Emilie Grigsby was one of the three Edwardian mistresses whose lives were explored by Jonathan in his book The Blue Beast. This was the first full biography of the American socialite and adventuress, who eventually became 'the mascot of British…
In the week of Holocaust Memorial Day 2018, Jonathan delivered his illustrated talk Holocaust: What the Allies Knew at the Polish Hearth Club in London. Over 120 guests, including Holocaust survivors, heard the tragic story of how the genocide unfolded and…
November 2017 marked 50 years since the British withdrawal from Aden. In early December, a conference was arranged by Dr Noel Brehony and hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) at their headquarters in Whitehall. The packed programme was…
Jonathan was asked to address the pupils and parents at his old school, Clifton College. The occasion was the annual Remembrance Service for the prep school held on 11 November 2013. Prior to the service the names of over 500…
In October Jonathan gave an illustrated talk on the Aden Insurgency at the National Army Museum in London. The packed audience included Chelsea Pensioners from the nearby Royal Hospital, members of the Aden Veterans Association and British-Yemeni Society, together with…
Minerva publishers of Helsinki are the latest foreign publishers to acquire translation rights to Jonathan's book on Operation Unthinkable, now re-titled Churchill's Third World War for the new edition. Finland had, perhaps surprisingly, always played a part in Churchill's strategic thinking.…
Jonathan gave an illustrated talk on the Aden Insurgency at Carlisle Castle in October. It's fifty years since the withdrawal of British forces from the colony and there has been much interest in the media and the television drama series…
Jonathan attended Lord Astor's splendid book launch party in the House of Lords. Esmond: the Lost Idol is the moving story of the short life of Esmond Elliot, Scots Guards, who was killed just before Passchendaele in 1917. The book,…
To the British Film Institute (BFI), Southbank for the premiere of the forthcoming BBC1 drama series, The Last Post. A joint production by Bonafide Films and Forge, the drama follows the fortunes of the Royal Military Police during their deployment…
In many north European towns and cities the casual walker will come across apparently random brass cobble stones outside crumbling properties or brand new office blocks. But they are far from random. Take a closer look and you will see…