20th Century
The Desert War – an Introduction
Something inspired me to do a series of articles on the North African Campaign or Desert War as it it is also known. A quick look at the timeline and it seemed to be oh [more…]
Libya
Politics
The Perfidy of Western “Intelligence” Agencies: The A.Q. Khan Case
Preface This article was first published in print nearly ten years ago now, (and under a different name) towards the end of 2008. At the time, Iraq and Afghanistan had clearly become quagmires and there [more…]
Health
A Balls-Up in and out of the Barracks
Everyday dental life in the Clinic was fairly normal. Normal that is if I had been used to working in a practice with limited equipment and materials, alongside three other dentists, one of whom had [more…]
Health
Remembering An Old Flame, Part Three
Whilst working in Essex I’d had my fair share of treating celebrities and the famous. There was an ex Milky Bar kid, then in his 30’s with dreadful teeth but still living the dream [more…]
Health
The Liar, The Witch and The Wardrobe
When I took the Libyan job there was nothing in the job description that mentioned furckling around in a dictator’s mouth. Had there been, I still would have signed up. The position I had been [more…]
Health
A (Libyan) Bridge Too Far
This is under a Nom de Plume or rather a Nom de Pixel, but many of you will know me by my usual commenting persona. The reason being, well why not? And you never know. [more…]