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Dinner, Spain and Afghanistan
The history dinner on Tuesday was a great success. Good to meet Adam, and Ophelia in good cheer despite being the only one who did not drink (on account of her pregnancy - twins!). Bettany on particularly good form - thanks, in part, to an earlier drink at the Wolseley - and v generously mooted the idea of us co-presenting TV history. I got v excited until she told me that she hadn’t actually seen any of my programmes, and could I send her a DVD of something I’d done! I’m tempted to send the episode of Time Commanders when I told the all-girl netball team that the best way to approach any problem, particularly a military problem, was from the rear. I somehow kept a straight face.
Wonderful news from my literary agent. A Spanish publisher wants to translate all three of my Penguin history books: ‘The Indian Mutiny’, ‘Zulu’ and ‘Victoria’s Wars’. Apparently there’s something of a history boom in Spain at the moment, but who’d have thought they’d want war histories of the British Empire!
Spoke to a production company today about me doing a programme on the British fighting in Afghanistan, then and now. Their idea, and a v good one at that. Will discuss in more detail next week.