Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...

I have just finished a section of my latest book that is set during the siege of Antwerp in 1914. In conducting my research, I came...

Both of today’s security services, namely MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service (known popularly as MI6) derive from the original...

I am very excited to have received in today’s post, a first-edition copy of Charles Rumney Samson’s autobiography, Fights and Flights,...

My new book will be launched in just under two weeks' time. It tells the tale of a young man's reluctant entry into Britain's embryonic...

With just five weeks to go before the publication of my pre-WW1 espionage thriller, Now the Darkness Gathers, here is a taster of what...

In all my writing, I have three aims; to entertain, to inform and to inspire. To achieve the latter two objectives, I carry out...

In the next of my novels to be published, Now the Darkness Gathers, the opening chapter describes some of the events that took place at...

I have just sent the final proofs back to my publisher for the next novel in my series about the Miller family in WW1. It was odd to read...

In the mid-‘90s, I was privileged one evening to dine with Sir Fitzroy Maclean. One of the amazing tales he told me was of serving with...

On Thursday 7 June at 7.30pm, at Andsell Library, Lytham, I will giving my popular illustrated presentation on my hero, Shackleton, and...

The lady in this photograph was not shopping. The photograph was taken on Friday 18 November 1910 outside the Houses of Parliament....

Last night my mother ticked me off for my book, The Custom of the Trade. She has now read the book and, whilst she thought it...

Naturally, I am extremely proud to have received twenty-two 5* reviews on Amazon UK for my first novel, The Custom of the Trade, as well...

This is an extract of feedback gleaned from Amazon customers concerning the gripping WW1 naval thriller, The Custom of the Trade. Please...

This year is being claimed as the centenary of women being granted the right to vote. Call me a spotter if you like (I have written a...

A few days ago it was reported in the Daily Express that in order to protect the UK’s fishing rights after BREXIT, Michael Gove had...

It is being reported by the Media that the Russians have a ship, the Yantar, capable of severing Britain’s underwater communications...

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...