Debbie Kilroy

Award-winning historian and author of the Daily Mail Book of the Week, Members Behaving Badly. History, places, ponderments.

[History Rage Podcast @HistoryRage]

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[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

Makes me think of this, by @Jimllpaintit

[Londonist @Londonist]

In honour of the Bayeux Tapestry coming to London later this year, Greggs has commissioned an eight-metre-long 'Ta-Pastry'.

You can see it in the Design Museum for free - but only this Friday and Saturday (5 and 6 June).

[York Festival of Ideas @YorkFestofIdeas]

Ready to explore ‘Place and Space’? 🌍✨

Here is your daily guide to what’s on today (3 June) at the York Festival of Ideas! From inspiring talks to interactive experiences, don't miss out on today's amazing lineup of mostly FREE events: https://t.co/NRIYV1kvY3

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

@historical_kate Yep - name and shame

[Stonehenge U.K @ST0NEHENGE]

Last night's 97% Waxing Gibbous Blue Moon over Stonehenge during golden hour🤩🌕 Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

Just one week to go! Very excited to be speaking about Members Behaving Badly at the wonderful @YorkFestofIdeas on 6 June. Do come along if you can! https://t.co/MkylE9uiJV

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

@adiebond46 @Gliderpilot44 @soave1000 @stevedigiphoto @maureenwrig @April_1970s @HistoryRage @WW2TV Enjoy (and good luck with the internet)!

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

Seeing the near-universal celebrations marking his return on that day, Charles is said to have quipped: 'It must have been my own fault that I had not come back sooner, for I find nobody who does not tell me he has always wished for my return.' 2/2

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

On 29 May 1660 - the date of his thirtieth birthday - Charles II entered London in triumph.

For much of the previous decade and a half, he had been in exile on the Continent after the Royalist defeat in the civil wars. 1/2

[Get History @GetHistory]

'The point of being a king is not only the rights you have: those rights exist because you have very profound duties to the kingdom you rule.' @hrcastor talks to us about kingship and tyranny during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. https://t.co/ueZNHQIZmx

[Battlefields Trust @battleftrust]

Sunday 28th June 2026, 2:15pm
Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644

Join Anthony Rich to explore this battle between the Oxford royalist army and Sir William Waller's army

A service commemorating the battle is planned in the church after the walk

Further details at Events in our bio

[Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | The Spy Historian @thespyhistorian]

Following the success of D-Day, the immediate threat of a German invasion had passed. In late July 1944, #Bournemouth beach reopened.

People passed the public notice warning them 'not to touch any suspicious objects' on the beach. They carefully navigated the anti-invasion defences to claim their spot on the sand.

A woman in a swimsuit and sunglasses stretches out with her legs lying in front of her. Despite the presence of tangled barbed wire, she basks in the sun, evoking a classic portrait of pre-war summer relaxation.

Her name and wartime story are waiting to be told.

#bankholiday #womenshistory #herstory #WW2

[History Rage Podcast @HistoryRage]

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Political reform didn’t end injustice — it exposed it 🚩
@DebbieKilroy ( @GetHistory ) explains why Chartism emerged and why its demands still resonate today. Reform came, but it didn’t go far enough — and Britain’s democratic story may still be unfinished. 🎙️🔥

🎧 Listen now 👉 https://t.co/1tbKOolvyl
#Chartism #Democracy #BritishHistory #HistoryRage 🚩

[Get History @GetHistory]

In 'Blue Jerusalem' @KitKowol has done an outstanding job of refuting the mythical foundations of our modern social state and of proving that the Conservative Party could be just as radical, just as idealistic, as their Labour counterparts.
https://t.co/GCpUblIc4e

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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Imagine two MPs representing almost no voters at all 🗳️
@DebbieKilroy ( @GetHistory ) explains how rotten boroughs turned representation into a farce, while growing industrial towns were ignored. This episode shows just how broken Britain’s political system once was. 🎙️😡

🎧 Listen now 👉 https://t.co/1tbKOolvyl
#ReformAct #BritishHistory #Politics #HistoryRage 🏛️🔥

[Aspects of History @AspectsHistory]

#BookReview

@NicolaCornick reviews Members Behaving Badly
By @DebbieKilroy

"An alternative history of the nation."

https://t.co/e10i6Lepxb

Read Members Behaving Badly
https://t.co/p6unWmGpQk

@eandtbooks

#historybooks #bookrecommendations

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

Still no idea who it is? Have a listen to @HistoryRage to find out!

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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Justice in historic Britain wasn’t blind — it knew exactly who it served ⚖️
@DebbieKilroy ( @GetHistory ) explores how power, privilege, and legal loopholes allowed politicians to escape accountability. A stark look at how Parliament once protected its own. 🎙️😤

🎧 Listen now 👉 https://t.co/1tbKOolvyl

#LegalHistory #BritishPolitics #HistoryRage #Podcast ⚖️🔥

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

@BlokeOnWheels @VickiWistow Technically, it was a little over a hundred years ago that universal suffrage was introduced. Reasoning beforehand was partially that people would be more invested in the success of the country if they had literally invested in the country through taxes.

[Capel Lofft @CapelLofft]

Lloyd George's War Memoirs contained the following index entry:

'Military mind: narrowness of; stubbornness of...; does not seem to understand arithmetic...; impossibility of trusting; regards thinking as a form of mutiny'

[Debbie Kilroy @DebbieKilroy]

This is brilliant!

[George Hammond @GGeorgeHammond]

@DebbieKilroy It’s also fascinating that we have a recording of his voice, and it’s a shame we don’t have Disraeli’s to be able to truly appreciate and understand the great oratory battles the two fought against one another: https://t.co/5hlmWguBYF