Politics
Where is Vuvuzela Again?
I had barely heard of Venezuela, sum total of facts known were.. it was in South America, it had a dictator who maybe rigged the last election to remain President and looked a bit like [more…]
War
America
The Donroe Doctrine
This is the name given to the latest burst of US Foreign Policy as espoused by Donald Trump. So far it has resulted in a raid on Venezuela to kidnap Nicholas Maduro and his wife. [more…]
America
Euro contrariness – Anybody/Anything but Trump
Perhaps its Global Warming/Climate Crisis (nah, it’s all the fault of DJT) , but the epic meltdown of the European political classes has stepped up a gear of late. Emblematic of the hysteria is this [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mystery: Wrecked in The Desert
Amongst my collection of original photographs taken during the Desert War by members of the Deutsche Afrika Korps, I have several of wrecked aircraft but most are usually burnt out and, except to an aviation [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part Seven
Back in March of this year, I authored a series of articles on GP based on my translations of the Feldpost letters of a German soldier, Hans Coutandin, to his girlfriend Evchen Möller. Part 6 [more…]
Travel
Overland to Moscow
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to Russia due to the ongoing risks associated with its invasion of Ukraine. This includes threats from security incidents such as drone attacks and [more…]
America
An outside chance of peace
Apologies for this week’s rather brief article. I wanted to write more but it is all speculation so far. We stand at the brink of the end of the war in Ukraine but we shouldn’t [more…]
20th Century
Troublesome Afghanistan – 1895 to the Third Afghan War
Drawing the line From 1895 until the Third Afghan War of 1919, Afghanistan experienced a period of relative political stability marked by attempts to consolidate internal control, manage external pressures, and maintain independence amid the [more…]
19th Century
Troublesome Afghanistan
My great-grandfather on my father’s mother’s side served in Afghanistan. Being hill, mountain and lake types, our local regiment, The Border Regiment, deployed to the disputed territory between that country and British India in the [more…]