With nineteen five star reviews on Amazon so far, my novel The Custom of the Trade is clearly popular. It is also performing well in the...

Today, in 1916, Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord. It was not to be a successful office for him. Jellicoe is best known for...

Eight years ago today, Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt was awarded the Military Cross by HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. She became...

One hundred years ago today, the First Battle of Cambrai commenced, the first British Army combined arms attack of WW1 and one in which...

In my novel I have brought to the Public's attention the largely forgotten and highly successful submarine campaign in the Dardanelles...

Last night I finished writing my second book, Now the Darkness Gathers, a naval espionage thriller set in the final years leading up to...

The forthcoming new series of Blue Planet promises some spectacular photography and discoveries. One of the reasons this will be so is...

This afternoon I saw the printed version of my book for the first time. It was a little weird to hold it and see my name on the cover. ...

Two weeks ago this former student of the Royal Naval Cookery School had his first novel published as an e-book. On Wednesday it was...

Thank you Mr B for this 5 star review. I am deeply honoured. "A fast-paced and engaging military adventure, that unfolds against the...

Richard Miller is the second-in-command of the submarine D2. His captain, Lieutenant Johnson, has previously withheld a recommendation...

Submarine operations have long been hazardous and remain so today. A submariner’s hope is always that the boat will surface the same...

Last night I watched a fascinating TV programme about the building of the Forth railway bridge. The bridge is a remarkable piece of...

The character, Roger Keyes, features throughout my first novel and existed in real life. He was a man of action who, in his early career...

The heroine of my book, Elizabeth Miller, is my favourite character. She is an active member of the Women’s Social and Political Union...

I am pleased to announce that my first novel, The Trade, is to be published by Endeavour Press on 29 September 2017. It will be...

Imagine yourself onboard the last HMS Queen Elizabeth in April 1915. It’s a hot day off the island of Lemnos, in the eastern...