In The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall, Nathan Morley brings to life the story of the longtime leader of the German Democratic Republic. Drawing from a wealth of untapped archival sources – and firsthand interviews with Honecker’s lawyers, journalists, and contemporary witnesses – Morley paints a vivid portrait of how an uneducated miner’s son […]
American oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard says his latest deep sea expedition off the coast of Cyprus has revealed an amazing array of life forms, shipwrecks and unusual discoveries. During most of August, Ballard’s research team on board the EV Nautilus have concentrated on the unique geological makeup of the Eratosthenes Seamount, one of the largest […]
WALT DISNEY first noticed David Tomlinson in 1958, starring in ‘The Ring of Truth’ in London’s West End, and invited him for supper at a little restaurant in Soho. “The evening went very well,” Tomlinson recalled. “Walt was charming. We had drinks back at his hotel. I literally had my pen ready expecting to sign […]
EXCLUSIVE: He made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s brightest British stars playing Mr Banks in the Disney blockbuster Mary Poppins. By NATHAN MORLEY 07:15, Fri, Jun 4, 2021 | UPDATED: 07:15, Fri, Jun 4, 2021 But despite his image as a happy-go-lucky gentleman, David Tomlinson’s personal story was plagued by misfortune – including a tragic […]
UPDATE: I’ve written a long feature on David Tomlinson in the August edition of Yours Retro. (Edition 53). A new paperback of Disney’s British Gentleman comes out on October 6th, 2022. In other news, Holidays with Hitler is published on October 22nd, 2022.
Holidays with Hitler tells the story of German leisure time and state-sponsored fun under the Nazi regime. Nathan Morley looks at consumerism, entertainment and travel in German society, and offers a vivid portrait of what it was like to visit as a foreign tourist seeking fun in a totalitarian state. An important part of Nazi […]
I’m delighted to learn The History Press will publish ‘Disney’s British Gentleman’ in paperback on 6 October, 2022. It can be ordered here
Nathan discusses ‘Radio Hitler’ with Paul Ross on Talk Radio and Talk Sport. 18th January, 2022.
We’ve all known the contribution Nazi propaganda made to the success of the Third Reich. None was more important that exploiting the new technology of wireless. In his brilliant critique of Goebbels’ web of lies and deceit, Nathan Morley gives us the details of how, where and when in Radio Hitler. “Beside the pistol and […]
