Iain MacGregor
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent & @pastpreservers | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, The Critic, The Washing Post | Views my own
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🎄🎅*Christmas Pressie* 🎅🎄for the history lover in your family! Just DM me for signed dedications and shipping. #Stalingrad #WWII #ColdWar #BerlinWall
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For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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If you're a fan of #WWII history & interested to hear more about a subject extremely relevant to the dangers the world faces today - then please go to https://www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/ to purchase a ticket. I can promise you a very thought provoking talk. #Hiroshima
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If you're a fan of #WWII history & interested to hear more about a subject extremely relevant to the dangers the world faces today - then please go to https://www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/ to purchase a ticket. I can promise you a very thought provoking talk. #Hiroshima
One of my favourite reads of 2025. thecritic.co.uk/a-saga-of-su... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @wehaveways.bsky.social
A saga of survival | Iain MacGregor | The Critic Magazine
I came to this new book with the hope that a historian of the calibre of Sinclair McKay would do justice to this great port city.
thecritic.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
One of my favourite reads of 2025. thecritic.co.uk/a-saga-of-su... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @wehaveways.bsky.social
#OTD 23 August 1942, carnage assaults #Stalingrad from the air and on the ground as the Sixth Army begins it plan to capture Stalin's showpiece city on the Volga. Listen to my two-part podcast talk with @theresthistory.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#OTD 23 August 1942, carnage assaults #Stalingrad from the air and on the ground as the Sixth Army begins it plan to capture Stalin's showpiece city on the Volga. Listen to my two-part podcast talk with @theresthistory.bsky.social
Wishing D-Day veteran Jim Glennie a very happy 100th birthday today. He was among the Gordon Highlanders on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Fortunate to meet & speak with him last year in #Aberdeen. Have a great day Jim.
August 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wishing D-Day veteran Jim Glennie a very happy 100th birthday today. He was among the Gordon Highlanders on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Fortunate to meet & speak with him last year in #Aberdeen. Have a great day Jim.
My op-ed in today's @newyorkpost.bsky.social on #Hiroshima's legacy and the threats we face today of a nuclear confrontation ... nypost.com/2025/08/10/o... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @theresthistory.bsky.social
Eight decades after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons continue to haunt global politics — and the world needs calm, pragmatic debate
The current nuclear rivalry between India and Pakistan is a dangerous manifestation of the Hiroshima legacy.
nypost.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My op-ed in today's @newyorkpost.bsky.social on #Hiroshima's legacy and the threats we face today of a nuclear confrontation ... nypost.com/2025/08/10/o... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @theresthistory.bsky.social
LOVE this place! Looking forward to speaking on 5 October. @WigtownBookFest Wigtown Book Festival | 26 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Wigtown Book Festival | 26 Sept – 5 Oct 2025
BOOKING OPEN | Join us for a ten-day literary celebration, with events and activities for readers of all ages, in Scotland’s National Book Town.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
LOVE this place! Looking forward to speaking on 5 October. @WigtownBookFest Wigtown Book Festival | 26 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 www.wigtownbookfestival.com
The seconds before crunching into marmite on toast are mouthwatering ...
August 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The seconds before crunching into marmite on toast are mouthwatering ...
My article in @historyextra.bsky.social magazine detailing the extraordinary life, career & death of the mayor of #Hiroshima, Senkichi Awaya. @littlebrown.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My article in @historyextra.bsky.social magazine detailing the extraordinary life, career & death of the mayor of #Hiroshima, Senkichi Awaya. @littlebrown.bsky.social
A sombre but very interesting day sent at BBC Salford being interviewed across TV and radio for the 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima. #BBCToday #BBCBreakfast
August 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A sombre but very interesting day sent at BBC Salford being interviewed across TV and radio for the 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima. #BBCToday #BBCBreakfast
#OTD 6 August 1945 the world forever changed with the atomic destruction of #Hiroshima. Today there are over 12,500 nuclear warheads, with 9000+ operational. The threat is always there. Every second of the day. Remember that as we talk about what happened 80 years ago.
August 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OTD 6 August 1945 the world forever changed with the atomic destruction of #Hiroshima. Today there are over 12,500 nuclear warheads, with 9000+ operational. The threat is always there. Every second of the day. Remember that as we talk about what happened 80 years ago.
#Hiroshima quickened the war's end and saved millions of lives. But it came at a price. My piece in @thespectator1828.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @WstoneTenterden @theresthistory.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
How did the Enola Gay's crew live with bombing Hiroshima?
