This is one of my favourite cartoons. It is a tribute to Edith Garrud, a martial arts instructor prior to WW1. Only 4' 11" in height,...

After WW1, Walter Owen Bentley established his own company manufacturing sporting cars, but during the war he was commissioned in the...

Strategic bombing is designed to destroy a country's ability to wage war by bombing from the air the enemy's infrastructure, such as...

At last, I am pleased to announce that my fifth novel is complete and in the hands of potential agents with a view to publication. This...

In October 1914, Captain William Reginald Hall took up his post as the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI). His father, William Henry...

I open my first novel, The Custom of the Trade, with a tragic submarine accident, in September 1911. The inspiration for my story came...

Today is Battle of Britain Day, the 80th anniversary of Sunday 15 September 1940, the day that marked the turning point of the Battle of...

My readers often ask why I decided to include the story of the suffragette cause in my novel, The Custom of the Trade, a story ostensibly...

I was most pleasantly surprised to read in a recent newsletter that somebody had not only gone to the trouble of buying and reading my...

I am often asked why I chose to call my first novel, The Custom of the Trade. Given that the plot revolves around WW1 submarine...

Last week, my third WW1 naval thriller, The Wings of the Wind, was published by Endeavour Media as an e-book and the paperback was...

Today is Lancashire Day when the people of Lancashire celebrate the anniversary of sending its first members to the Model Parliament of...

I have asked this question in a previous blog. Why do screenwriters distort historical events so much? Over the weekend, I watched the...

I was very pleased recently to receive an email from a Mr Land. His grandfather was a cousin of Admiral Earl Beatty and Mr Land was...

As we prepare to celebrate the Armistice of November 1918, it is worth remembering that the war didn’t end on that day for all. Indeed,...

The hero of my submarine novel, The Custom of the Trade, is partially based on the exploits of Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith during...

Yesterday, I was privileged to attend the memorial service at the Old Naval College, Greenwich, for my old captain in HMS Plymouth,...

A continuing theme of my novels is the often unsung heroes and largely unknown activities of the Royal Navy in WW1. My aim is to bring...

One of the first acts by the Royal Navy during WW1was to have the German underwater telegraphic cables cut in the North Sea, thus denying...

I am now about two thirds of the way through the first draft of my latest and fourth WW1 naval thriller, Where the Baltic Ice is Thin. I...