Istoria Travel

11/10/2024

We’re delighted to announce that our Orkney Odyssey trip for next June is now on sale! Join Alexandra Churchilland Kate Jamieson for boaty nerdery, , and of course, Skara Brae 🥳

https://www.istoriatravel.org/tours/orkney-istoria

02/10/2024

We're delighted to launch our Winter Course for 2025! This time we've decided to focus on one area in detail...

11th January -8th February 2025
Sundays at 4pm UK time on Zoom

Join us this winter for a short, focused course on the Italian Front. This is a chance to draw your attention away from events in France and Belgium and gain an overview of events in southeast Europe. Combining political, social and military history, the course will consist of five lectures, all for the bargain price of £40.00

Alex Churchill ‘Radiant May:’ Italy’s Entry to the First World War
Vanda Wilcox: ‘Avanti Savoia:’ Morale and Motivation in the Italian Army
Jim Smithson: Cadorna’s Nemeses: Caporetto and the Germans
Jonny Dyer: Chantilly, Caporetto & the Cesuna Switch: Allied Intervention in Italy
Nicolai Eberholst: ‘A Crash of Thrones:’ The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian army in italy

To book your place visit www.greatwargroup.com/course25

We offer scholarships for a limited number of full-time students. If you are a member, you may also be entitled to a scholarship if you are ex-service personnel or suffering financial hardship. To find out more email Henry Spilberg at: [email protected]

17/08/2024

We’re doing it again! Kate Jamieson and Alexandra Churchill will be in Portsmouth this October for another run at our bestselling tour. You get Mary Rose from me, Victory from KJ and then we recreate Nelson’s last walk in English soil before we go to the pub 🤘🏼

istoriatravel.org/portsmouth

17/08/2024

We’ve been working really hard with our friends in Thailand and we’re ready to go live with this! In spring 2026 we’ll be running a Thailand in WW2 tour, built around exploring the infamous railway, with all the cultural experiences you can shake a stick at so you don’t go home feeling like you’ve missed out! 🐘 🇹🇭

https://www.istoriatravel.org/thailand

04/07/2024

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.

Because the town deserves better than an attachment to a lame politician

04/07/2024

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

Because the town deserves better than an attachment to a lame politician

01/07/2024

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…

Cowboys, desert, missiles, rib-eyes, aliens, John Wayne and a giant pistachio nut.

27/06/2024

NEW TOUR ALERT - Coming in Aug ‘25, Battlefield Belgium, where we spend 5 days looking at a century of war in Ardennes. From the Franco-Prussian War, to to the Battle of the Bulge. Book/register interest now. Spaces are extremely limited on this one:

This is the battleground for Belgium. Exploring over 100 years of history, discover why the Ardennes is key to victory in every war...

25/06/2024

Today’s article in my online magazine is another Vanished Occupation. This time, I look at the lost art of guillotining people for a living and draw a direct line to Lord of the Rings…

Revolution, N***s, serial killers and a wizard from the Lord of the Rings

22/06/2024

Todays FREE weekly history article from me includes news from my articles and a look at Catherine Fletcher’s amazing new book: with a piece on how Roman roads impacted the fighting in Italy in 1944

Spies, N***s, football history and puritan s*x

22/06/2024

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

Spies, N***s, football history and puritan s*x

17/06/2024

It’s on. Join Kate Jamieson and Alexandra Churchill in Bristol for a day of boaty history and pubs. In that order, promise. 10th August. Places limited so don’t miss out!

Alex Churchill & Kate Jamieson take you on a rollicking tour through Bristol's maritime history. Pirates, ships and the city's dark ties to the slave trade...

16/06/2024

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…

Setting out my history stall

15/06/2024

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, and this week 🇮🇹 🥂 🎥 🕌 🇸🇦 and more…

Setting out my history stall

08/06/2024

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. 🕌

Thanks for the help Bedouin Husband 👌🏼 Mohammad Aref

Spolier, it's a she, not a he.

08/06/2024

🤗UNBELIEVABLE. Is this the best roadtrip ever?! Join us and find out…

8 days, 2 timelines, 1500 years apart. WW2 and Ancient Rome ~ ROADS TO ROME goes from Bari to Rome, via Monte Cassino, Anzio, the Appian Way...

🇮🇹 CHECK. IT. OUT. 👇


🇮🇹 👉Where - Italy.
🇮🇹 👉When - 16th to the 25th Sept. 2024.
🇮🇹 👉Who - YOU!!
🇮🇹 👉Why? Because you're interested in Ancient Rome, you're curious about the Second World War, and a road-trip taking in Monte Cassino, Naples, Pompeii and more SOUNDS AMAZING.🤗👉

Ancient Rome, WW2 - two timelines, one direction, and 1,500 miles of history. An incredible roadtrip. It's true, all roads lead to Rome!

06/06/2024

Today, I chose to write about the people of Normandy and what meant to those civilians caught up in the relentless invasion of Europe as the Allies smashed into Hitler’s forces. Read about Le débarquement de Normandie, 1944 and how this history has been in plain sight ⬇️🕯️

James Holland Guy Walters Alina Nowobilska Kate Jamieson Clare Mulley WW2TV - Paul Woodadge

Le Débarquement en Normandie

06/06/2024

Our waitlist is open for our June 2025 war tour of Orkney. Join Alexandra Churchill and Kate Jamieson and see highlights such as:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The famous waters of Scapa flow
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Medieval stonework fashioned out of paint by Italian WW2 POWs
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Makeshift barriers fashioned out of piles of masonry in the name of Churchill
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The bleak waters that claimed the life of Lord Kitchener in 1916

And we’d be mean if we didn’t include the stunning prehistoric settlement of Skara Brae

To find out more and sign up to stay informed visit:

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 ...