* 12 March, 2pm, The National Archives, Writer of the Month, talk on Stalingrad and Berlin - Researching the Reality of War
* 22 March, 10 am, Oxford Literary Festival, with Kate Mosse discussing The Dangers of Faction, Sheldonian; 2pm The Second World War, Sheldonian
* 12 April, 4.30 pm, Cambridge Wordfest, St John's College Cambridge, in conversation with Professor Sir Richard Evans
* 15 May, to South Africa for Franschhoek Literary Festival
* 17 May, Sunday Times Literary Dinner, with Anthony Horowitz and Andrew Miller
* 18 May, 10am, World War II, in conversation with Laurent Binet and Bill Nasson; 4pm, How Wars Have Changed
* 19 May, 1pm, On Researching War
* 22 May, return UK
* 24 May, Charleston Festival, in conversation with Artemis Cooper and Charles Moore
* 27 June, Chalke Valley History Festival, Stalingrad, 8.45 pm
* 8 July, BBC History, at the British Academy, The Second World War and the Individual
* 3 September, Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival, Ivy House, Meet the Historian