Dr Sarah-Louise Miller
@sarahloumiller.bsky.social
Lecturer at Kings College London, UK Defence Academy. Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford, FRHistS, MRAeS. Historian of War. Author, Broadcaster, TV, Radio.
Rep. @knightayton.bsky.social
Web. https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
Rep. @knightayton.bsky.social
Web. https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
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Three books published in two years. Writing history books is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I don't plan to ever stop. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way - too many to name here. What a privilege to be able to do what I love!
I love stumbling across history. This is a WWII Starfish decoy control bunker, designed to create localised fires to fool enemy bombers targeting Swindon. Found it up by Liddington Iron Age hillfort, where King Arthur is said to have defeated the Anglo Saxon Armies!
May 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I love stumbling across history. This is a WWII Starfish decoy control bunker, designed to create localised fires to fool enemy bombers targeting Swindon. Found it up by Liddington Iron Age hillfort, where King Arthur is said to have defeated the Anglo Saxon Armies!
THEY'RE HERE!! The Lancaster Story paperbacks have arrived ahead of the release on 22 May! I'm not going to lie, but the first thing I did after unpacking them was... sniff them.
May 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
THEY'RE HERE!! The Lancaster Story paperbacks have arrived ahead of the release on 22 May! I'm not going to lie, but the first thing I did after unpacking them was... sniff them.
Had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are with the wonderful LaytonWilliams! What a treat to get to sit aboard one of the "Little Ships" and chat Dunkirk history! Catch us on BBC iPlayer to find out all the things...
May 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are with the wonderful LaytonWilliams! What a treat to get to sit aboard one of the "Little Ships" and chat Dunkirk history! Catch us on BBC iPlayer to find out all the things...
I had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are in Casablanca in Morocco, with the wonderful Ross Kemp! Catch up on BBC iplayer to find out what we chatted about! And when the camera wasn’t rolling, we chatted a lot about our native Norfolk - good times!!
May 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I had a blast filming Who Do You Think You Are in Casablanca in Morocco, with the wonderful Ross Kemp! Catch up on BBC iplayer to find out what we chatted about! And when the camera wasn’t rolling, we chatted a lot about our native Norfolk - good times!!
Practical Tips for Flying In Spitfires: Tip 2
New tip every Friday! Check out the channel for more Spitfire flight tips: youtu.be/-TphlaCKaME
New tip every Friday! Check out the channel for more Spitfire flight tips: youtu.be/-TphlaCKaME
April 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Practical Tips for Flying In Spitfires: Tip 2
New tip every Friday! Check out the channel for more Spitfire flight tips: youtu.be/-TphlaCKaME
New tip every Friday! Check out the channel for more Spitfire flight tips: youtu.be/-TphlaCKaME
VERY chuffed to have received my signed copy of ‘The Invisible Campaign’ from the brilliant @lydiajane13.bsky.social!! It’s an absolutely cracking book based on excellent research, and an extremely important and novel contribution to military history (and it has very sexy colour maps)
April 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
VERY chuffed to have received my signed copy of ‘The Invisible Campaign’ from the brilliant @lydiajane13.bsky.social!! It’s an absolutely cracking book based on excellent research, and an extremely important and novel contribution to military history (and it has very sexy colour maps)
I am VERY excited to announce the launch of 'A Touch of History', which I will be presenting! Find out more @ the bottom of this page:
sarah-louisemiller.com/media-work
More info soon, but for now, here are some practical tips for flying in Spitfires.
Tip One:
sarah-louisemiller.com/media-work
More info soon, but for now, here are some practical tips for flying in Spitfires.
Tip One:
April 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am VERY excited to announce the launch of 'A Touch of History', which I will be presenting! Find out more @ the bottom of this page:
sarah-louisemiller.com/media-work
More info soon, but for now, here are some practical tips for flying in Spitfires.
Tip One:
sarah-louisemiller.com/media-work
More info soon, but for now, here are some practical tips for flying in Spitfires.
Tip One:
Getting into model building means that things like buying 300 cotton buds brings you a lot more joy and excitement than it ever has before…
What are some of the most useful tools/bits and bobs you use to build models?
What are some of the most useful tools/bits and bobs you use to build models?
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Getting into model building means that things like buying 300 cotton buds brings you a lot more joy and excitement than it ever has before…
What are some of the most useful tools/bits and bobs you use to build models?
What are some of the most useful tools/bits and bobs you use to build models?
Reposted by Dr Sarah-Louise Miller
On the latest episode of @authorsofhistory.bsky.social #podcast I talk to the brilliant @sarahloumiller.bsky.social about her journey to writing, the history she writes about and the books she has written.Please share, like and feedback @societyofauthors.bsky.social
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Authors of History Podcast
A podcast for history book lovers everywhere
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April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On the latest episode of @authorsofhistory.bsky.social #podcast I talk to the brilliant @sarahloumiller.bsky.social about her journey to writing, the history she writes about and the books she has written.Please share, like and feedback @societyofauthors.bsky.social
play.acast.com/s/67c5cc6ab4...
play.acast.com/s/67c5cc6ab4...
Couldn’t decide so got both. Now I can’t decide again… which to build first 🤔
March 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Couldn’t decide so got both. Now I can’t decide again… which to build first 🤔
We found some amazing things while filming the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above for National Geographic and it was wonderful to explore and work with the lovely team at the Arctic Convoy Museum in the Highlands of Scotland! Catch me across the series, out now on
National Geographic TV
National Geographic TV
March 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We found some amazing things while filming the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above for National Geographic and it was wonderful to explore and work with the lovely team at the Arctic Convoy Museum in the Highlands of Scotland! Catch me across the series, out now on
National Geographic TV
National Geographic TV
Filmed this BBC series in Liverpool last year, and it’s now out on BBC iplayer if you’re looking for some telly to watch! It was wonderful to film at the brilliant Western Approaches museum, and to demonstrate the work of the Western Approaches Tactical Unit!
March 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Filmed this BBC series in Liverpool last year, and it’s now out on BBC iplayer if you’re looking for some telly to watch! It was wonderful to film at the brilliant Western Approaches museum, and to demonstrate the work of the Western Approaches Tactical Unit!
And she’s done - build no. 3 is complete! I do love a P-51. I have now built all the models I bought - need to buy a new one to work on. Thinking probably a Hurricane. Working my way up to the Lanc and B-17.
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And she’s done - build no. 3 is complete! I do love a P-51. I have now built all the models I bought - need to buy a new one to work on. Thinking probably a Hurricane. Working my way up to the Lanc and B-17.
Catch me in the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above by National Geographic! Had a blast filming this series! Especially the eps at RAF museum, aboard HMS Belfast, and in the Highlands! I even managed a whole day of shooting with the drone without falling over or walking into a sheep!
March 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Catch me in the new series of WWII: Secrets From Above by National Geographic! Had a blast filming this series! Especially the eps at RAF museum, aboard HMS Belfast, and in the Highlands! I even managed a whole day of shooting with the drone without falling over or walking into a sheep!
Spent yesterday with the wonderful Royal Navy at Portsmouth, aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth II (aircraft carrier), HMS Duncan (type 45 destroyer) and HMS Ledbury (mine hunter). Also spent some time with the Wildcat maritime force. Brilliant people, amazing kit, best day! Love my job!
March 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Spent yesterday with the wonderful Royal Navy at Portsmouth, aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth II (aircraft carrier), HMS Duncan (type 45 destroyer) and HMS Ledbury (mine hunter). Also spent some time with the Wildcat maritime force. Brilliant people, amazing kit, best day! Love my job!
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Generic ‘a TV show what I am in, is starting soon’ skeet. Great fun filming, a big thank you to Peter Monk and the team at Biggin Hill for their hospitality. Keep your eyes peeled for my compadre @sarahloumiller.bsky.social too
www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/nat...
www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/nat...
National Geographic - World War II: Secrets From Above
Revealing the most extraordinary stories of WWII from a brand-new perspective, this series reconstructs: the battle in the skies over Britain, the hunt for the deadly Nazi U-boats, the spectacular par...
www.natgeotv.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Generic ‘a TV show what I am in, is starting soon’ skeet. Great fun filming, a big thank you to Peter Monk and the team at Biggin Hill for their hospitality. Keep your eyes peeled for my compadre @sarahloumiller.bsky.social too
www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/nat...
www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/nat...
What a tremendous honour to be at IBCC yesterday for the unveiling of these beautiful silhouettes of women in war - deeply moving, and very important. Wonderful to join @lydiajane13.bsky.social, @claremulley.bsky.social & Jeannie Benjamin in conversation afterwards too. Brilliant work, @IntBCC
March 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What a tremendous honour to be at IBCC yesterday for the unveiling of these beautiful silhouettes of women in war - deeply moving, and very important. Wonderful to join @lydiajane13.bsky.social, @claremulley.bsky.social & Jeannie Benjamin in conversation afterwards too. Brilliant work, @IntBCC
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Panel from the 'Writers of War' from the 'Women at War' book festival at the IBCC in Lincoln yesterday. A wizard session!
Jane's book is out now and it is a game changer for Bomber Command types. Get a copy folks! @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @sarahloumiller.bsky.social
Jane's book is out now and it is a game changer for Bomber Command types. Get a copy folks! @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @sarahloumiller.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Panel from the 'Writers of War' from the 'Women at War' book festival at the IBCC in Lincoln yesterday. A wizard session!
Jane's book is out now and it is a game changer for Bomber Command types. Get a copy folks! @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @sarahloumiller.bsky.social
Jane's book is out now and it is a game changer for Bomber Command types. Get a copy folks! @lydiajane13.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social @sarahloumiller.bsky.social
The parents (because they are legends) picked this up for me at a Dutch antiques shop. Can’t stop looking at it!!
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The parents (because they are legends) picked this up for me at a Dutch antiques shop. Can’t stop looking at it!!
It’s Friday night, and the tools are out, and Sarah has had a long day.
But it’s weekend now, and it’s modelling time… so Frankie has come out to play.
But it’s weekend now, and it’s modelling time… so Frankie has come out to play.
March 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s Friday night, and the tools are out, and Sarah has had a long day.
But it’s weekend now, and it’s modelling time… so Frankie has come out to play.
But it’s weekend now, and it’s modelling time… so Frankie has come out to play.
My very clever uncle has written 'Bowieland', a book of walks that "uncover hidden layers, and make fresh connections to key Bowie stories, revealing influences conscious and subconscious". It is being launched 15 April - join us in Oxford at 5.30pm!
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Peter Carpenter 'Bowieland'
Carpenter travels suburban lands creating a new, very real place, that anyone can visit if they take the time. Welcome to 'Bowieland'
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March 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My very clever uncle has written 'Bowieland', a book of walks that "uncover hidden layers, and make fresh connections to key Bowie stories, revealing influences conscious and subconscious". It is being launched 15 April - join us in Oxford at 5.30pm!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-carp...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-carp...
Reposted by Dr Sarah-Louise Miller
NEW EPISODE!
Now on general release we welcome back @sarahloumiller.bsky.social to chat about operations MANNA and EXODUS on the 80th anniversary.
Listen below or via your usual choice of podcast provider:
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Now on general release we welcome back @sarahloumiller.bsky.social to chat about operations MANNA and EXODUS on the 80th anniversary.
Listen below or via your usual choice of podcast provider:
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Episode 37 - Operations Manna and Exodus, with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller - Never Mind The Dambusters
In this episode of Never Mind the Dambusters, we join historian Dr. Sarah-Louise Miller to explore her research on WWII operations, including Operation Manna and Operation Exodus in the Spring and ear...
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
NEW EPISODE!
Now on general release we welcome back @sarahloumiller.bsky.social to chat about operations MANNA and EXODUS on the 80th anniversary.
Listen below or via your usual choice of podcast provider:
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Now on general release we welcome back @sarahloumiller.bsky.social to chat about operations MANNA and EXODUS on the 80th anniversary.
Listen below or via your usual choice of podcast provider:
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
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There's a shout out to Dave Gilbert and the IBCC Losses Database in this week's @nmtdambusters.bsky.social podcast with @sarahloumiller.bsky.social.
@jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social
@jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social
Episode 37 - Operations Manna and Exodus, with Dr Sarah-Louise Miller - Never Mind The Dambusters
In this episode of Never Mind the Dambusters, we join historian Dr. Sarah-Louise Miller to explore her research on WWII operations, including Operation Manna and Operation Exodus in the Spring and ear...
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There's a shout out to Dave Gilbert and the IBCC Losses Database in this week's @nmtdambusters.bsky.social podcast with @sarahloumiller.bsky.social.
@jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social
@jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social
Build 1, build 2, and my next build (which I’m itching to start but it’s a school night 😭). Will be my Revell kit. Loving this hobby so far!! Just need to get brave enough to attempt to paint the canopy frame…
March 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Build 1, build 2, and my next build (which I’m itching to start but it’s a school night 😭). Will be my Revell kit. Loving this hobby so far!! Just need to get brave enough to attempt to paint the canopy frame…
And she’s done! Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, flown by First Lieutenant James E. Swett, VMF-221, Marine Air Group 12, USMC, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1943. Apt, because I was teaching on Guadalcanal while building it!
March 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And she’s done! Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, flown by First Lieutenant James E. Swett, VMF-221, Marine Air Group 12, USMC, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1943. Apt, because I was teaching on Guadalcanal while building it!