Tag: UK
New Song About Lidice
I’ve just discovered that the band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate have included a song about Lidice on their new album, Out of Mind. I was both surprised and very proud when one of the b... Read More
FV4401 Contentious: Britain’s S-Tank?
In the 1950s, the British army investigated the possibility of a main battle tank weighing around 20-30 tons. Named the FV4401 Contentious, it was part of Project Prodigal, which eventually led to the... Read More
Lidice Thunderclap and Giveaway
I’ve set up a Thunderclap to help raise awareness of the Lidice atrocity, and the work of the North Staffordshire miners to rebuild the village. To encourage people to support it, I’ve set... Read More
The CIA did not try to force Britain to hand the Falklands over to Argentina
Last week, The Sun ran a story about how the CIA wanted to force Britain to hand over the Falkland Islands to Argentina and force British citizens living there to relocate to Scotland. The Daily Mail ... Read More
Don’t cut conventional arms spending to fund nukes
Jane’s has reported that the UK is having to cut spending on conventional arms, in order to pay for the new Successor class ballistic missile submarines. I believe that the money spent on the nu... Read More
New Book: A Ray Of Light
My latest book is now available – A Ray of Light: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners In March 2013, I was at the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent with my son. We wer... Read More
Auxiliary Units: The Home Guard’s Special Forces
On the 5th July 1940, a message was sent to all LDV area commanders. This message informed the commanders that men were needed for a new type of unit. The men would need to have courage, initiative, a... Read More
Tracks to the Trenches 2016
For my birthday this year, my wife gave me a family ticket to this year’s Tracks to the Trenches event. We went to the event on Sunday, and it was an interesting day. There were several narrow g... Read More