• 20th Century

    The Unknown Warrior

    On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told [more...]
  • 20th Century

    Remembering

    As Puffins may already know, it was my birthday last week. The hints were heavy and even segued into a review of French New Wave cinema – like me, a conveniently early 1960s phenomenon. Thank [more...]
  • Fiction

    Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Twenty-Five

    Everyone shook hands, Dave apologised for yesterday. “I ran out of energy yesterday, it was knowing it was over which drained me, I didn’t have to think about it anymore. Sally has seen me like [more...]

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