Their story is not one of monsters or saints, but of men caught in the furnace of global conflict, making choices within a war.
www.spectator.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#Hiroshima quickened the war's end and saved millions of lives. But it came at a price. My piece in @thespectator1828.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @WstoneTenterden @theresthistory.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
So pleased with @fmcomment.bsky.social assessment of ##TheHiroshimaMen in @Independent_ie 'A daunting if compelling read.' @scribnerbooks.bsky.social t.co/lP115QHKOK
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/frank-coughlan-the-last-survivors-of-hiroshima-have-lessons-for-us-80-years-on-we-should-listen-to-them/a1669539349.html
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August 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So pleased with @fmcomment.bsky.social assessment of ##TheHiroshimaMen in @Independent_ie 'A daunting if compelling read.' @scribnerbooks.bsky.social t.co/lP115QHKOK
Friday brings a good review in the @WSJ 👍🏻👏🏻 #TheHiroshimaMen www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Two Books on the Bomb and the Men Who Built It
Garret Graff’s “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” and Iain MacGregor’s “The Hiroshima Men.”
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August 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Friday brings a good review in the @WSJ 👍🏻👏🏻 #TheHiroshimaMen www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
'In an era where nuclear rhetoric once again creeps into global headlines, this book could not be more urgent. MacGregor’s work does not just revisit history; it demands reflection on our present.'
bestreviewsclub.com/the-hiroshim...
bestreviewsclub.com/the-hiroshim...
The Hiroshima Men by Iain MacGregor – A Powerful Historical Review - Best Reviews Club
Iain MacGregor’s The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It is a haunting, unflinching dive into one of history’s most consequential moments. While the a...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
'In an era where nuclear rhetoric once again creeps into global headlines, this book could not be more urgent. MacGregor’s work does not just revisit history; it demands reflection on our present.'
bestreviewsclub.com/the-hiroshim...
bestreviewsclub.com/the-hiroshim...
#OTD 1945, the allies issue the #PotsdamDeclaration: "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces." the day before Gen Thomas Handy ordered the atomic bomb be used, “as soon as weather will permit visual bombing,”
July 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#OTD 1945, the allies issue the #PotsdamDeclaration: "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces." the day before Gen Thomas Handy ordered the atomic bomb be used, “as soon as weather will permit visual bombing,”
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@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social looks inside the final moments before the bombing of Hiroshima and the beginning of the Atomic Age.
Inside the Days, Hours and Minutes Leading Up to the Hiroshima Bombing
“Right after we dropped the bomb, I felt much the same as I do now except that I hadn’t drunk as much coffee that morning.” –Commander Paul Tibbets Jr. * General Curtis LeMay had now been with the …
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July 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social looks inside the final moments before the bombing of Hiroshima and the beginning of the Atomic Age.
Come on down to beautiful @HenleyLitFest for a dramatic recounting of the world's first nuclear attack and the coming of the era of MAD. Tickets now on sale here: henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/macgr… @littlebrown.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock
July 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Come on down to beautiful @HenleyLitFest for a dramatic recounting of the world's first nuclear attack and the coming of the era of MAD. Tickets now on sale here: henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/macgr… @littlebrown.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock
Great to see #TheHiroshimaMen read by @StephenMcGann on Spotify's History feature. @littlebrown.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great to see #TheHiroshimaMen read by @StephenMcGann on Spotify's History feature. @littlebrown.bsky.social
#TheHiroshimaMen OTD, 16 July, 1945, the world's first nuclear explosion occurred. A plutonium implosion device was tested on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. The test's code name was "Trinity." @theresthistory.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#TheHiroshimaMen OTD, 16 July, 1945, the world's first nuclear explosion occurred. A plutonium implosion device was tested on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. The test's code name was "Trinity." @theresthistory.bsky.social
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The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
July 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
Another lovely audience at @WaterstonesRose. Super keen to ask questions & was introduced to the 'author wall'. Best thing of the evening? Spending a while afterwards simply chewing the fat with the staff about our industry - all great book people who work VERY hard.
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Another lovely audience at @WaterstonesRose. Super keen to ask questions & was introduced to the 'author wall'. Best thing of the evening? Spending a while afterwards simply chewing the fat with the staff about our industry - all great book people who work VERY hard.
Never been to #Dunbar before. Loved it. A working, vibrant fishing town that loves its history (Oliver Cromwell especially!) Thank you @nightowl_books & @davegoodman for a lovely event this evening in a stunning setting.
July 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Never been to #Dunbar before. Loved it. A working, vibrant fishing town that loves its history (Oliver Cromwell especially!) Thank you @nightowl_books & @davegoodman for a lovely event this evening in a stunning setting.
