Memoir | Going Postal

My Elderly Aunt

10th June 2019 Going Postal 0

As she is so old now and we try to dredge up our shared history, she tells me things I never knew about our family. Her parents, my grandparents fell in love, got it together [more…]

The Sun

28th February 2017 0

A long solar filament erupted and rushed away from the Sun (Oct. 15, 2002) Ask anybody about the workings of the Sun and some will say that it relies on nuclear fusion for its energy [more...]
The War In Iraq 1941, Part Two

27th October 2017 0

The Siege of RAF Habbaniya The arrival of the second convoy at Basra caused the Iraqi leadership considerable panic. Rashid Ali continued to pester his newly-found Axis allies for financial and military aid. Specifically, he [more...]
The Little Big Horn Campaign of 1876 Part Four – Outnumbered, Outmanoeuvred and Outgunned

10th March 2019 0

After the annihilation of Custer’s force, the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne regrouped to attack Reno and Benteen. The fight continued until dark, approximately 21:00 and for much of the next day, with the outcome in [more...]
Politicizing the nursery

13th March 2017 0

The following article appeared in the February 2016 edition of Baby und Familie (Baby and Family), a magazine distributed free at German pharmacies, which means with state endorsement. A wrap on the minor rumpus it [more...]
The Peterborough by-election statistics

12th June 2019 0

Introduction With all the controversy over the Peterborough by-election and some associated allegations of impropriety it may be time to take a look at some numbers. The by-election was caused by a recall petition, the [more...]