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/
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?
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!
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
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.
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!
Wildcat progress. Definitely not perfect, but considering I had to take a scalpel to the wings to remove them (because like a doofus I put them on upside down) then reattach, it could be worse. Second build almost complete. Decals tomorrow. Loving learning!!
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wildcat progress. Definitely not perfect, but considering I had to take a scalpel to the wings to remove them (because like a doofus I put them on upside down) then reattach, it could be worse. Second build almost complete. Decals tomorrow. Loving learning!!
The paperback of my second book, The Lancaster Story, is due out soon - available for pre-order at Waterstones! I do love paperbacks - easier to lug around in your backpack.
February 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The paperback of my second book, The Lancaster Story, is due out soon - available for pre-order at Waterstones! I do love paperbacks - easier to lug around in your backpack.
Right, be honest. Raise your hand if you’ve ever stuck a part on, let the glue dry, and then realised it’s incorrectly placed and had to take a precision cutting tool to it to correct it. My hand is raised - a wing, of all things… placed upside down while trying to multitask…
February 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Right, be honest. Raise your hand if you’ve ever stuck a part on, let the glue dry, and then realised it’s incorrectly placed and had to take a precision cutting tool to it to correct it. My hand is raised - a wing, of all things… placed upside down while trying to multitask…
It’s been a few weeks since I could get the tools out. Pleased to be back in my happy place. Would be happier still if the cat hadn’t stolen part of the undercarriage and hidden it.
February 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s been a few weeks since I could get the tools out. Pleased to be back in my happy place. Would be happier still if the cat hadn’t stolen part of the undercarriage and hidden it.
My dad just called, and when he asked how I was doing, I said, “I’m having massive problems with my undercarriage”. Short, awkward silence.
The undercarriage:
The undercarriage:
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My dad just called, and when he asked how I was doing, I said, “I’m having massive problems with my undercarriage”. Short, awkward silence.
The undercarriage:
The undercarriage:
It’s weekend now, and that can only mean one thing in the Miller house. It’s MODEL MAKING TIME!! Treated myself to some new tweezers for decal placement and I feel more excited than anyone should really ever be about tweezers.
January 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s weekend now, and that can only mean one thing in the Miller house. It’s MODEL MAKING TIME!! Treated myself to some new tweezers for decal placement and I feel more excited than anyone should really ever be about tweezers.