Al Murray and James Holland ride through London on Second World War-era ‘tank’

Comedian Al Murray and historiographer James Holland rode done cardinal London connected a Second World War epoch armoured conveyance connected Wednesday.

The brace made the travel to people the wide merchantability of tickets for their festival, We Have Ways Fest.

Asked astir the armoured vehicle, Murray, known for his quality of The Pub Landlord, said: “Strictly speaking it’s not a tank.”

He added: “The breadstuff and food of the festival is radical being picky astir things similar this.”

Holland, who is the member of chap historiographer and The Rest Is History podcast big Tom Holland, clarified that “it’s got a high-velocity anti-tank weapon connected a vessel chassis”.

The two-day festival, described by Murray arsenic a “safe space” for Second World War enthusiasts, volition instrumentality spot successful September 2025 adjacent Silverstone contention circuit.

Murray billed the festival, the 5th held by the podcasting duo, arsenic “a play of talks, of tanks, of convivial company, craft flying done the entity and the past of the Second World War”.

The festival falls successful the twelvemonth marking the 80th day of the extremity of the Second World War.

Holland said the extremity of the warfare needs to beryllium viewed done a “different prism” connected this anniversary.

“I deliberation we bash request to spot it arsenic a informing from history,” helium said.

“We request to really larn those lessons and see those lessons a spot much earnestly alternatively than conscionable emblem question and look astatine it done a benignant of prism of nostalgia.”

The historiographer said the parallels betwixt the existent decennary and the 1930s “worries maine a lot”.

Looking backmost astatine the Second World War, Holland warned: “This was catastrophic for the world.

“These are the consequences of a planetary war.

“There is simply a overmuch much superior acquisition to beryllium learned successful 2025 and everyone conscionable needs to aftermath up.”