Lovely event at #berwickbookfestival discussing my new book. Great audience.
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
Iain MacGregor
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, Telegraph, The Critic, Engelsberg Ideas, The Washing Post | Views my own
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
@peterajohnston.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialAs per usual @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social has drawn a crowd for the launch of his new book, Battle. So much so we had to bring up extra seats!
@ottoenglish.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialTo the Imperial War Museum for a fascinating and thought provoking book launch/ discussion with @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
His explanation of bombing campaign against Japan in later stages of WW2 particularly horrific so looking forward to this
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialHey, great to see you and thanks for trekking into town. Chuffed you liked it all. Lot of work that PowerPoint. ๐
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialGreat vibe at #WigtownFestival26 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialLooking forward to my talk at @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social on 29 Oct, hosted by Jim Naughtie. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theed...
@tuckerjones1944.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialBattle Launch
Greatly looking forward to being at @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social's book launch at the Imperial War Museum London next week. A must for anyone with a passion for military history. If you can't make it he has plenty of other dates coming up.
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialSpeaking dates for my new book #Battle are below, link at my website for tickets: www.iainmacgregor.com #BloomsburyBooksUK
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialMany of the great commanders won their battles before an arrow was loosed, or a bullet was fired.
telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
#Battle @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialLooking forward to discussing my new book #Battle at @BridLitFestival on 7 November tickets still available: bridlit.com/buy-tickets/... @BloomsburyBooks
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialThanks to ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ for having me on his ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ to discuss my book #๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ and focusing on the war in Ukraine, the last and most crucial essay. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/4... @goalhanger.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialWear a Hearts shirt!
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialTo all my Edinburgh friends, please do come along to my talk on Thursday 29 October at The Edinburgh Bookshop where I'll be in conversation with James Naughtie about my new book #Battle. Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theed...
@thenewworldmag.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialChina remains by international standards an โupper middle-incomeโ country. But its life expectancy matches that of the USAโs, and poverty has been declared eradicated โ๏ธ @paulmason.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialThis is deeply shocking.
@engelsbergideas.bsky.socialReposted by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialWhat is a trial for? Is it enough simply to establish guilt, or must that guilt then be communicated to the wider world?
The struggle to capture the Nuremberg Trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialLove this painting by Douglas Fox-Pitt. "Indian Army Wounded, the Dome, Brighton, 1919."
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialYou're making me sound like a genius!!! ๐ซฃ๐
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.socialMy article celebrating the 80th anniversary of the seminal reporting of the great John Hersey that revealed the human face of atomic warfare. engelsbergideas.com/portraits/jo...
engelsbergideas.comJohn Hersey and the horrors of HiroshimaThe American journalist's account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, told through the eyes of Japanese survivors, forced the world to reckon with the terrifying power of nuclear weapons.