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19th Century

Boldly goings on at the Frontier

31st May 2021 Going Postal 0

It is curious how the very phrase “North West Frontier” continues to resonate, even in these post-imperial times. That particular frontier, which ran for 1000 miles in between what is now Pakistan & Afghanistan was [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 17 – The Girl from the RAF

19th July 2020 Blown Periphery 0

War Crimes Chapter 17 Afarin became another cog in the machine and made a conscious effort to fit in and not piss them off. Her real skills came to the fore while they were interrogating [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 16 – The Little Girl from Derby

12th July 2020 Blown Periphery 0

War Crimes Chapter 16 Afarin Khan had never been blessed with the type of cleverness required to ingest, sift, collate and then regurgitate information onto an examination paper.  If anything as far as the British [more…]

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Lieutenant Rory Stewart – Traveller, Soldier, Gentleman

27th June 2019 DH 0

In the year of our Lord 2002, a remarkable young soldier by the name of Roderick James Nugent Stewart took some good old fashioned shooting leave in Afghanistan. Upon his return to Britain, he documented [more…]

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