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…]
Never travel to a country that’s a funny colour on the map, or worse still, described by different coloured diagonal lines. Disputed territory is not only the cartographer’s nightmare, but also that of the traveller. [more…]
Recently, I acquired a set of wartime photographs sourced from a militaria dealer in Munich. The photographs are of cartoons hand-drawn across the whitewashed walls of a room. The style is typical of that seen [more…]
This book, originally published in 2012, is based on the discovery of transcripts of covert surveillance of German prisoners of war in WW2, found initially in archives in Great Britain and latterly in archives in [more…]
Under a waning moon, three furtive figures make their way towards the island’s Constance Bay. Silent, gaunt and burdened, they carry two canvas bags bearing scant rations and a few petty, pilfered provisions — enough [more…]
When Aga Khan III died, it was a difficult act to follow, especially since the title skipped a generation and found itself resting upon the shoulders of 19-year-old Prince Karim Al Husseini, who we know [more…]
It’s 1939 all over again! Or is it? Perhaps it’s 1950. A date we can be certain of is 2014 when, as Kiev tipped towards the EU and NATO, Moscow-backed Russian separatists prised parts of [more…]
After happening upon some sad news at the breakfast table the other morning, I sighed, folded my newspaper and gazed wistfully out of the window across the frost-pinched meadows of my native Debatable Lands. Beyond [more…]
Just as Nelson flew coloured flags above the Victory instructing the fleet afore Trafalgar that England expected every man to do his duty, so the Ministry of Defence two centuries later is festooned with white [more…]
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