- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
- Jan 26, 2020
- 4 min
- Nov 24, 2019
- 4 min
- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
- Jul 29, 2019
- 4 min
- Aug 25, 2018
- 5 min
PEACE and the BIGGEST MISTAKE
Ten years ago I decided to take advantage of my retirement by doing some writing. As I had earlier taught some aspects of twentieth...
- Nov 11, 2017
- 6 min
- May 21, 2016
- 4 min
- Mar 19, 2014
- 3 min
Judith Kerr – refugee
DISCOVERING JUDITH KERR and WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT In November 2013, the BBC in the UK screened a programme called Hitler, the...
- Mar 2, 2014
- 2 min
DEFENDING THE MONUMENTS MEN
DEFENDING THE MONUMENTS MEN George Clooney’s film The Monuments Men opened in the UK  to generally poor reviews a couple of weeks ago....
- Jan 22, 2014
- 6 min
- Jan 15, 2014
- 3 min
SUITE FRANCAISE by IRENE NEMIROVSKY. The story of an extraordinary novel
Something about the novel to start. It was written in 1941-2. There are two novels, linked by a small French community which appears in...
- Dec 11, 2013
- 3 min
RED LOVE by MAXIM LEO: A review
Red Love is an autobiographical memoir by Maxim Leo who was nineteen when the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989. It’s not, strictly...
- Oct 30, 2013
- 3 min
THE SECOND WORLD WAR and THE EUROPEAN UNION
In the summer of 1945, Germany lay in ruins. Millions were dead either in battle, through persecution or as a result of allied bombing...
- Oct 9, 2013
- 3 min
EUROPE AT WAR 1939-1945 No Simple Victory. Thoughts on Norman Davies’ superb book
There are, of course, enough books about the Second World War to fill the Grand Canyon. There are illustrated books, novels, personal...
- Sep 14, 2013
- 5 min
Untitled
VENGEANCE and THE SECOND WORLD WAR I make no apologies in saying that the majority of detail in this post comes from Keith Lowe’s...
- Aug 28, 2013
- 2 min
Writing TWO FAMILIES AT WAR
By the end of September, I hope to submit the manuscript of my second novel Two Families at War to my publisher. I’m almost satisfied...
- Jul 25, 2013
- 6 min
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN DID THE WRONG THING
That was the final outcome of a fascinating debate held at the Royal Geographical Society in London and organised by Intelligence Squared...
- Jul 3, 2013
- 3 min
THE BEST OF OUR SPIES by ALEX GERLIS:
THE BEST OF OUR SPIES by ALEX GERLIS: Review Alex Gerliis’ first novel starts with a bang and keeps the reader gripped until the final...