Alex Churchill

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Todays article is about one village on the Aisne during #WW1 Starting with the passage of the BEF in 1914 🇬🇧 ‪Moving on to how it became incorporated into the Western Front… ‬🇫🇷 ‪And then explaining why the village houses an Italian military cemetery 🇮🇹 ‬ achurchill.substack.com/p/one-villag...

One Village, Four Years of Warachurchill.substack.com British, French, Germans and Italians at Soupir

This week’s free history digest is up. I’ve looked at some more Americana with the batshit history of New Mexico, and written an anti-politician/election piece about all the people associated with Barnard Castle who are much more interesting than an idiot looking for an eye test www.alexchurchill.uk

Instead of writing about elections I lolled at a dumb politician & seized Barnard Castle back for people who were more interesting there throughout history. It’s an article with vikings, Mel Gibson, the Crimean War, grumpy hermits & Saving Private Smith.

ARTICLE: An Ode to Barnard Castleachurchill.substack.com Because the town deserves better than an attachment to a lame politician

I’ve had enough of actual election nonsense so here’s an article claiming back Barnard Castle for those more interesting than a knob politician who drove 300m for an eye test in lockdown…

ARTICLE: An Ode to Barnard Castleachurchill.substack.com Because the town deserves better than an attachment to a lame politician

Todays article is more Americana, as in why New Mexico is mad. It’s got everything from aliens to wars over cows, to prehistoric footprints to a giant pistachio nut…

ARTICLE: Americana: Is New Mexico the Nuttiest Place on Earth?achurchill.substack.com Cowboys, desert, missiles, rib-eyes, aliens, John Wayne and a giant pistachio nut.

My free weekly digest is up! Tasters of this weeks articles on the lost art of guillotine operation, and the heyday of smuggling in Britain, as well as all the latest from @chalkehistoryfestival & news of a new @istoriatravel to the Ardennes next year 💪🏼

Free Weekly Digestachurchill.substack.com Wizards, smugglers, decapitation and lots of history in a field

Today’s substack is up - this time I’m rabbit-holing on the golden age of smuggling in Britain with racy/tall tales of supposedly loveable rogues and the often hapless/corrupt officials who paid to stop them…

ARTICLE: Smuggle Me This, Smuggle Me Thatachurchill.substack.com Adventures and Misadventures of apparently loveable rogues

Today in my online history magazine: Vanished Occupations. This time I look at the lost art of guillotining people for a living & draw a direct line from the French revolution to a wizard… Still remaining more historically accurate than Ridley Scott.

ARTICLE: VANISHED OCCUPATIONS: The Guillotineerachurchill.substack.com Revolution, Nazis, serial killers and a wizard from the Lord of the Rings

Todays FREE weekly history article from me includes news from my articles and a look at @cathfletcher.bsky.social’s amazing new book: with a piece on how Roman roads impacted the fighting in Italy in 1944 #WW2 achurchill.substack.com/p/free-weekl...

Free Weekly Digestachurchill.substack.com Spies, Nazis, football history and puritan sex

Todays FREE weekly history digest includes highlights and news from my articles this week, and a look at Catherine Fletcher’s amazing new book, and how Roman roads impacted the fighting in Italy in 1944 #WW2

Free Weekly Digestachurchill.substack.com Spies, Nazis, football history and puritan sex

Today the latest episode of “Sex Lives of Royals” is out. This month Charly and I are joined by Cromwell Association Trustee Miranda Malins to discuss Oliver and what he got up to in the bedroom. From puritanical reputation to boinking for an audience, sort of…

PODCAST: After Hoursachurchill.substack.com The Sex Lives of Royals Episode 4: Oliver Cromwell

Today I’ve written about what Auschwitz was like in 1940, what Polish political prisoners of the first big transport there experienced, how many of them survived and why 🕯️

MONTHLY FEATURE: Auschwitz - The Beginning of the Storyachurchill.substack.com Attempting to murder a nation and exsanguinate its soul

To mark the anniversary of the arrival of the first mass transport at Auschwitz last week, today I’ve written about what the camp was like in 1940, what these Polish political prisoners experienced and how many of them survived 🕯️

MONTHLY FEATURE: Auschwitz - The Beginning of the Storyachurchill.substack.com Attempting to murder a nation and exsanguinate its soul

Slightly new format for my online magazine. Each weekend you’ll get a free weekly digest about what I’ve been working on with samples news, & teasers for the next week. First is up, this week 🇮🇹 🥂 🎥 🕌 🇸🇦 and more…

FREE WEEKLY DIGESTachurchill.substack.com Setting out my history stall

Gremlins turned 40 over the weekend Read why it is a war film. Via Star Trek and Roal Dahl. No I haven’t lost my mind, find out why…

ARTICLE: Gremlins is a War Filmachurchill.substack.com Via William Shatner, Will Smith, and Roald Dahl

The history of religion fascinates me - In today’s article I’ve taken a look at the first Muslim believer in history, and SHE is fierce. 🕌

ARTICLE: The First Muslim Believerachurchill.substack.com Spolier, it's a she, not a he.

