [...]
Academy Excellence Awards
December 21, 2011 – 6:45 pm
I am delighted to announce that I have been asked to judge the history entries for this year’s 2012 Academy Excellence Awards. You can find out more about this super initiative here: http://www.academyexcellenceawards.co.uk/ and follow on facebook http://www.facebook.com/academyexcellenceawards or on Twitter @aeawards I can’t wait to read the entries and will be working alongside the likes [...]
The Kraaken, Giant Sea Worms and a Whirlpool
November 22, 2011 – 10:20 am
I have just found the following description by the Royal Naval Officer Captain Charles Douglas (the future Rear Admiral) of his search for sea monsters and whirlpools off the coast of Lapland in 1769.This comes from a paper he gave at the Royal Society – after which he was elected as a fellow. What do [...]
A hidden pattern?
November 8, 2011 – 12:10 pm
I was doing some work on Jutland this morning when I realised that it was fought on the 122 anniversary of the Glorious First of June (1794) and also on the 250th anniversary of the start of the Four Days Battle of 1666. And then it became clear that a really surprising number of significant [...]
Britain’s Oldest Naval Sword
October 30, 2011 – 3:42 pm
Something rather exciting entirely slipped my mind until last night when I woke up in the middle of the night and remembered that, last week, in a quiet house in a leafy Wimbledon avenue, I enjoyed the privilege of wielding (yes wielding) Britain’s oldest known naval sword. How old? How old? 1670s I thought. And [...]
BBC History Magazine podcast
October 30, 2011 – 3:23 pm
You can hear me discussing the Glorious First of June, and the confusing issue of who won, in my podcast for the BBC History Magazine, BBCExtra, here: http://www.historyextra.com/podcast-page
Glorious First of June Review in thebookbag.co.uk
October 20, 2011 – 4:39 pm
Follow this link for the full review. What I particularly like about this page is that Google adwords has linked onto the reign of terror’ or something and appears to be selling guillotines.
Talk Radio Europe Book Club
October 20, 2011 – 12:10 pm
I will be discussing The Glorious First of June on the Hannah Murray Show, Talk Radio Europe, this afternoon at 14.20 British time. www.talkradioeurope.com
Glorious First of June on Google Earth
October 14, 2011 – 9:34 am
Glorious First of June 1794 The Glorious First of June is rare for a naval battle because it is named for its date and not for its location. That is because it was fought 140 leagues – or 400 natuical miles – south west of Ushant: there was no nearby headland or river to give [...]
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