Historian & presenter bringing a fabulous tale of adventure & liberation to light.https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mvkqpcsouc2vMy excitement is growing - behold the 1st draft of my next #books cover! A combined history of all the British #African contribution to #Burma in #WW2. An exciting tale of bravery that underpins many modern African armies. #blackhistory15 Sep 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkqpcsouc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mvbj67ybps2jNothing quite like a classic. Friend is shrinking his collection and so this was handed-down to me. It joins my 3rd Ornsworld in new colours, but retains the callsign "Draco-24" to remember its time in my good friend's 24th Draconian Regt. #warhammer40k #modelling #friendship #friendtank11 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbj67ybps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mv3ci4w6pk2pAlong the A303 near #Amesbury there is an arrangement of trees marking the positions of warships during 1788's Battle of the Nile. #history #napoleonicwars #nelson #Napoleon #RoyalNavy09 Sep 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ci4w6pk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3muumpq3jxs2qTreated myself to this 1987 "War of 1812" game today. Classy little thing with beautiful map & some good history-inspired special rules. #warof1812 #Canada #history @tom4141tom.bsky.social06 Sep 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3muumpq3jxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mu7qybv3js22Time to get out the special teapot. #history29 Aug 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7qybv3js22https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mtsy2wtqmk2sHappy Real Estate Redevelopment of #Washington DC day to all those who celebrate. #history #Canada #Warof181224 Aug 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsy2wtqmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3msnnavgras23Behold the MS Paint monstrosity that a cover designer at Pen and Sword will struggle with to make good. #history #authorlife #ww2 #burma09 Aug 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnnavgras23https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mrcwnmee3c2b#Blackhistory #mystery! This is a cut-glass, enameled beaker which bears the arms of the Crown Prince Jacques-Victor Henry from the reign of King Henry I (1811-1820 of #Haiti). It may be a #Vienna ranftbecher. If anyone has any insight on this item from any angle, please get in touch! #history23 Jul 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcwnmee3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mptyint6w22q"Uncle Sam" by Steve Darnall, art by Alex Ross. Great read on this day. #comics #America250 #july4th04 Jul 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptyint6w22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3moqihrqwtk2tA magic day at Apsley House talking #Waterloo thank you to all who came to listen & thank you to our amazing presenters @zwhitehistory.bsky.social @graemecallister.bsky.social @lureynol.bsky.social & Michael Rayner for bringing their knowledge! #History #Napoleonic20 Jun 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqihrqwtk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mnyonccmrc2g#Fathersday is coming & there is no #DadBook like a military history, so get your auld fella a book telling them a story of #Napoleonic action I can guarantee they've not heard of before! "Black Redcoats" is available from Pen & Sword, Amazon & more! #History #reading #books11 Jun 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyonccmrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mn3klavuxk2rI am yet again recommending that everyone watch the imperfect, but still brilliant, 2004 "CSA: The Confederate States of America" mockumentary. It's not just a "what if" for #ACW nerds, it is much more brilliant than that. And it is all on youtube! #History #althistory #movies30 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3klavuxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mm4k3odwyk2cWe talk a lot about the #Suwalkigap but must less about the Morecambe Gap - a narrow 11 mile stretch that is the only thing stopping #Yorkshire from being a trans-island superpower with control over Northumberland, Cumbria, and Scotland, which would inevitably fall under its sway. #Strategy18 May 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4k3odwyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mlvzl7zbkk2bCome & see a crack team of #Napoleonic historians (and me!) talking about #Waterloo! #History #authorlife [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvzl7zbkk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mlpzdikeic2jAnother #stateopening of #Parliament where I spent most of the day shouting abuse at the TV #journalists telling the audience "oh that's very historical with meaning" without actually saying anything to contextualise the ceremonies & their meanings. Agony! #history #screaming13 May 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpzdikeic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mlpmrekwz22rFor no reason at all I'm reading this alt #history novel where an authoritarian (you may have heard of) willing to weaponise all aspects of #federal power becomes #President. Truly, an unimaginable romp.13 May 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpmrekwz22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mlek6zz3x22xOn 20 June 2026 - come & join me & a crack team of excellent #Waterloo historians to talk about... WATERLOO! We're at Apsley House, the Iron Duke's own home, and we want all #Napoleonic #History fans to come!08 May 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlek6zz3x22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mldj5un2p222Lost my nerve with #Microsoft trying to get into #outlook yesterday and confronted by a wall of "use copilot". No thanks, I can still click a button. #AI #Abominableintelligence #butlerianjihad08 May 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldj5un2p222https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3ml66n5izzk2uPerhaps the ultimate #wargaming #rpg example of "If it has stats, we can kill it" in 1982's Fantasy Wargaming ... why not take on the Christian God? And a Leo, really? #Theology #Leo #History06 May 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml66n5izzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3ml4ej5yioc25Had a lovely morning giving @patersonjoseph.bsky.social my Black History tour of #Parliament; largely focused on the remarkable #Georgian era - a personal favourite! #History #authorlife05 May 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ej5yioc25https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3ml2bunb4uc2mI feel seen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2bunb4uc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mkpecv2yd22n#Heraldry nerd note, the "Trump" coat of arms, seen at #Trump Org-linked places, is that of Joseph Davies (1876-1958, #WW2 US diplomat and #Stalin fan!) who built Mar-a-Lago. Funnily, the motto "Integritas" ("Integrity") has been defaced with "Trump". Time to re-watch "Mission to Moscow" #History30 Apr 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpecv2yd22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mkklunqth22vLove a good timeline to help me visualise things, & this one has helped me properly realise that in January 1945 in #WW2 #Burma, every #African unit of the British Army in Burma, except for 3 #Nigeria Brigade, was in action. #History @historybowsh.bsky.social @badsocialism.bsky.social28 Apr 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkklunqth22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mkhgl3oyds2lWorking on #ww2 #Burma has made me on jungle-y I've went & made a whole Epic scale #40k #Catachan army on the side. Very proud of my infantry in textbook patrol movement formations. Next up, Tarantula platforms as bunkers. #wargaming27 Apr 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhgl3oyds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mjyzkmmyf22oNow that #PhD is in the bag, back to the grind! If you're a #history #military history, #blackhistory or #napoleonic group/podcast & you need an hour filled by an INCREDIBLE tale of War, Heroism, & Self-Emancipation. CALL ME IN! I'll travel far & I'm cheap. Send a message & get me on your schedule!21 Apr 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyzkmmyf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mjwmqypghc27More fun with #maps for #Burma. This time showing the 81st West #African Division's 1st campaign in the Kaladan Valley; this is animated to go along with my presentation. #history @historybowsh.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social20 Apr 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwmqypghc27https://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mjwiei2iac2wWorking on my next book & having fun with #maps for a presentation on the subject. This sums up 11th East #Africa division fighting in #Burma 1944 @historybowsh.bsky.social @badsocialism.bsky.social #history #ww2 @almurray.bsky.social20 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwiei2iac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mjoxeefhos2jMe: right Matt, first post since you became Dr Matt #PhD #authorlife better make it a doozy that shows you're meant to be part of the intellectual #history #elite. Anyway, here's the most tragic image I've ever seen on Amazon.17 Apr 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoxeefhos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/blackredcoats.bsky.social/post/3mjjlwde67k2wYesterday at 1600 my @penandswordbooks.bsky.social work "Black Redcoats" passed the line to become a #PhD by prior publication, & I became a Dr. I couldn't have done this without myriad support from so many people, inc my benefactor Karole & supervisor Alison. Very proud. #History #Blackhistory15 Apr 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:phtcv4vholhv44evadweylad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjlwde67k2w