Following the Ottoman naval defeat off Acropolis Point, Sultan Mehmet had Admiral Baltaoglu summoned to him. Baltaoglu was stripped of his rank and publicly flogged, but his life was spared, probably because Mehmet was wary [more…]
April 24th, 1811. Our wanderings have brought us to Trinidad, the largest and almost the easternmost of the chain of islands which dot the edge of the Caribbean Sea. Skirting the western edge of the [more…]
Sultan Mehmed II knew that he would have to strike quickly to take the city, before the western powers such as Venice or Hungary could interdict his campaign. But he also wanted to be patient, [more…]
February 22nd, 1811. Late last night, as we were heading north-west in a moderate wind, a tremendous grinding crash threw the whole ship askew, and we found ourselves drifting with the sails flapping dangerously, threatening [more…]
Cast your mind back to the morning of Friday the 2nd of May 1997. The British electorate had overwhelmingly swept Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to power, in a landslide victory that conjures imagery of a [more…]
Featured song: Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz (I & II) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]
During a recent bout of insomnia caused by near-fatal man flu I tuned into the GP night shift to provide some distraction from the snuffling, hacking, wife-disturbing misery. It was only a tea-lit personal message [more…]
Constantine XI Palaiologos and the Defences of Constantinople Emperor Constantine had served as regent for his brother John VIII 1437–1439. Constantine succeeded his brother, who died in Constantinople of natural causes in 1448, as Emperor [more…]
December 25th, 1810. We celebrate our first Christmas at sea – or at least, the English humans and bears of our party do, for the Russian crew prefer to wait until their laggard calendar produces [more…]
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