Tony McMahon
@tonymcmahon.bsky.social
TV talking head, author of history books and biographies, exec producer, copywriter, BBC survivor, half Irish, half Portuguese, Londoner
Graves of Karl Marx, Malcolm McLaren, Douglas Adams, and Beryl Bainbridge at Highgate Cemetery
January 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Graves of Karl Marx, Malcolm McLaren, Douglas Adams, and Beryl Bainbridge at Highgate Cemetery
Catch me on Tales From Oak Island on History
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Catch me on Tales From Oak Island on History
Pre-decimal banknotes I kept in a Shakespeare folio as a kid back in the 1970s - remember these?
January 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Pre-decimal banknotes I kept in a Shakespeare folio as a kid back in the 1970s - remember these?
Dressing up for some filming today - guess the decade?!!
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Dressing up for some filming today - guess the decade?!!
Filming with Stephanie from the BBC - all very hush hush!
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Filming with Stephanie from the BBC - all very hush hush!
Mike and I can’t agree on jam or cream first and whether it’s pronounced sc-own or sc-on. I’m in the jam first and scone like “own” camp. This threatens our future happiness!
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Mike and I can’t agree on jam or cream first and whether it’s pronounced sc-own or sc-on. I’m in the jam first and scone like “own” camp. This threatens our future happiness!
Steep Hill in Lincoln is indeed steep!!
January 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Steep Hill in Lincoln is indeed steep!!
Temple Bruer - drove through a muddy field to see the remains of this Templar preceptory
January 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Temple Bruer - drove through a muddy field to see the remains of this Templar preceptory
The ruins of Canterbury Abbey - which came a cropper during the Reformation
December 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The ruins of Canterbury Abbey - which came a cropper during the Reformation
Tamworth Castle lit blood red - very vampiric!
December 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Tamworth Castle lit blood red - very vampiric!
Boxing Day walk in Hopwas woods just outside Tamworth - spooky in the fog
December 27, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Boxing Day walk in Hopwas woods just outside Tamworth - spooky in the fog
Latest from the Elon Musk dictatorship - if you try and block or mute all the far Right and pro-Russian accounts drowning your feed - YOU are the spammer - Orwellian
December 27, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Latest from the Elon Musk dictatorship - if you try and block or mute all the far Right and pro-Russian accounts drowning your feed - YOU are the spammer - Orwellian
Last Saturday we were in Canterbury cathedral with Thomas Becket and the Black Prince
December 24, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Last Saturday we were in Canterbury cathedral with Thomas Becket and the Black Prince
My Twitter X feed today had in rapid succession Eric Trump, Laura Loomer, the Russian embassy and Richard Tice - none of whom I follow - what does this say? #musk
December 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
My Twitter X feed today had in rapid succession Eric Trump, Laura Loomer, the Russian embassy and Richard Tice - none of whom I follow - what does this say? #musk
Christmas in Tamworth
December 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Christmas in Tamworth
Women’s health tackled in medieval manuscripts - and the role women played as medics in the Middle Ages - things you discover at the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Women’s health tackled in medieval manuscripts - and the role women played as medics in the Middle Ages - things you discover at the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Joan of Arc’s signature on a letter begging for more gunpowder - at the excellent Medieval Women exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Joan of Arc’s signature on a letter begging for more gunpowder - at the excellent Medieval Women exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Weird and forgotten WW2 era Hollywood movies about Adolf Hitler - Charlie Chaplin wasn’t the only actor spoofing him in the 1940s
December 2, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Weird and forgotten WW2 era Hollywood movies about Adolf Hitler - Charlie Chaplin wasn’t the only actor spoofing him in the 1940s
Friday night at the British Museum - beats the pub (now I don’t drink)
November 22, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Friday night at the British Museum - beats the pub (now I don’t drink)
Our “Royal Box” at the Curzon Mayfair to watch Gladiator II - loving the cinema’s 70s decor - plus Gerard Butler is here! @curzoncinemas.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Our “Royal Box” at the Curzon Mayfair to watch Gladiator II - loving the cinema’s 70s decor - plus Gerard Butler is here! @curzoncinemas.bsky.social
Beautiful stained glass window at St Katherine Cree in the City of London - a church that survived the 1666 Great Fire
November 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Beautiful stained glass window at St Katherine Cree in the City of London - a church that survived the 1666 Great Fire
Call My Bluff - BBC Four repeating the 1970s series - definitely of its time!
November 15, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Call My Bluff - BBC Four repeating the 1970s series - definitely of its time!
Hanging out with Nigel from @pastpreservers.bsky.social and Natasha in Trafalgar Square
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Hanging out with Nigel from @pastpreservers.bsky.social and Natasha in Trafalgar Square