Iain MacGregor
Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent & @pastpreservers | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, The Critic, The Washing Post | Views my own
- Reposted by Iain MacGregorIt's hilarious that they're pretending Tom Homan is some kind of voice of calm and reason. He looks and sounds like someone who would be hitting Dick Tracy's knees with a hammer
- Reposted by Iain MacGregorLlega a librerías la edición bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social, libro ganador del MHM Book of the Year 📚 Una perspectiva novedosa de la batalla de Stalingrado que marcó el principio del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial 💥 #ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo
- Reposted by Iain MacGregor¡Novedad! La edición bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social llegará a librerías el 12 de enero 📚 Descubre la batalla de Stalingrado, la más sangrienta de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, con testimonios inéditos 💥 👉 Preventa en aticodeloslibros.com #ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo
- Almost a silver sheen to the #Thames this morning. Ice underfoot and a very peaceful calm to everyone walking to work. HNY #London.
- Love the paperback cover of #TheHiroshimaMen out from @littlebrown.bsky.social this summer. @waterstones.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock This August is the 80th anniversary of the iconic expose from #WWII war correspondent & Pulitzer novelist #JohnHersey on the survivors published in @newyorker.com
- Restocking vinyl for Christmas (original taken by an old ex girlfriend) and this beauty getting a run out as we pack up decorations this morning. #Police #Sting
- Reposted by Iain MacGregor📌 La edición bolsillo de "El último duelo" de Eric Jager 📌 La edición bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social #ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo
- HNY! Have the best 2026 possible.
- I think I was excited to be promised we'd watch ELF after Christmas dinner.
- If you want to feel you're in #CharlesDickens London, then watching the latest version of #AChristmasCarole in the atmosphere of Alexandra Palace is the place. Very well staged & Neil Morrissey excellent as Jacob Marley.
- 'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' @dailymail.co.uk #BerlinWall Great pressie for the #ColdWar enthusiast in your life at Christmas time! Listen to my appearance about it on @therestishistory.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social
- He did need a bigger boat!
- The drive from Strontian to Lochaline in Morven is stunning. Now at the Ionian Cross at Kreil Church, overlooking the Sound of Mull.
- No highlands coo was injured (or decapitated) in the making of this hotel Christmas decoration.
- Since Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his royal standard here at #Glenfinnan, on the shores of Loch Shiel in 1745, only two other pretenders have been more embarrassing: Ally McLeod 'We'll win it!' at the '78 World Cup; & David Steel's 'Go home and prepare for government!'. #Hubris
- Walked from Kinlochleven in Lochaber to the top of the Devil's Staircase overlooking Glen Coe, and then back. Poured with rain but good fun.
- Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas ...
- Still one of my regular re-reads over Christmas. Characters are fascinating and the storyline surreal.
- Dark skies but what a view for a morning coffee.
- Beware of impeachment ...
- Two years since he sadly passed away. RIP Benjamin Zephaniah. A good man. Hugely enjoyed working with him on his memoir. What a life. Loved his cakes when signing copies, too. British culture is poorer without him.
- Ah, this photo. My dad always wanted to take me winter fishing on nearby Loch Sunart on #Ardnamurchan. We never caught anything, EVER, but the penny dropped many years later that he simply wanted to share time.
- London in winter is so mesmeric. #Thames #StPaulsCathedral
- Loved writing this. So many characters and legal history to capture.
- The long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-l...
- Reposted by Iain MacGregorThe long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-l...
- The Tartan Army meeting ICE at #WorldCupUSA should make interesting viewing.
- Fitting way to end a book tour for #TheHiroshimaMen at Dulverton Festival this weekend. Well run, lovely audience, beautiful setting, & an entertaining authors dinner with @Carol4OliveFarm @petroc.bsky.social @andrewlownie @joshualevine.bsky.social & @chloehadj.bsky.social Did I mention the dogs!
- Who's been eating my porridge!?