Today, I wrote about the people of Normandy and what #Dday meant to those civilians caught up in the invasion of Europe as the Allies smashed into Hitler’s forces. Read about Le débarquement de Normandie, & how this history has been in plain sight all along ⬇️🕯️

PHOTO ARTICLE: D-Day - Remember the French!achurchill.substack.com Le Débarquement en Normandie

Our waitlist is open for our June 2025 war tour of Orkney. self and Kate Jamieson and see highlights such as: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Famous Scapa Flow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Italian WW2 POWs trick chapel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Churchill Barriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The Kitchener memorial And of course the stunning prehistoric settlement of Skara Brae

Orkney Odyssey | Istoria Travelwww.istoriatravel.org Wild, wartime memories. FWW, WW2 ... come with us to Orkney and explore the islands' wartime history. It's a battlefield tour, it's a history trip and more ...

I’ve gone for another bout of STOP FORGETTING THE FRENCH TODAY. Here’s a photo article about how the Battle for Normandy impacted the poor souls who lived there. 🕯️ #Dday80 #Overlord #Normandy #WW2

PHOTO ARTICLE: D-Day - Remember the French!achurchill.substack.com Le Débarquement en Normandie

🚨PSA 🎙️ #OTD (@FXMC1957) 159yrs ago George V was born. 9 years of research & I am more than happy to fly the flag for him. Read todays (Free) article about how HE WAS NOT A SHIT PARENT😂 And don’t @ me to argue if you haven’t actually read it. Hugs🤗

FREE ARTICLE: Happy 159th Birthday George Vachurchill.substack.com Somebody Hold My Drink…

A few weeks from now I’m heading to Belgium with a small group 6 day group trip& we have ONE PLACE LEFT. If you’d like to join me from one side of 🇧🇪 to the other following the German invasion, and meet Herman the cat, you can find out full details: www.istoriatravel.org/belgium-1914

Parachutes 🪂 Gliders Explosives 🧨 A One Night Stand Kit 🎉 And how Benjamin Franklin fits in 💡 I’ve been looking at Saul David’s book new book for todays FREE ARTICLE.

FREE BOOK FOCUS: Sky Warriorsachurchill.substack.com I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes.

Today rediscover lost #NYC 🍏🚕 🥯 in photos: Origins of @TimesSquareNYC 🎉✅ “Suicide Curve” 🚂 ✅ Mansions vs Tenements 🏘️✅ Manhattan’s first skyscrapers 🏙️✅ NYC’s attempt at a Crystal Palace ✅ And more! #NewYork

PHOTO ARTICLE: Lost New York City Pt.IIachurchill.substack.com A time travel exercise...

Todays offering DON’T FORGET THE FRENCH! (Again) This time it’s the outbreak of #WW2 in Europe in 1939 & how French Indochina (Vietnam) fits in. (And sorry @lyman.robert 😜) 🇫🇷 achurchill.substack.com/publish/post...

Escape EVERYTHING ✅ Battlefielding ✅ Steam train ✅ Live with the Bedouin a la Lawrence ✅ Visit Petra ✅ All the upside down ✅ 🍗 🍚 🫑 🥔 & how to make it Today you can find out why I love Jordan & her history 🇯🇴 🐪 & how you can join me there next year achurchill.substack.com/p/join-me-on...

Today in “Sex lives of the Royals”@GabbyStorey joins self & @restorationcake to discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, slut shaming, a Frenchman scared of sex & how what apparently happens on crusade, doesn’t stay on crusade… Get it FREE

FREE PODCAST: After Hoursachurchill.substack.com The Sex Lives of Royals Episode 3: Eleanor of Aquitaine

This week you’re also getting a genuine “Forgotten” aspect of WW2 (French Indochina) and the next instalment of the podcast, the sex lives of Royals. The broader theme of this one is slut shaming and the subject is Eleanor of Aquitaine… View/subscribe for all of this at www.alexchurchill.uk 📚 🖋️

Today’s article is a rabbit hole on whether the fate of Apollo 1 could have been very different… Because I heard a thing and HAD to know. www.alexchurchill.uk 📚 🖋️

Serial killers not bodysnatchers. One flipped on the other and walked away a free man. Read the story of the trial. Burke vs. Hare is available at www.alexchurchill.uk

Magnificent turnout for Clare Mulley’s book launch. If you want to find out what Agent Zo is all about, you can get to a FREE article about the book www.alexchurchill.uk