21st Century
20th Century
Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part One
My previous series of articles (“Letters from Afrika”) was based on the “FeldPost” letters from Hans Walden, a driver in the Afrika Korps, to his pen-friend Hildegard Bronnold back in Germany. This new series of [more…]
21st Century
Army Procurement’s ‘Strike’ Cul-de-Sac
General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom between 2018 and 2021, championed a strategic concept known as ‘Strike’ as part of his vision for modernising the British Army. [more…]
Hobbies
Northumberland, Part Two
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]
America
Law of Nations Citizenship, Not Anchor Babies
The American Civil Liberties Union has been a primary litigant in challenging President Trump’s position that the offspring of illegal immigrants into the United States do not acquire US citizenship. ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Deputy [more…]
Biography
America
Conspiracy Theories
Elon Musk’s all new singing and dancing AI system is called Grok3 and it is available free in Beta form. I decided to ask it one of the old chestnuts. Did the CIA invent the [more…]
Fiction
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eighteen
Fucking hell. I have just watched George Galloway’s latest speech. I have always liked his oratory and this surpasses anything I have heard in years. I love the man. And I believe he speaks for [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine
Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]