- History nonfiction ... competitive genre!
- Reposted by Iain MacGregorGood.
- If you're a fan of #WWII history & interested to hear more about a subject extremely relevant to the dangers the world faces today - then please go to https://www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/ to purchase a ticket. I can promise you a very thought provoking talk. #Hiroshima
- One of my favourite reads of 2025. thecritic.co.uk/a-saga-of-su... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @wehaveways.bsky.social
- #OTD 23 August 1942, carnage assaults #Stalingrad from the air and on the ground as the Sixth Army begins it plan to capture Stalin's showpiece city on the Volga. Listen to my two-part podcast talk with @theresthistory.bsky.social
- Wishing D-Day veteran Jim Glennie a very happy 100th birthday today. He was among the Gordon Highlanders on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Fortunate to meet & speak with him last year in #Aberdeen. Have a great day Jim.
- My op-ed in today's @newyorkpost.bsky.social on #Hiroshima's legacy and the threats we face today of a nuclear confrontation ... nypost.com/2025/08/10/o... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @theresthistory.bsky.social
- LOVE this place! Looking forward to speaking on 5 October. @WigtownBookFest Wigtown Book Festival | 26 Sept – 5 Oct 2025 www.wigtownbookfestival.com
- The seconds before crunching into marmite on toast are mouthwatering ...
- Henry sorted it all out- great job from him.
- My article in @historyextra.bsky.social magazine detailing the extraordinary life, career & death of the mayor of #Hiroshima, Senkichi Awaya. @littlebrown.bsky.social
- A sombre but very interesting day sent at BBC Salford being interviewed across TV and radio for the 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima. #BBCToday #BBCBreakfast
- #OTD 6 August 1945 the world forever changed with the atomic destruction of #Hiroshima. Today there are over 12,500 nuclear warheads, with 9000+ operational. The threat is always there. Every second of the day. Remember that as we talk about what happened 80 years ago.
- #Hiroshima quickened the war's end and saved millions of lives. But it came at a price. My piece in @thespectator1828.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @WstoneTenterden @theresthistory.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
- So pleased with @fmcomment.bsky.social assessment of ##TheHiroshimaMen in @Independent_ie 'A daunting if compelling read.' @scribnerbooks.bsky.social t.co/lP115QHKOK
- Friday brings a good review in the @WSJ 👍🏻👏🏻 #TheHiroshimaMen www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
- 'In an era where nuclear rhetoric once again creeps into global headlines, this book could not be more urgent. MacGregor’s work does not just revisit history; it demands reflection on our present.' bestreviewsclub.com/the-hiroshim...
- #OTD 1945, the allies issue the #PotsdamDeclaration: "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces." the day before Gen Thomas Handy ordered the atomic bomb be used, “as soon as weather will permit visual bombing,”
- Reposted by Iain MacGregor@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social looks inside the final moments before the bombing of Hiroshima and the beginning of the Atomic Age.
- Come on down to beautiful @HenleyLitFest for a dramatic recounting of the world's first nuclear attack and the coming of the era of MAD. Tickets now on sale here: henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/macgr… @littlebrown.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock
- Great to see #TheHiroshimaMen read by @StephenMcGann on Spotify's History feature. @littlebrown.bsky.social
- #TheHiroshimaMen OTD, 16 July, 1945, the world's first nuclear explosion occurred. A plutonium implosion device was tested on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. The test's code name was "Trinity." @theresthistory.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iain MacGregorThe Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.
- Another lovely audience at @WaterstonesRose. Super keen to ask questions & was introduced to the 'author wall'. Best thing of the evening? Spending a while afterwards simply chewing the fat with the staff about our industry - all great book people who work VERY hard.
- Never been to #Dunbar before. Loved it. A working, vibrant fishing town that loves its history (Oliver Cromwell especially!) Thank you @nightowl_books & @davegoodman for a lovely event this evening in a stunning setting.
