Dr Adam Prime

History mainly but current views might inform the discussion

I’d be interested in Boer War…

I think I asked this before but over on the 'old place', has anyone got recommendations for works on the following: Australian military culture?
Overarching Australian military history?
Australia and the Great War?

An Australian officer of the Indian Army referring to his first few months in India as ‘bonza’ might be my favourite archival find ever!

Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of meeting Gordon Corrigan but his work led the way for many of us who followed.
Sepoys in the Trenches is a book I have read time and again and which I frequently consult.
My thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

The Librarian at work was having a clear out… I rescued these poor defenceless books…

For the first time since October, my writing is flowing and I’m getting bits written that I’ve owed people for months!

I’ll be joining the Wiltshire Branch of The WFA on Sunday 1st March to talk about the Indian Army, the manpower issues it faced during the First World War and how these problems were overcome.
Do come along if you are in the area!
#fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

Me and the kids checked out Staffordshire History Centre this morning.

Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy Tue 17 Feb 2026, 3pm Be astounded by unbelievable and hilarious facts as bestselling author Greg Jenner takes us on a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain Www.southbankcentre.co.uk

For half-term, next Tuesday I’m doing a fun kids’ event at @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London — I’ll be doing a funny talk on the history of Roman Britain, and my ace illustrator @rikinparekh.bsky.social will do a live draw-along tutorial

Tix cheap!

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/tot...

Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just of the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV

Delighted to get my hands on Volume 1 of London Pride!
I am excited to delve into the chapters and learn more about the London Territorials.
Of course I am also excited for Volume 2 later this year to see my own contribution in print!
#fwwhist

London Pride Vol 1 has now has been printed! It examines the vital yet often overlooked contributions of London’s Territorial Force from 1908-21, exploring its unique structure, socio-economic composition, military operations during the GW and enduring legacy. Order: tinyurl.com/33d9zwj7

Unfortunately only a passing reference to the second line units, nothing substantial.

Me to the kids in any shop in December: ‘We are not buying anything, it is too close to Xmas’

Me allowed to go into a bookshop alone:

There is still time to sign up to my forthcoming webinar on the Indianisation of the EEF in 1918 this coming Monday evening.
#fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

YouTube video by The Western Front Association From Putney Bridge to Jallianwala Bagh: The 1/25th County of London Cyclists 1914-1919 | Adam Prime

Pleased to see my WFA webinar is now on YouTube!
The 1/25th London Cyclists are a fascinating, if little known battalion who present a really interesting study in the wartime transformation of territorials. #FWWHist

YouTube video by The Western Front Association From Putney Bridge to Jallianwala Bagh: The 1/25th County of London Cyclists 1914-1919 | Adam Prime

Pleased to see my WFA webinar is now on YouTube!
The 1/25th London Cyclists are a fascinating, if little known battalion who present a really interesting study in the wartime transformation of territorials. #FWWHist

Well I never, a 500 page book on the Indian Army features 0 entries in the bibliography for Kaushik Roy. I wasn't sure that was possible!

We're at a Eurocamp near Houlgate, so Arromanches and then work back towards our base would probably work pretty well. Thank you.

We're at Eurocamp in Houlgate so Merville could be on the way, way back or a quick trip for another day, it looks great though, will definitely check it out.

Right, Normandy in May with the fam. Aiming to spend at least 1 full day history dadding, maybe the whole family, maybe just me and 6yo history fan, Teddy. If one was to look to do and see as much 1944 as possible, where should one be going?
(Teddy likes planes and tanks).

1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

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The serious answer is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The price of the last book I bought from Cambridge University Press made me cry, does that count?

Restoring our services – November 2025 update In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.

Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...

Very kind of you to say so Brian! I like to think I am not stale!