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Events, blogs, press and recorded talks — a running log of where the work turns up in the world, and the threads worth following up.
01
Blog
03 August 2026
Sir Roger Casement
110 years after his execution at Pentonville — the Congo Report, the knighthood, the Black Diaries, and a pair of gold cufflinks passed to a prison warden.
Read full blog: Sir Roger Casement →
02
Blog
30 July 2026
The Top Secret History of Roughwood Park
A sleepy Chilterns estate requisitioned in 1941 and known only as STS42 — the Special Operations Executive's finishing school for agents parachuted into occupied France.
Read full blog: The Top Secret History of Roughwood Park →
03
Blog
18 July 2026
History's Forgotten Heroines — Lily Mernin
The quiet Dublin Castle typist who became Michael Collins' most productive spy, operating under the codename 'The Little Gentleman'.
Read full blog: History's Forgotten Heroines — Lily Mernin →
04
Media
15 July 2026
Pictorial History of Chalfont St Giles 1895–1995
Tony Ferguson recounts the development of the village through the 20th century.
Read full media: Pictorial History of Chalfont St Giles 1895–1995 →
05
Blog
08 July 2026
History's Forgotten Heroines — Muriel McSwiney
My research for the Battle of the Somme and the Irish War of Independence made me focus on the decade between 1914-24. A recurring theme began emerging as I uncovered the largely forgotten roles played by women.
Read full blog: History's Forgotten Heroines — Muriel McSwiney →
06
Appearance
04 June 2026
Tony Ferguson at Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival 2026
Author, historian and storyteller Tony Ferguson appeared at the Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival.
Read full appearance: Tony Ferguson at Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival 2026 →
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Blog
18 May 2026
Somme Anniversary
The First of July, 2026 marks the 110th anniversary of the opening day of the Battle of the Somme — and a moment to revisit what we choose to remember.
Read full blog: Somme Anniversary →
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Resources
30 April 2026
The Research Process
Reflections on writing historical memoir — half archive work, half listening to the silences in family stories.
Read full resources: The Research Process →
09
Appearance
30 April 2026
Weston Turville Historical Society
Rebellion, regicide, graffiti and body snatching — a colourful history of a Bucks village church. 30 October 2026, Weston Turville Village Hall.
Read full appearance: Weston Turville Historical Society →
10
Appearance
17 April 2026
Chalfont St Giles — Village History in Pictures
Local author, historian and storyteller Tony Ferguson appeared at Chalfont St Giles to present village history in pictures.
Read full appearance: Chalfont St Giles — Village History in Pictures →
11
Blog
30 March 2026
The Role of Women in the Irish War of Independence
Women's History Month often highlights the names we already know. The records hold many more — couriers, organisers, witnesses, the keepers of safe houses.
Read full blog: The Role of Women in the Irish War of Independence →
12
Press
01 December 2025
Tony Ferguson featured in Tyrone Herald — Tyrone's Most Wanted Man
Tony Ferguson was featured in Tyrone Herald's The Big Interview, talking research, writing and the long arc of an unfinished story.
Read full press: Tony Ferguson featured in Tyrone Herald — Tyrone's Most Wanted Man →
13
Media
29 October 2025
The Somme Story — Historical Talk
A recorded talk in which historian Tony Ferguson explores the story of the Somme and the men whose names sit behind the statistics.
Read full media: The Somme Story — Historical Talk →
14
Blog
23 November 2023
A Cautionary Tale…
Locked out, locked in and damn near locked up — a Belfast research day undone by a charging phone, a jammed car park office and the absence of a wire coathanger.
Read full blog: A Cautionary Tale… →
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Blog
10 March 2023
Tom Kettle: Eulogy to Wasted Talent
MP for East Tyrone, professor of economics at twenty-eight, friend of Pearse and Joyce — killed at Ginchy in 1916 and written out of Irish memory.
Read full blog: Tom Kettle: Eulogy to Wasted Talent →
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Blog
07 March 2023
Forbidden City: The Catacombs of Paris
Two hundred kilometres of tunnels beneath Paris, six million bodies, and the ninety-nine percent of that subterranean city which remains forbidden.
Read full blog: Forbidden City: The Catacombs of Paris →
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Blog
06 January 2023
2023 New Year's Honours List: Andrew Sharp
A Capper Pass teammate filed under 'lazy bastard' for four seasons — and the First Class Honours degree, decades later, that showed how wrong that reading had been.
Read full blog: 2023 New Year's Honours List: Andrew Sharp →
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Blog
20 December 2022
The Somme: The Day After…
July 2, 1916. The killing paused and both sides drew breath to consider what they had created — an extract from Andy Symington: Tyrone's Most Wanted Man, Vol 1.
Read full blog: The Somme: The Day After… →