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Peter Hart
@peterhart.bsky.social
Military historian of sorts. Latest books: 'Laugh or Fly', 'Chain of Fire: Campaigning in Egypt & the Sudan, 1882-1898' & 'Beggar Me: I'm a Prisoner'. But really I'm mainly the lead singer of 'Those Naughty Lumps' and 'Pete & the Lovehearts'
Friday 5 Dec 7-10pm
THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS
THE ARCHWAY MOUNTAIN LIGHTNIN' BOYS
Constitutional Club, 9 The Walks, East Finchley
Entrance £5
Sunday 7 Dec 2-6pm
INTERSTELLER BOY
THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS
THE MALBEC
At Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden
Entrance £8 in advance from: wegottickets.com/event/681694/
Interstella Boy
Interstella Boy - Dill Williams’ Welsh wonders of low slung Beatles meets Floyd via Super Furries finery, Interstella Boy, perform in the headline slot of our Sunday Matinee show today. Dill’s story ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Join us on this one off trip and you get @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the men on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My daughter and her chums at the last supper!
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are visiting the 1916 Somme battlefields from 5-8 June 2026 and telling the stories of the men involved in that tragedy. And who better to do experience it with than Peter Hart, Richard van Emden and Alex Churchill.
Mark in your diary and book today: www.istoriatravel.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is going to be fab!
Join us on this one off trip and you get @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the men on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
After El Alamein the South Notts Hussars were on the advance to Tunis and moving towards the end of the African campaign. It had been a long hard slog and they had lost many good comrades. Please share! Thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/7JHc...
SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Road to Tunis
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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looking forward to my annual visit to Newcastle on Monday 17 November. Details below in link! I’m talking on the Great War commanders and their adventures at the Battle of Omdurman, 1898.

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Great War Military Commanders at the Battle of Omdurman 1898 by Peter Hart | The Western Front Association
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November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
After the disaster of the Battle of Knightsbridge, the sparse remnants of the South Notts Hussars reform as 107 Battery, 7th Medium Regiment - and equipped with massive 5.5 inch guns. Then comes a new trial - the Battle of El Alamein. Please share - thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/1AGG...
SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - El Alamein
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November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's going to be fab! Put it in your diary today!
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Heard it the first time around but enjoying the entire series again. The Knightsbridge episodes are grim but still compelling. Great story. Great book. Wonderfully told! #history #militaryhistory #WW2 #podcast
The South Notts Hussars are up to their collective necks in the Battle of Knightsbridge 1942. Who will survive? Join us to find out! Please share! Thanks!

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SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Knightsbridge (Part 2)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The South Notts Hussars are up to their collective necks in the Battle of Knightsbridge 1942. Who will survive? Join us to find out! Please share! Thanks!

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SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Knightsbridge (Part 2)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Drama in the desert with the South Notts Hussars as they go into the Battle of Knightsbridge 1942. Will it be the end of our gunners? Please share! Thanks!
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thanks Matt!
"Don't remember them as old or frail; remember them as they were! Determined men, sometimes frightened, but fighting as best they could for their country and a cause they believed in." Recommend @peterhart.bsky.social's story of the 16 DLI in Footsloggers. Thought-provoking and novel. #histbookchat
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The long agony of Tobruk was over at last for the gunners of the South Notts Hussars with the breakout commencing on 21 Novmber 1942. It was a hell of a battle but at last they were free. Please share! Thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/2WJk...
SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Tobruk Breakout
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We continue the story of the South Notts Hussars at Tobruk, this time looking at the conditions of service! Hard times indeed! Please share! Thanks!

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SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Conditions at Tobruk
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October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We reach the Siege of Tobruk in the enthralling story of the South Notts Hussars (107 Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1939-1945. Our first ever series, full of the stories of the men who were there. Please share! And thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/4Zqi...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tomorrow, Tuesday 7 October I am speaking on I’M OUT: ESCAPE FROM GERMAN POW CAMP at Chesterfield WFA. Start at 7.30pm, the Labour Club, Unity House, Saltergate, Chesterfield.
It would be great to see my old chums!!!
October 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Fun & frolics for the elderly reliving their youth on a punk Sunday with your favourite Naughty Lumps, Nice Men, Benefit Cheats and Spizz! Get your arses in gear and get down to the Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden from 13.20 on Sunday 5 October!
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THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS RISE AGAIN!
Event in London, United Kingdom by Those Naughty Lumps on Sunday, October 5 2025
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October 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Late call but I am speaking tonight at 19.00 3 October in DEFEAT AT GALLIPOLI, 1915 for the Birkenhead WFA at Trinity and Palm Grove United Reformed and Methodist Church, Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ. Would be great to see any Merseyside chums!
October 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Another revisit to the men of the South Notts Hussars! They have moved to Mersa Matruh in Egypt and are facing the Italians! Please share! Thanks!
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SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Egypt 1940
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October 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This week we revisit the sojourn of the South Notts Hussars in Palestine in 1940. The calm before the storm sure enough! And what a storm would follow! Please share! Thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/4xGp...
SPECIAL: South Notts Hussars - Palestine
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September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! So many talks and seminars to choose from.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.social will be giving an exclusive talk about the Battle of Galicia. This oft-ignored scrap in 1914 consumed a million casualties along a 200 mile front in three weeks!
September 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS RISE AGAIN! Playing live at the Dublin Castel, Parkway, Camden from 14.00 on Sunday 5 October. Supporting Spizzology and with our good friends, The Nice Men and Benefit Cheat$. It will be beyond fab!
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Phil Watson will be kicking off our Friday night on all things Haig by talking about the BEF chief’s command philosophy. Ticket details👇🏼
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM