The Christmas lights are up at Seven Dials! An excuse to write about London's only column sundial and to remind people about my book set there. (There's still time to buy it for Christmas.) tomwilliamsauthor.co.uk/christmas-at-s…

When NHS staff were striking for fair pay and a safer NHS, Clarkson said “frankly I would have them all shot”. (Crazy how little a person can think of the people who saves everyday.) So anyway he’s fine with nurses having to use food banks. BUT how dare you expect people with

This week’s Private Eye

Here's how PayPal PayPal Honey has been stealing money from influencers:

Thread of ancient historical sites before and after excavation 🧵 1. Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán

Archaeologists are constantly asked is 'How did ancient people move large stones?'. The thought of people moving 2/20/200 tonne stones thousands of years ago just seems impossible. But what if I told you we have a lot of photos/video of people moving huge stones today? 🧵1/

You are a genius Zez Vaz

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

“America doesn’t owe Ukraine anything” You sure about that?

NEXTA So that was their plan from the beginning…

Let me make this absolutely clear. Last night bombers took off, drones were launched and missiles were fired from Russia. Ukrainian air defences knew they were coming, but had no idea what their targets were, because the President of the United States prohibited vital

Have you seen the cover for 'Burke and the War of 1812' yet? Here it is. It publishes on 26 April and is already available on pre-order. Link in comments.

It’s utterly shocking that over 3 years on from Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, British companies are complicit in exploiting the loopholes which funnel wealth to the Russian front line. 🧵 newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…

This is a really interesting place to visit. Best go on a testing day when they break stuff.

Publication Day! ‘An Unavoidable Evil: Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon’, my second edited collection, is now available from Helion & Company Ltd Featuring work from leading historians of the period, it takes a global look at sieges during the period. Here’s what you need to know

It's a year since I decided not to originate any posts on X. Now, in the light of the platform failing to curb blatant hate speech when reported, I am unfollowing virtually every account, even if you follow me and are not on Bluesky. You can find me at @johnhaines.bsky.social