Javelin Javelin is an infrared (ie heat-seeking) guided anti-tank missile system. A previous generation of anti-tank missiles were wire-guided via a ‘semi-automatic command to line of sight’ (or SACLOS) system where the operator had to [more…]
With there being only 11 years between them both my grandfather, Elihu, and his nephew, John Jr, joined up for the Second War. Last time we looked at my grandfather’s service in the RAOC and [more…]
Question Time 24th February 2022 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) James Cleverley (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Katherine Birbalsingh (Educator) Radek Sikorski (Polish MEP) Timothy Gorton-Ash (Historian) Anne McElvoy (The Economist) Venue: Harrow Puffins with instant [more…]
The above photograph appears in our family Nostalgia Album captioned “Mauretania Southampton 1939”. Although every Big Boy’s Big Book of Big Ships says something different, the photograph, languishing in the Worth-Saying family album for 83 [more…]
Question Time 17th February 2022 The Panel: Jake Berry (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour Mayor of Manchester) Juergen Maier (Industrialist) Inaya Folarin-Iman (Journalist) Frances O’Grady (TUC) Venue: Leeds In a direct, Yorkshire sort of way, the [more…]
Question Time 10th February 2022 The Panel: George Eustice (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Labour) Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) Sebastian Payne (Financial Times) Laura McAllister (Cardiff University) Venue: Newport Dicks out, announced Fiona Bruce (Chair). Delyth Jewell [more…]
The above photograph was taken on March 25th 1936. How can we be so certain? The marquee to the left can be seen at the beginning of a video clip below, the occasion being the [more…]
No mystery here, this is Elihu, your modest reviewer of photographs grandfather. His father was also called Elihu and his grandfather was the John who Puffins with instant recall will remember lost half of the [more…]
Question Time 3rd February 2022 The Panel: Crispin Blunt (Conservative) Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) Robin Shattock (Imperial College) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Tottenham In last week’s review, eagle-eyed readers spotted I’d confused [more…]
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