How could ex-Hurricane Erin shake things up across the North Atlantic and bring a big change to the UK's weather for the rest of summer? Aidan explores this in our weekly Deep Dive forecast 👇 Watch in full on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=4SLJ2d…

Norway selects British-made frigates for its navy, Norwegian government says - Reuters 👍👍👍 apple.news/AQNuJ-lt6Q3a3h…

China is sending a clear message: it wants to reshape the world order. And it has the power to do it. Read Yu Jie's (Chatham House Asia-Pacific) latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️ chathamhouse.org/2025/09/china-…

Waverley as viewed from Seafin during the Steam Together event with Steamship Shieldhall on Saturday 13th September when the two steamers sailed side by side. Seafin Charters

‘During the war, German soldiers visit Picasso's Parisian workshop. One of them stops in front of a photo of the painting Guernica and asks the painter: - Did you do this horror? - No. You did!’

‘Absorbed in reading, Choiseul often neglected his wife. One day, she confides in him: - I would like to be a book; that would be my only chance of being leafed through by you every evening. - I would prefer you as an almanac, my dear, for I could change you every year.’

#OTD in 1987, a Navy F-14 shot down a USAF RF-4C during a war game. The RF-4C was conducting a simulated attack on USS Saratoga when the F-14 pilot became confused and launched a live sidewinder. The RF-4C crew ejected and were recovered. The F-14 pilot never flew again.

Scotland’s shipyards now hold an orderbook for an expected 18 frigates - 13 Type 26s (UK + Norway) and 5 Type 31s. That is one of the largest surface warship programmes in the world, seriously rivalled only by the US & China.

The Royal Navy has made their opening foray into a hybrid Carrier air wing (hybrid meaning a mix of crewed and un-crewed platforms). Project VANQUISH seeks a technical demonstrator by the end of 2026. This is an evolution of the previous and more ambitious Project VIXEN👇 🧵1/5

13 Oct 1954, Lt Bruce McFarlane RN claim to fame when he ejected from Westland Wyvern S.4 while under water. Flying from HMS Albion aircraft’s Python turboprop lost power on take-off after suffering fuel starvation caused by high-G catapult launch. Ditching front of the carrier

Accountability in the China Spy Scandal: Events, Mechanisms, and Implications for UK Governance This is my 1400L update, post PMQ’s and an attempt to create a single thread narrative (factual) of the events as they unfold. It has been written to be stand alone. Comments welcome.

Only in Italy will you see a Ferrari SF90 on the Italian Navy Trieste LHD to set a new world speed record.

1987. Stricken with stomach cancer, Jacques Anquetil has only a few days left to live. He makes one last phone call to his eternal rival, who has become his friend, Raymond Poulidor. And he tells him: - Sorry Raymond, you'll still finish second. 👍 yet 😢

A burial service took place this week for an unknown British soldier and an unknown German soldier, discovered together in a shell hole during work on the Vrijbosroute cycle path, north of Ieper in Belgium. Despite extensive and diligent research by our Commemorations Department

‘Clement Attlee throws at Winston Churchill: - Unlike you, I am modest. - That's true, and besides, you have every reason to be.’ WC was far braver than me 😬

Trump: "They spent $900,093,000 on the catapults trying to get them to work. And they had steam, which worked so beautifully and it has for 50 years, right? So we're gonna go back. Seriously fellas, I want to make that change. I'm gonna do an executive order."

Henry Ford II is showing his factories to the union leader Walter Reuther. Stopping in front of a fully roboticized installation, Ford says: - You see, Walter, this machine will never go on strike. - Obviously, but you won't sell it any cars either...

The decision by Imperial War Museums to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery was truly heartbreaking, but the stories of bravery told there must live on. I am delighted to announce the launch of a new virtual tour so you can see the Gallery for yourself 👇👇👇 👀 lordashcroftmedalcollection.com

Honoured to remember the sailors and marines of the Royal Naval Division – a unique force that brought naval traditions to the battlefields of WW1. Their immense and often overlooked sacrifice, with over 40% of RN/RM casualties occurring on land, must never be forgotten.