A Touch of History

Dr Sarah-Louise Miller presents A Touch of History, in which Sarah and the team head to amazing historical locations and handle precious objects that connect us to the past. Sarah also appears regularly in television and radio programmes on British and international channels, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky History, National Geographic and PBS.

Dr Sarah-Louise Miller is an experienced historian, author, television presenter and media consultant. Also a researcher and an educator, she is a lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fly in a Spitfire? Find out as lifelong Spitfire-lover and historian Dr Sarah-Louise Miller takes to the air in PT462, a WWII Spitfire.

Sarah tackles many different periods and types of history. She specialises in the history of the Second World War, and her MPhil and PhD focused on the use of intelligence in military operations in WWII. Sarah has spent over a decade researching and writing history books, papers and programmes, and she is always happy to advise, consult and work with others toward publishing and media projects.

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  • Sarah holds a BA (Hons), an MPhil, and a PhD in History, and has lectured at King’s College London, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

    Sarah is currently based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, having spent two years in KCL’s Defence Studies Department at the Defence Academy of the UK. She is also a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, where she is a member of Kellogg College. Sarah is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an elected member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a member of the Laughton Naval History and Maritime Strategy Unit.

  • As well as researching and teaching, Sarah enjoys making history accessible by engaging in media work and writing. She has worked in both television and radio, with the BBC, ITV, Channel Four, Channel 5, Sky History, National Geographic and PBS.

    She has also worked with BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC History Extra, Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast, the We Have Ways Podcast with Al Murray and James Holland, the Choiceology Podcast from Charles Schwab, and with various other podcasts and productions. See the media tab for more information on Sarah’s media work.

For media and publishing enquiries, please contact Sarah’s agent, Donald Winchester, at Watson Little