Violent thug who viciously assaulted cops is guilty. Will we see apologies from bandwagon-jumping MPs like Paul Waugh MP Lucy Powell MP, 'experts' who immediately threw police under bus, & media who ran clip endlessly with no context? They aren't fit to polish our cops' boots!

Today I visited a "Thankful Village. Woodend in Northamptonshire. All returned home from #ww1 . It is so small it has no church. They are honoured on a church in the neighbouring village of Blakesley.

Earlier this year I recorded a podcast on the Pilckem Ridge battlefield. Captured on this day in 1917. #ww1 #ypres podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal…

Lt Philip Laughlin died on 21st December 1917 and is buried in Commonwealth War Graves Jerusalem War Cemetery. He was a gifted academic who gave up a scholarship at Cambridge University to join the Army as an Officer. His Mother received a photograph of his grave on the "Mount of Olives". #ww1

The Last Post Ass. Ieper Commonwealth War Graves Menin Gate at the end of #WW1. And the same location a few months ago....#ypres

Wonderful occasion at this incredible memorial that stirs the emotions of everyone I’ve guided there…

109 years ago tonight, 6th Buffs were preparing for attack on #Somme. They suffered over 100 casualties. One of them was my Great Uncle Henry, who was badly wounded. Henry died the next day and is in Commonwealth War Graves Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. He is my inspiration. #WW1

After the Battle of Trones Wood on #Somme in July 1914, James Clarke was killed by a sniper as he passed a gap in the parapet. He was buried by his comrades but his grave later lost. He is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Thiepval Memorial. #WW1

“Daddy Dear – I did not see you but Mummy taught me to love you.” In this episode we travel to one of the largest military cemeteries, Commonwealth War Graves Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, to discover the stories of the people buried there. #ypres #ww1 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal…

My Dad arrived in Japan in March 1946, 7 months #hiroshima. He worked alongside Japanese people for over 2 years. He said they were gentle, kind people and couldn’t believe what had happened in #ww2. He wanted to go back one day but didn’t get the chance. I will go one day.

Receiving messages like this makes everything worthwhile...we will never stop learning about this vast subject. #ww1

Mr Benn entered the shop one last time. Suddenly the Shopkeeper appeared. "It's time to go" he said. Remembering Ray Brooks, accomplished actor and Mr Benn narrator who has died aged 86.

In this episode we begin telling the story of one of “Kitchener’s Army” New Army battalions – 6th Battalion of the #Northamptonshire Regiment. During this series we will follow the story of this Battalion through #ww1 #ypres #Somme podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tal…

There's just a few weeks left before the Standing with Giants 2025 installation at the British Normandy Memorial comes to an end. Visit by Friday 12 September to experience the power and poignancy of these giant silhouettes in honour of the Normandy fallen.

Faces of our freedom:

On 15 August, Emperor Hirohito of the Japanese Empire announced to his subjects that he had accepted the Allies’ terms of unconditional surrender. With this proclamation, the Second World War, a war that had raged across continents and claimed millions of lives, was essentially

VJ Day 1945. Northampton Mercury reported: “Youths and servicemen climbed on the fountain and girls with red, white and blue ribbons in their hair, joined them in leading the singing. People dashed out to join them - many of them wearing their nightclothes. #ww2 #VJDay80

In 1917, Lutyens and Fabian Ware met to discuss how the #WW1 dead would be remembered. High Wood would be surrounded by a "broad terraced walk". At Thiepval, a terrace was to built, not a memorial, as the scale of the missing was unknown at this stage. Commonwealth War Graves Archives #Somme