Khaki Malarkey

Join us as we speak to Simon Elliot about his new book, Romans at War. If you’d like to get in touch, you can find us on Twitter @KhakiMalarkey. Edited by Zack O’Leary. Hosted by Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith.

Jane Gulliford-Lowes joins us to discuss her book Above Us The Stars: 10 Squadron Bomber Command - The Wireless Operators Story. We talk about her personal connections with the book's subject, and the process discover why Halifax bombers is a reverse TARDIS, is better than the Lancaster, and why wireless operators were great party planners.

Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast bringing you interviews with the most exciting military historians on their latest discoveries, and book releases. Where possible we also try to get you a discount on the titles we feature. Presented by Zack White, Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith, the podcast is affiliated to the British Commission of Military History. You can get in touch with the team on twitter @KhakiMalarkey.

We speak to Kirsty Haslam for the second instalment of our #PhDChats! Kirsty is a graduate from St Andrews, holds an MA in Museum Studies from UCL and is now in the third year of her PhD looking at the social and cultural impact of warfare in late-medieval and early-modern Scotland. If you’re interested in getting involved and chatting about your military history PhD research, you can find us on Twitter @KhakiMalarkey! Edited by Zack O’Leary. Hosted by Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith.

We speak to Stephen Bourne about his newly released book Under Fire: Black Britain in Wartime, 1939-45 (The History Press, 2020). The author of a number of books, including Black Poppies and The Motherland Calls, Stephen speaks to Phoebe and Liv about race relations in Britain during the First and Second World Wars. Khaki Malarkey is a weekly military history review podcast bringing you research that's hot off the press -- get in touch with us through our Twitter: @KhakiMalarkey. Hosted by Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith. Edited by Zack O'Leary (Twitter: @zickzack142). 

We speak to historian Peter Jones about all things rugby, First World War, and his new book He Did His Bit - Stories Behind the Shirt Collection of Welsh Rugby Legend Charlie Pritchard (Gomer, 2020). Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast featuring the most exciting and up to date research in the field. Get in touch via our Twitter account: @KhakiMalarkey. Presented by Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith.

We speak to Helen Fry about her new book MI9, discovering the vital role that the organisation played in rescuing downed airmen during the Second World. Along the way we discover that The Great Escape is more realistic than you'd imagine, how historians have missed a trick in the intelligence archives, and why Ian Fleming would be great on a road trip.

Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast bringing you interviews with the most exciting military historians on their latest discoveries, and book releases. Where possible we also try to get you a discount on the titles we feature. Presented by Zack White, Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith, the podcast is affiliated to the British Commission of Military History. You can get in touch with the team on twitter @KhakiMalarkey. 

In the first of our monthly PhD chats feature, Jack Abernethy joins Phoebe and Olivia to discuss his research on the Scotch-Dutch Brigade during the 80 Years War.

Warning: Contains description of graphic battle injury.

We speak to WW2 historian James Holland about his book Sicily 1943. As we talk about the campaign we find out why Patton might be more like Trump that we think, why Sicily was the tipping point in WW2, and why his good friend Al Murray wouldn't necessarily have a seat in the car if James went on a road trip with historical figures!

Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast bringing you interviews with the most exciting military historians on their latest discoveries, and book releases. Where possible we also try to get you a discount on the titles we feature. Presented by Zack White, Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith, the podcast is affiliated to the British Commission of Military History. You can get in touch with the team on twitter @KhakiMalarkey.

We are joined by Rebecca Rideal, author of 1666: Plague, War & Hellfire, to talk about the insanity of going to war in the middle of a pandemic, why being a general and an admiral was a thing in the 17th century, and how Charles II may, or may not, be underrated.  

Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast bringing you interviews with the most exciting military historians on their latest discoveries, and book releases. Where possible we also try to get you a discount on the titles we feature. Presented by Zack White, Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith, the podcast is affiliated to the British Commission of Military History. You can get in touch with the team on twitter @KhakiMalarkey.

We speak to Paul Chrystal, author of Women at War in the Classical World in a brilliant interview about the Amazons, Boudicca, female Gladiators, and much more.  

Remember to listen through to the end of the episode, in order to hear an exclusive discount code for Paul's title, which you can redeem for 20% off at Pen and Sword's website.

Khaki Malarkey is a military history review podcast bringing you interviews with the most exciting military historians on their latest discoveries, and book releases. Where possible we also try to get you a discount on the titles we feature. Presented by Zack White, Phoebe Style and Olivia Smith, the podcast is affiliated to the British Commission of Military History. You can get in touch with the team on twitter @KhakiMalarkey.