🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️

Read my comment piece in The Mail on Sunday (@MailOnline) on my delight that the National Army Museum (@NAM_London), rather than Imperial War Museums (@I_W_M), is to display my collection of VCs and GCs dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

Ferret out for the first time this year today after winter hibernation. Then a 25 mile run to blow away the cobwebs 🇬🇧🙂

RT @militaryhistori: Echoing @LordAshcroft 's disappointment that the Imperial War Museum has become "untethered from military history" in…

@AlexTran677026 Dunkirk (1958) The Colditz Story Ice Cold in Alex I Was Monty’s Double In Which We Serve

What's the best war movie you've ever seen?

@almurray @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters How about a series about Prisoners of War and Colditz. There is plenty of good reading on the subject out there and fantastic to walk the ground

Reading about escape lines. Any recommendations? Beyond MRD Foot etc. @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters

@almurray @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters They Have Their Exits and Saturday at MI9 both by Airey Neave

On this day, 61 years ago, Sidney J. Furie's "The Ipcress File" (1965) was released in the U.K. On the first day of shooting, director Sidney J. Furie gathered the cast and said, "This is what I think of the script." He then set it on fire. Michael Caine on the incident: "The driver picked me up for the first day of shooting and asked me if I was an actor in the movie, and if I had read Len Deighton’s book. When I told him I was the lead in it, he told me, ‘The whole thing is a load of rubbish, isn’t it?’ Then, when I arrived on set, Sidney had everyone gather around. He asked if anyone had any matches, and I smoked at that time, so I handed mine over. Sidney took the script, lit the match, looked at everyone and said, ‘Here’s what I think of this script’ and set the match to it. That was his copy of the script, so he asked if anyone had another copy to consult after he had burned his own, so I gave him mine. But it was a gesture, an illustration. It was a hell of a way to be christened into being the lead in a film." Sidney J. Furie on the reason for the movie's peculiar style: "I was very depressed always when we started shooting, thinking that it was going to be really lousy and I didn’t know what to do, so I told myself I would come up with a style of shooting that is different. I put shoulders across the screen, I shot up at things, I shot down, just to make it different, to give it ambiance. It was done out of insecurity, with a little cognac spiked in my morning coffee to give me courage." ("Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films", Daniel Kremer, 2015)

Many thanks to the National Army Museum who unlike the @I_W_M haven’t succumbed to wokism…

We are pleased to announce that the National Army Museum will be the new home of the @LordAshcroft collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses. Find out more: nam.ac.uk/press/lord-ash…

A reminder. Go to the National Army Museum. Not the Imperial War Museum.

Delighted to announce I have reached an agreement with the National Army Museum which will mean that my collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses - the largest in the world - will go on display there @NAM_London @VC_and_GC_Assoc lordashcroft.com/2026/03/lord-a…

Moving up to the start line. 30 Corps memorial run. Holland 2019 🇬🇧

This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

Hundred Years War – The English men‑at‑arms charged into the French like an unrelenting storm, showing no mercy. Helmets dented and breaths ragged, they pushed through the chaos with a grim, silent vow: no retreat, no second chances. This is England!

🪖BOOT'S & BIVVIES 🪖 This Saturday 7th March 2026 - I will be taking part in the above event 'THE GREAT TOMMY SLEEP OUT' Raising funds for Homeless Veteran's - This is a long distance March over 24 hours, carrying 24kg with 24 Mental, Physical & Team Based Challenges along the route - If someone struggles we all struggle - This is a great course & as many of you will know close to my heart & amny of yours. The Trailer for it is detailed below - check it out and if you can donate whatever spare change you have please do. justgiving.com/page/boots-and…

Powys firefighters to join the Great Tommy Sleep Out to support homeless veterans trib.al/v4AVqKM

Good luck to everyone taking part in The Great Tommy Sleep Out tonight. It’s a beautiful night here in Norfolk and my friend Tony’s Bivi looks superb.

All is going swimmingly well. So far we have fucked up the car sat nav, driven in the wrong direction for ten miles, totally failed to open the boot of the car, and clarkie has lost his glasses 3 times. Why do I have to work with such amateurs. #LardTV

Never volunteer. Unless you’ve a killer punchline……..

The Battle of the Bulge The Germans rolling the dice? Or throwing them away? @ww2headquarters goes Beyond Bastogne. Me, @james1940 and many, many brass monkeys youtube.com/watch?v=VmWvgS…