20th Century
The Desert War – April 1941
April was a very busy month 80 years ago, Libya, Greece, Iraq and East Africa were all full of action. On the 1st, just as Rommel began his attack, there was a coup d’état in [more…]
Iraq
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 40 – Epilogue Three, Edge’s Swansong
Chapter 40 – Epilogue Three, Edge’s Swansong He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. William Shakespeare The virus came and the Deep State was [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 39 – Epilogue Two
Chapter 39 – Epilogue Two Former Detective Inspector Charles Hope became a very successful novelist. He wrote scathingly satirical comedy novels about the police service, which won him few friends among serving officers and the [more…]
Literature
War Crimes Chapter 38 – Epilogue One
Chapter 38 – Epilogue One I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop. William Shakespeare The RSM who had told Edge: “I have a feeling that [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 37 – Monty’s Story, the Land between the Rivers
Chapter 37 – Monty’s Story, the Land between the Rivers Right, let’s get a few things straight. We all realise that my species isn’t overwhelmingly loved by all members of the human race. One hundred [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 36 – Monty’s Story or the Unbearable Lightness of Being… A Cat
Chapter 36 – Monty’s Story or the Unbearable Lightness of Being… A Cat I think you will all agree, that is rather a good portrait of me. It captures the essentials of… Well, being me. [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories
Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories She was asleep when her phone started ringing, her mobile that very few people knew her number. Angela groaned and fumbled for her glasses and then the phone [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 34 – The Burning Man
Chapter 34 – The Burning Man Daz received news from Moira’s father that would drive him mad with jealousy and the awful feelings of rejection. One day in work he was driving Frank Tremain to [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes 33 – The Detective’s Story
Chapter 33 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Hope’s mobile phone woke him up. It was still dark outside the hotel room’s partially open curtains. He groped for the phone and noticed the time was [more…]