Alex Churchill
@alexchurchill.bsky.social
FRHistS Royal/Military Historian
Director @greatwargroup 🕯️
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 📚
#CFC ⚽️ #WW1 #WW2
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Director @greatwargroup 🕯️
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 📚
#CFC ⚽️ #WW1 #WW2
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
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Alex Churchill
@alexchurchill.bsky.social
· May 13
Ring of Fire is out now! It’s like the Guns of August for a new generation: the opening weeks of WW1 through the eyes of ordinary men, women and children. And not just in Western Europe, but across the globe. It was bloody, terrifying and neutrality was a sham… geni.us/RingOfFire
Just when you thought this story couldn’t get any more French… They literally need to recover items from inside an accordion to fully make my day
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just when you thought this story couldn’t get any more French… They literally need to recover items from inside an accordion to fully make my day
Because I smashed the Tudors last weekend, I’m being nice. If you’re going to listen to anyone talk about that heinous mob, pick Nathan, and @estelleprnq.bsky.social
Sitting in a pub looking to complete my new talk on the Propaganda of Henry VII. I'll look at the illusory truth effect, how the more someone is exposed to a message, the more they believe it to be true. And Henry had a message he wanted spread.
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Because I smashed the Tudors last weekend, I’m being nice. If you’re going to listen to anyone talk about that heinous mob, pick Nathan, and @estelleprnq.bsky.social
Never forget this. Monster.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Never forget this. Monster.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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We’re also thrilled that we’re finally planning a return to Jordan for our bestselling “in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia” tour. Led by @alexchurchill.bsky.social we go to places no other tour group visits! www.istoriatravel.org/jordan
JORDAN ~ T E Lawrence | Istoria Travel
Lawrence of Arabia was one of the most famous characters to emerge from the First World War. This tour has you walk in his footsteps. It introduces you to the man, the guerrilla tactics he employed, t...
www.istoriatravel.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We’re also thrilled that we’re finally planning a return to Jordan for our bestselling “in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia” tour. Led by @alexchurchill.bsky.social we go to places no other tour group visits! www.istoriatravel.org/jordan
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Our Cassino tour for 2026 is now live! Find our more about this immersive six day trip with @alexchurchill.bsky.social via the link below #WW2 www.istoriatravel.org/cassino
CASSINO | Istoria Travel
Join us for this six-day, immersive look at a seminal part of the Allied campaign in Italy.
www.istoriatravel.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our Cassino tour for 2026 is now live! Find our more about this immersive six day trip with @alexchurchill.bsky.social via the link below #WW2 www.istoriatravel.org/cassino
To be fair, Lloyd George is so freakin hatable I could only have done myself out of it!
👑 Rage Queen Crowned! 👑
After a fierce fight, @alexchurchill.bsky.social vanquishes @historywithjackson.bsky.social & @philmcraig.bsky.social to win the 1st History Rage LIVE Showdown!
Long may she reign! 🏆🫡
After a fierce fight, @alexchurchill.bsky.social vanquishes @historywithjackson.bsky.social & @philmcraig.bsky.social to win the 1st History Rage LIVE Showdown!
Long may she reign! 🏆🫡
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To be fair, Lloyd George is so freakin hatable I could only have done myself out of it!
Today has been spent basking in victory. Bring me the finest bagels and muffins in the land. My official title is “Rage Queen of the Imperial War Museum” and David Lloyd George, Christmas Truce, cult of Napoleon & Henry VIII were consigned to the dustbin of history @historyrage.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today has been spent basking in victory. Bring me the finest bagels and muffins in the land. My official title is “Rage Queen of the Imperial War Museum” and David Lloyd George, Christmas Truce, cult of Napoleon & Henry VIII were consigned to the dustbin of history @historyrage.bsky.social
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Laurence Olivier narrating the ITV series The World at War (1973). 📷 google images
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Laurence Olivier narrating the ITV series The World at War (1973). 📷 google images
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Oscar Wilde had two sons who hit 30 just as #WW1 started. Find out all about the impact of his downfall on them, and their participation in the Great War achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Oscar Wilde had two sons who hit 30 just as #WW1 started. Find out all about the impact of his downfall on them, and their participation in the Great War achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
Having lots of fun at IWM raging about all things #WW1 @historyrage.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @historypegg.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Having lots of fun at IWM raging about all things #WW1 @historyrage.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @historypegg.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
Oscar Wilde had two sons who hit 30 just as #WW1 started. Find out all about the impact of his downfall on them, and their participation in the Great War achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Oscar Wilde had two sons who hit 30 just as #WW1 started. Find out all about the impact of his downfall on them, and their participation in the Great War achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
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And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
The first draft of “my brother can go f*** himself” was determined undignified, if not inaccurate…
Someone - if not the principal then presumably a professional advisor on law or PR - must have looked at the sentence "these censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations" and said "hang on, that makes it look like you don't believe him" And yet.
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The first draft of “my brother can go f*** himself” was determined undignified, if not inaccurate…
A wonderful get together last night for lovely @fxmc1957.bsky.social Latest book launched, ably assisted by his bestie Paul McGann. It was a delight to share in the festivities & catch up with so many fellow historians! @claremulley.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A wonderful get together last night for lovely @fxmc1957.bsky.social Latest book launched, ably assisted by his bestie Paul McGann. It was a delight to share in the festivities & catch up with so many fellow historians! @claremulley.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
Just f**k off you drug addled spunk monkey. You’re not from here, you don’t live here, you and your ignorant ramblings are not wanted here. The sooner someone shoots you into space, and you bob around like one of those Russian dogs in the 50s till the air runs out, the better off humanity will be.
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just f**k off you drug addled spunk monkey. You’re not from here, you don’t live here, you and your ignorant ramblings are not wanted here. The sooner someone shoots you into space, and you bob around like one of those Russian dogs in the 50s till the air runs out, the better off humanity will be.
Spoilt little princeling. Not getting this blanket back. #Regie #Freeloader
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Spoilt little princeling. Not getting this blanket back. #Regie #Freeloader
Still love the cat sanctuary in Rome. Have just distance adopted Napoleone. He was smacked by a car and has some brain damage. He walks in circles a lot, but is adorable.
October 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Still love the cat sanctuary in Rome. Have just distance adopted Napoleone. He was smacked by a car and has some brain damage. He walks in circles a lot, but is adorable.
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today we’ve explored the abbey, visited cemeteries, museums, and gone in search of the 36th Texas Division… #Cassino #WW2 #Recce @istoriatravel.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today we’ve explored the abbey, visited cemeteries, museums, and gone in search of the 36th Texas Division… #Cassino #WW2 #Recce @istoriatravel.bsky.social
Tired legs at Base Camp tonight. Hiked Cavendish Road, Snakeshead, and that after a morning spent scampering about at Belvedere in the footsteps of the French! #Cassino #Recce #WW2 Also negotiated mountain driving for the first time without falling off or hitting anything 💪🏼
October 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM